April 17, 2020

Nervous bankers leave the gold market stuck in disconnect

Gold has rarely been a hotter trade, but the world’s two most important markets remain out of sync.

April 16, 2020

CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain

China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.

April 16, 2020

Alrosa reports 9% production drop in Q1

Sales of rough and polished diamonds totalled $904 million.

April 16, 2020

Top managers at mining group Eramet agree to pay cuts

Chairman and CEO Christel Bories will forego 25% of her pay and contribute money to the company's solidarity plan.

April 15, 2020

Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses

Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport.

April 15, 2020

ERG to boost iron ore sales to China as traditional markets shrink

Exports to China have increased to 700,000 tonnes in the first quarter from 441,000 tonnes a year earlier.

April 15, 2020

Bluejay Mining grows Greenland footprint

The company has been granted two exploration licenses surrounding its Kangerluarsuk zinc-lead-silver project.

April 14, 2020

Trillions flooding financial markets send gold price to 7-year high

Gold price now within sight of $1,800.

April 13, 2020

University of Exeter spin-out secures investment

Minviro is a spin-out company focused on environmental sustainability in mining.

April 12, 2020

French industry can return to work safely, metals lobby says ahead of Macron speech

The industry is in "an extremely worrying situation" after 24 days of lockdown, Philippe Darmayan, president of the union of metals industry and businesses, said.