May 25, 2017 Super power: Are rechargeable batteries transforming the mining sector? There are signs of resurgence in the mining industry, driven in large part by the boom in storage technology.
May 25, 2017 Yancoal seeks expansion in Hunter Valley with $710m bid for Mitsubishi’s mines Company wants to become Australia’s largest independent coal producer.
May 25, 2017 De Beers’ Forevermark brand inscribes its 2 millionth diamond The a 3.48 carat round brilliant, mined, cut and polished in Namibia, that now bears a ‘2,000,000’ imprinting.
May 24, 2017 ALROSA to participate in the development of the largest deposit in Angola PJSC ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining, will participate in the development of a new diamond deposit in Angola.
May 24, 2017 Shell speeds up exit from oil sands, selling stake in Canadian Natural Resources Transaction could become one of the country’s one of the biggest-ever equity sales.
May 23, 2017 China’s Zijin pays off stake in Ivanhoe’s Congo copper project Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin each hold now an indirect 39.6% interest in the Kamoa-Kakula project, thought to be Africa's most significant deposit of the red metal ever found.
May 23, 2017 Low copper prices force Codelco to revise underground expansion of Chuquicamata Modifications seek to simplify aspects of the project originally approved in 2010 in order to optimize mineral handling.
May 23, 2017 Dominion Diamond to seek permits for underground project at Ekati in Q3 The project, called Misery Deep, will require an investment of $6 million in 2018, $69 million in 2019 and $19 million in 2020.
May 22, 2017 Report blasts Antofagasta’s Minera Los Pelambres Two days before Antofgasta's annual general meeting in London, an 18-pages long report by the London Mining Network slams Los Pelambres' environmental record.
May 22, 2017 Diamond ring bought for £10 now worth thousands The owner had no idea if the ring had any intrinsic value at all.
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
