March 12, 2013 Moscow seizes 26,000 diamonds from airport passenger Man fails to declare gems worth about $162,000 at customs.
March 12, 2013 INFOGRAPHIC: Market Intelligence March 2013 A big picture snapshot of market signals, commodity trends and economic indicators.
March 11, 2013 Asteroid mining to dominate the industry: experts Geologists believe that asteroids hold iron ore, nickel and precious metals at much higher concentrations than those found on Earth.
March 11, 2013 Ritchie Bros. sells more than CA$57 million of equipment in first Edmonton, AB auction of 2013 More than 3,500 heavy equipment items and trucks - including large selection of mining equipment - sold to the highest bidders at two-day unreserved public auction
March 11, 2013 Eldorado stands up for its gold project in Greece Eldorado's vice-president, Nancy Woo, says opponents’ concerns are unfounded, as the gold mine will follow all the essential European Union and Greek environmental rules.
March 11, 2013 FUN BREAK: Solid gold LEGO brick sold for $15,000 The 14K gold block was once used by LEGO to reward employees that had been with the company for over 25 years.
March 11, 2013 Rio Tinto’s miner dead four days before found Australian miners and unions say the rising number of mine deaths that go unnoticed for days is concerning.
March 11, 2013 Kinross to shut down operations at its Chilean gold mine The closure will leave more than 1,000 workers unemployed.
March 8, 2013 FUN BREAK: Crystal found in wreckage likely to be legendary ‘Viking sunstone’ The whitish chunk of Icelandic calcite was found at the bottom of the English Channel.
March 8, 2013 Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. announces new scholarship fund The Diavik Community Scholarship Fund will support tertiary education for students from Canada’s Northwest Territories and West Kitikmeot region of Nunavut.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
