March 25, 2015 A major diamond auction in Antwerp just flopped and it could mean trouble for the diamond industry Diamond giant De Beers recently predicted a demand increase this year but that didn't prevent the latest major diamond sale in Antwerp from failing to sell all the stones on…
March 25, 2015 Australia’s regulator goes after Fortescue for demanding iron ore output cap The competition watchdog did not welcome chairman Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest call for rivals Rio, BHP and Vale to agree to cap production.
March 25, 2015 Oil sands improving on environment, but new technology takes time It’s a seemingly small thing, the matter of a dozen or so degrees difference in the water temperature during one part of the lengthy and complex process of squeezing oil…
March 25, 2015 This Easter bunny has diamond eyes. Oh, yes, and it costs $49K It took a world-renowned master chocolatier, cocoa from Tanzania, two solitaire diamonds and some gold to create this extravagant and expensive chocolate Easter bunny.
March 24, 2015 Rio Tinto, Alcoa step aside for Australia’s largest national park They'll hand back more than 175,000 hectares of prime conservation land they have held since 1971 to West Australia, ditching plans to build a bauxite mine and an alumina refinery…
March 24, 2015 Belaruskali deal with China dents other players’ chances The move may be the first of many more competitive deals by producers in the potash market, which has historically operated with large joint ventures controlling prices.
March 24, 2015 Here is what it looks like when mining trucks drive across frozen lakes In the farthest reaches of northwestern Canada, there are few people and fewer roads. When winter comes, fuel, explosives, and heavy equipment move north in an unusual way: via trucks…
March 24, 2015 Freeport axes dividend by 84% amid weak commodity prices The copper and gold miner will pay a dividend of 5 cents.
March 24, 2015 Mining for copper just got a lot cheaper A new study shows the costs of mining for the red metal have steadily declined over the past three years.
March 23, 2015 Chile’s court says Barrick’s Pascua-Lama has not damaged glaciers The country's Environmental Court handed Monday a major victory to Barrick’s besieged Pascua-Lama gold, copper and silver project, straddling the border with Argentina.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
