January 22, 2018 Gem Diamonds on a roll, now finds 149-carat rock The 149-carat, D colour, Type IIa rough diamond is the fourth high quality stone of over 100 carats the company has recovered so far this year at its Letšeng mine.
January 21, 2018 Gold mine collapse in Uzbekistan kills one, about 20 trapped A collapse at an abandoned gold mine in Uzbekistan has resulted in one death and roughly 20 trapped underground.
January 21, 2018 Lloyd’s of London to divest from coal over climate change Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, has become the latest financial firm to announce that it plans to stop investing in coal companies.
January 19, 2018 2017’s worst-returning precious metal becomes hedge fund darling After lagging behind other precious metals last year, platinum is finally outperforming, and hedge funds are taking notice.
January 19, 2018 Russia’s Polyus launches $250m bond offering The offering is for senior unsecured guaranteed convertible bonds with maturity of January 2021, expected to carry a coupon of between .5 and 1 pct per annum.
January 19, 2018 Bond market bear creating gold bull Currently, there's a lot of good news for gold which thrives on the spectre of high government debt leading to more money-printing and inflation.
January 18, 2018 Platinum miner Lonmin’s lenders relax loan agreements again Lonmin's lenders had granted the company a waiver of compliance with a loan agreement that required its net worth to remain at a minimum of $1.1 billion.
January 18, 2018 OPEC-Russia oil deal renews threat from Canadian oil sands A fresh surge in U.S. and Canadian oil production would wreck all of OPEC's hard work.
January 17, 2018 Tracking Europe’s waste: ‘There’s gold in them landfills’ Some of Europe's richest deposits of valuable materials are in the trash, ranging from gold in smartphones to cobalt in electric car batteries.
January 17, 2018 Condor Gold hopes to soon kick off construction at Nicaragua project To date, the company has invested $45 million in Nicaragua, completed over 70,000 meters of drilling on its flagship La India asset, and produced two PEAs and a PFS.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
