June 22, 2018

ALROSA launches football collection of diamonds on the occasion of the World Cup

The collection consists of 32 round diamonds, 0.3 carats each, named after the countries - participants of the World Cup.

June 22, 2018

Silver Bear pours first silver from Russian project

“The plant has demonstrated that it can operate at planned hourly production throughput capacity."

June 22, 2018

Centerra delays completion of deal over Kumtor mine as Kyrgyz PM mull revisions

Deadline for fulfillment of all conditions included in agreement with the Kyrgyz government, which would end all disputes over the firm’s Kumtor gold mine, has been pushed back about a…

June 21, 2018

Miner Petropavlovsk’s biggest shareholder outlines his case for change

Petropavlovsk's largest shareholder, who is calling for an overhaul of the board, plans to sell the company's stake in an iron ore unit and draw up gold sector deals.

June 21, 2018

Global copper output up 7.1 pct in first three months of 2018

Miners around the globe produced 330,000 more tonnes of copper between January and March this year than in the same period of 2017, helped by higher production in world’s leader…

June 21, 2018

New York-based equity fund buys Ireland-focused Dalradian for Cdn$537m

Shares in the gold miner went ballistic over the news, jumping around 52% in London and more than 59% in Toronto.

June 21, 2018

Newmont sells stake in Yanacocha gold mine to Japan’s Sumitomo for $48 million

Sumitomo’s move comes as Japanese trading companies have been grabbing assets and increasing their stakes on a few of them thanks higher commodities prices, which have boosted their profits.

June 20, 2018

Russia dumps treasuries for gold in pivot after sanctions scare

The country cut its holdings of Treasuries nearly in half in April as Washington slapped the harshest sanctions to date on a selection of Russian companies and individuals.

June 20, 2018

Sirius Minerals soars after securing supply deal for Nigerian market

Shares in Sirius Minerals (LON:SXX) were off to the races on Wednesday after it announced it had secured a major seven-year African supply deal.

June 19, 2018

US-China trade spat wipes $57B from top mining stocks in fortnight

Copper, iron ore prices drop, mining majors punished as US threatens more tariffs on "predatory" Chinese imports and Beijing calls it "blackmail".