September 6, 2018

Poland’s JSW seeks tighter grip on coking coal with possible Prairie bid -sources

State-run JSW and Australia's Prairie, which is developing mines in Poland, have been in cooperation talks for much of this year but JSW wants control.

September 6, 2018

Rusal’s August aluminium exports up 7 percent from July – Ifax

MOSCOW, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Russian aluminium producer Rusa , under U.S. sanctions since April, increased its aluminium exports by 7 percent […]

September 6, 2018

ArcelorMittal reaches Ilva deal with unions, opening way for takeover

ArcelorMittal signed a preliminary agreement last year to buy Ilva, which has the largest steel-producing capacity in Europe.

September 6, 2018

The 30 countries leading the way in environmental credentials

Many nations around the world have been focussing on improving their environmental practices.

September 5, 2018

ENRC wins UK appeal in attorney-client privilege case

A UK appeals court overturned a decision forcing a Kazakh mining company to hand over documents to prosecutors who are investigating the firm for corruption.

September 5, 2018

Alrosa brings coloured diamonds to Hong Kong in effort to conquer China

As part of its plans to expand into that market, Alrosa will hold its first “True Colour” auction of coloured polished diamonds, during the Hong Kong Gem & Jewellery Fair…

September 5, 2018

Orion’s $407m takeover bid for Dalradian Okd

Deal gives Orion mine access to mineral rights for more than 80,000 hectares of land in Northern Ireland, which includes one of the world's top ten undeveloped gold deposits by…

September 4, 2018

Construction starts at biggest undeveloped copper deposit in Russia

With total reserves of around 26.7 million tonnes of copper, Udokan is the largest undeveloped copper deposit in Russia and one of the biggest in the world.

September 4, 2018

Some warehouse firms want LME to change delivery rules, lengthen queues

Now, some warehouse firms are pushing the idea of replacing all rules with one that obliges warehouses to load out 1.5 percent of total stocks per day.

September 4, 2018

Chaarat Gold ups Kyrgyz Republic project resource by 46 pct

The Central Asia-focused explorer and developer said Tulkubash’s measured and indicated resource is now over 1.4 million ounces of gold, while the grade also rose 57% to 1.35g/t gold.