May 30, 2018 Electric vehicles on the road to triple by 2020 — IEA The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57% in 2017 from the previous year.
May 30, 2018 Russian gold miner Polyus posts 51 pct drop in Q1 net profit Polyus gold, Russia's largest producer of the metal, reported first-quarter net profit down 51 percent at $244 million, hit by reduced foreign exchange gains and other non-cash items.
May 30, 2018 Mountain Province finds 95-carat diamond in Canada’s far north The white octahedron of "top clarity" is the largest gem quality diamond and fourth largest stone ever recovered at the company's Gahcho Kué mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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.
Bolivia tightens gold buying rules after past irregularities Bolivia’s central bank has resumed purchases of domestically mined gold to bolster foreign reserves. January 20, 2026 | 01:35 pm
