January 10, 2018

Russian competition watchdog investigates Alrosa gas assets sale

The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service is investigating forthcoming sale of natural gas assets by producer Alrosa after a complaint from would-be buyer.

January 10, 2018

Bacanora seeks expansion of German lithium project with newly acquired exploration licence

The Falkenhain deposit, in the German state of Saxony, is located about 5 km from another Bacanora asset in Germany — the 50%-owned Zinnwald lithium project.

January 10, 2018

Liberty House makes binding offer for Rio Tinto’s French aluminium smelter

Liberty House is the industrial arm of British steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance and Rio's aluminium smelter in Dunkirk, France, is the largest in Europe.

January 10, 2018

Centamin jumps on better-than-expected gold output estimates

The Egypt-focused gold miner also expects solid growth this year. It’s targeting 580,000 ounces in production, up from an estimate of 550,000-560,000 ounces.

January 9, 2018

Growth of European gold-backed ETFs outpaces U.S. funds in 2017 -WGC

Though North America contained more than half the amount of global exchange-traded fund holdings, European funds added the most to their gold-backed ETFs last year.

January 8, 2018

Gem Diamonds, Lucapa kick off 2018 with massive findings

The rival companies have unearthed three diamonds larger than 100 carats each.

January 5, 2018

House of Cards’ $1.3-million diamond-encrusted bottle of vodka stolen

The Russo-Baltique bottle belongs to Dartz founder Leonard Yankelovich.

January 5, 2018

The gold market in 2017

2017 seems to be a dull period for gold. However, all that does not fluctuate like Bitcoin is not uninteresting. Let's take a look.

January 5, 2018

Agrium, Potash Corp merger shouldn’t have much of an impact yet

Farmers shouldn’t be too concerned yet that the recent Agrium, Potash Corp of Saskatchewan merger will cause an increase in the price of fertilizer, at least according to the president…

January 4, 2018

Endeavour sells its mine in Ghana

The London-based miner sold its 90% stake in the project to BCM International. The remaining 10% is held by the Ghanaian government.