February 2, 2018 Nickel crops most in two months as dollar rally fuels fund sales Nickel prices slumped as much as 5.8 per cent to $13,185 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, retreating from two-year highs struck earlier in the week.
February 2, 2018 Russia’s watchdog allows GV Gold to buy Vekselberg’s gold assets Russian anti-monopoly service has allowed the mid-sized gold miner GV Gold some gold assets from Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg.
February 2, 2018 Argyle pink diamond coin unveiled in Berlin Rio Tinto and The Perth Mint are delighted to unveil the first pavé set Argyle pink diamond gold coin.
February 2, 2018 Gem Diamonds shares up on better sales, prices and string of 100-carat plus rocks The company, which last month found the world’s fifth-biggest diamond in history at its flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho, sold 21% more rocks in last quarter of 2017.
February 1, 2018 No sign of early contract talks at BHP’s Escondida mine -Union BHP's Escondida on Wednesday cast doubt on chances of starting talks on a new labor agreement with the company before formal negotiations scheduled for June.
February 1, 2018 Glencore says copper output will rise as Katanga ramps up The Katanga mine in Democratic Republic of Congo likely to add roughly 150,000 tonnes of copper and 11,600 tonnes of cobalt in 2018.
February 1, 2018 New large stones found at Yubileynaya pipe In January 2018, ALROSA recovered two gem-quality stones weighing 97.92 carats and 85.62 carats.
February 1, 2018 World Copper Conference to be held in Santiago, Chile on April 9 to 11 CRU’s 17th World Copper Conference is a premier copper conference that attracts over 500 delegates.
January 31, 2018 Coal snared in headwind as traders flee $300 billion market The halcyon days of coal trading seem to be over as buying and selling of the world’s most widely used power-plant fuel plunged last year.
January 31, 2018 Animation: human population growth over all of history Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?
CME changes margin-setting methodology for precious metals As of January 13, the CME will set margins for gold, silver, platinum and palladium based on a percentage of contract value, it said. January 13, 2026 | 07:27 am