December 28, 2018

With turmoil rampant, gold targets $1,300 as gloomy 2019 beckons

Gold is closing out 2018 with a flourish.

December 28, 2018

Rusal appoints independent director as new board chairman

Jean-Pierre Thomas was elected by the board as chairman with effect from Jan 1.

December 27, 2018

Year’s best major metal gains steam as supply eclipses trade woe

The price of palladium has more then doubled in the past three years.

December 27, 2018

Human activity creates 208 new mineral species

Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls

December 26, 2018

Rusal board chairman quits as part of U.S. sanctions waiver deal

Rusal said it expected to choose Warnig's successor on Thursday.

December 26, 2018

Russia’s Nornickel terminates agreement with Botswana’s BCL on asset sale

The termination of the agreement will also enable Nornickel to pursue its own strategy for the African assets.

December 26, 2018

Japan’s Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel deficit nearly halving in 2019

Global demand for nickel is seen increasing by 3.4 percent in 2019 from this year to 2.339 million tonnes.

December 26, 2018

London’s streets no longer paved with gold as miners struggle

Reports that AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. is considering a London listing provides some festive cheer to a city that’s lost its way as a home for gold miners.

December 21, 2018

Worst Czech coal mine blast in decades kills 12 Poles, one Czech

The accident is the worst mining disaster in the Czech Republic since 1990, when 30 miners died in a fire at a mine near Karvina in the same region.

December 20, 2018

Finnish Zyfra was listed among TOP-50 IoT aquisition deals of 2018 together with Google, Amazon and Blackberry

Our view is that there’s a tremendous opportunity for disruption in Industrial IoT and applied AI space - Ilkka Saarinen, Sales Director of Nordic markets at ZYFRA Group.