March 15, 2018 Visualizing China’s most ambitious megaproject Costing between $4-8 trillion and affecting 65 countries, China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative is the granddaddy of all megaprojects.
March 15, 2018 Czech tycoon earmarks $1.2 billion to buy Europe’s old coal “The media bubble around clean energy doesn’t reflect reality,” said Alan Svoboda, an executive director of Seven Energy.
March 15, 2018 Ex-banker’s home said to be raided in UK Rio Tinto probe UK investigators raided home of former investment banker to look for evidence connected with a bribery investigation into mining giant Rio Tinto Group.
March 15, 2018 Russian billionaire Potanin buys 2% of Nornickel from Abramovich The dispute is part of a long-running battle for control of Nornickel, a $30 billion company that is one of the world's top nickel producers.
March 15, 2018 Russian diamond company Alrosa posts 28% profit fall The average price of its gem-quality diamonds fell by 9% in 2017, it said, citing "changes in the product mix".
March 14, 2018 Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo Royalties paid to the government from cobalt and coltan mining will jump to 10 per cent from 2 per cent.
March 14, 2018 Glencore signs massive cobalt sale deal with China’s GEM The world’s biggest producer of cobalt has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next three years to the Chinese battery recycler.
March 14, 2018 Gem Diamonds soars as it finds seventh giant rock this year It's a 169-carat, top white colour Type IIa rock diamond dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
March 14, 2018 Suncor output to suffer from early start of Syncrude maintenance Eight-week maintenance project at Syncrude that had been scheduled to start in April will start Thursday.
March 13, 2018 These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong The world's 10 largest copper mines accounted for 25% global output in 2017 – on average these deposits were discovered 95 YEARS ago.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
