March 15, 2018

Three tonnes of dore bars strewn across runway at Russian airport

Dore bars fell from the sky.

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.