August 5, 2018 Death, diamonds and Russia’s Africa Project: Leonid Bershidsky The killing of three reporters in the Central African Republic pulls a private, pro-Kremlin military company out of the shadows.
August 5, 2018 USTR reviewing Turkey’s trade preferences after tariff retaliation Imports of jewelry, precious metals and stone products would be under the microscope.
August 3, 2018 Alrosa sells its most expensive diamond to date The company said that the Dynasty diamond “is the purest of all large diamonds manufactured throughout the Russian jewelry history.”
August 3, 2018 Russian gold miner Polyus profits rise, antimony sales start Earlier this year, the company said it would aim to produce up to 15 percent of global antimony output, used primarily to make fire retardants and batteries.
August 2, 2018 No love for KAZ mega copper project Shares down by a third after London-listed miner pays $900m for Russian copper project that will take another $5.5 billion to build.
August 1, 2018 Canada’s Kinross Gold puts Mauritania mine expansion on hold Kinross Gold Corp said on Wednesday it was "pausing" expansion work at its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania after a government request for talks to improve the country's economic benefits…
August 1, 2018 Replenishing economic diamond resources, a daunting task for miners Given that most of the high-economic diamond deposits in the world have already been put into production, diluted via expansion, or depleted, going forward the economics of diamond mines will…
August 1, 2018 EU regulators say Aurubis, Wieland copper deal may curb competition EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday voiced concerns about German Wieland's bid for copper smelter Aurubis' flat-rolled products business, saying the deal may hurt competition.
August 1, 2018 LME to trial electronic closing prices for nickel next year The London Metal Exchange (LME) launched on Wednesday a consultation to trial in the first quarter of next year the use of its electronic system to determine closing prices of…
August 1, 2018 Killed Russian journalists said to have been working on story involving mining in CAR They were said to be investigating a private Russian security company operating in CAR as well as Russia’s interests in the local diamond, gold and uranium sectors.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
