April 20, 2018 Mining firms from China to Canada watch as Greenland holds election Chinese interest in Greenland comes after Beijing expressed ambitions to form a "Polar Silk Road" by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming.
April 20, 2018 HSBC pulls the plug on coal Europe’s largest bank won’t fund new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, except in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam.
April 20, 2018 World’s top diamond producer first-quarter output hit by mine accident Alrosa's production fell by 17% in the first three months of the year mainly due to the halt of its Mir underground mine and lower-grade ores processed from the Jubilee pipe.
April 20, 2018 Sanctions fever grips nickel as market rethinks Russia risk — Andy Home With Russian aluminium producer Rusal imploding in the wake of U.S. sanctions against its oligarch owner Oleg Deripaska, attention is now turning to the status of another Russian industrial powerhouse,…
April 19, 2018 Bolivia nearing deal on partner to develop lithium – minister The South American nation hopes to sign a deal with a foreign partner after a decade of state-led development left output far short of goals for the metal.
April 19, 2018 UK goes a record 55 hours without coal as clean power expands Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables.
April 19, 2018 Sanctions fallout upends metals as aluminum, nickel burst higher Aluminum rallied as much as 7.1 percent, a record intraday gain, to $2,718 a ton in London.
April 19, 2018 Strike halts gold output at two Randgold mines in Mali — union The strike at the company’s Loulo and Gounkoto mines is related to the payment of bonuses and will continue until the issue is resolved.
April 18, 2018 Diamonds confirm existence of planetary “embryo” A planetary “embryo” gave origin to the meteorite fragments that form the Almahata Sitta collection.
April 18, 2018 Russia fears light fire under nickel price Price surges nearly 5% to three-year high over worries that top producer Norilsk could befall the same fate as aluminum giant Rusal.
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
