May 29, 2018

RBS to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or arctic oil projects

Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland said it had tightened restrictions on project finance and general lending for high-carbon energy projects and companies.

May 29, 2018

India seeks gold, diamond mining rights in Russia

India seeks to import gold and diamonds for value-addition before exporting them.

May 29, 2018

Petropavlovsk asks UK regulators to investigate activist shareholders

The London-listed firm is near the end of a quest to bring on technology to boost profits from the treatment of refractory gold ore.

May 29, 2018

World’s largest diamond miner De Beers to sell synthetic stones

After vowing for over a century it would never sell stones made in laboratories, De Beers will start doing so in September.

May 28, 2018

Hedge funds have never been this bearish on platinum price

Large scale speculators in platinum futures go shortest ever as Europe industrial policy chief says "diesel cars are finished".

May 28, 2018

Vedanta’s troubles worsen as Indian state orders permanent closure of smelter

Deadly protests last week over alleged pollution from the Tuticorin smelter have prolonged a shutdown of the 400,000 tonnes-a-year operation. This time it seems to be forever.

May 27, 2018

Trump metals tariffs make Granite City great again, but at what cost?

The United States Steel Corp is re-hiring or recruiting around 500 workers as it readies for production in mid-June at a blast furnace it idled in 2015.

May 27, 2018

Russia’s Avtovaz explores alternatives to sanctions-hit Rusal

Rusal is Avtovaz's top aluminium supplier.

May 25, 2018

Meghan Markle makes gold sales sparkle

The Meghan Markle effect has spread to yellow gold jewelry, helping boost United States sales in the first quarter of 2018 with further gains expected.

May 25, 2018

Sanctioned tycoon Deripaska resigns as director of his firm Rusal

Deripaska is now actively preparing the next step: reducing his stake in En+, the group which controls Rusal.