January 23, 2018 France’s Areva rebrands to Orano in dire uranium market French uranium mining group Areva closing the book on a years-long restructuring but still facing an uncertain future, with uranium prices at decade lows.
January 23, 2018 Russia to invest $250 million in uranium exploration, production in Argentina Agreement includes Russia’s state nuclear agency Rosatom commitment to build a nuclear power station in the South American country.
January 23, 2018 Alrosa inks long-term diamond supply deals with 67 clients Miner aims at selling around 40 million carats of diamonds in 2018 provided market conditions are favourable.
January 22, 2018 Aurubis buys Codelco’s shares in Deutsche Giessdraht The parties have agreed not to release the transaction price.
January 22, 2018 Irish diamond miner to expand in Finland Karelian Diamond Resources was granted a four-year exploration claim in the Kaavi region.
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.
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