December 6, 2017 This new model tracks copper use from cradle to grave…to reincarnation Research also charts rapid growth of China’s copper use.
December 5, 2017 Diamond Fields to resume mining off Namibian coast next year The country’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has renewed the Canadian miner's licence for ten years.
December 5, 2017 Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own board of directors.
December 5, 2017 Sierra Leone ‘Peace Diamond’ sold for less-than-expected The egg-sized, 709-carat rough yellowish diamond was sold for $6.5 million to luxury jeweller Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds.
December 4, 2017 Bacanora tanks as president resigns President and director Martin Vidal has left the post effective November 30.
December 4, 2017 Gold ETFs soar as Russia probe closes in on Trump’s inner circle SPDR Gold Shares, the biggest gold-backed ETF, attracted the most money since September as the Trump-Russia probe escalated.
December 4, 2017 PJSC Polyus: first doré gold poured at Natalka Pouring of first doré gold announced at Polyus’ main greenfield, miner expects full ramp-up of the mill to be completed by the end of 2018.
December 4, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.
December 3, 2017 In Germany’s Appalachia, the last coal mine is closing It’s a sunny October day on the outskirts of the west German town of Bottrop.
December 1, 2017 Ukraine’s steel output down 13 pct so far in 2017 Ukraine's steel production in eleven months to end-November fell 13 pct year-on-year to 19.4 million tonnes, Ukrainian steel producers' union said Friday.
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
