May 18, 2017 Heart-shaped diamond breaks record The 92-carat diamond forms the centerpiece of a necklace of cultured pearls.
May 18, 2017 Canada’s Trevali picks up Glencore zinc mines in Africa The deal, worth about $400 million, will make Trevali the first pure zinc producer with operations in North and South America as well as Africa.
May 18, 2017 China successfully mines flammable ice from the South Sea During the mining trial done at a depth of 4,153 feet, engineers extracted each day around 16,000 cubic metres of gas, with methane content of up to 99.5%.
May 18, 2017 De Beers taps into polished diamonds market with first-time auction The pilot auction, scheduled for June 29, will include a wide range of polished stones manufactured directly from the company’s own rough diamonds.
May 18, 2017 First Quantum to kick off massive $5.48bn copper mine in Panama in just months Cobre Panama project is now 50% complete and on track to produce 320,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, making the company one of the world’s top six producers of the…
May 18, 2017 Automation solution providers shift gears to align with iiot-driven industry transformation Digital solutions crucial to growth opportunities, finds Frost & Sullivan’s Industrial Automation and Process Control team.
May 18, 2017 AMC Consultants wants miners to learn about uncertainty According to AMC, cumulate uncertainty, particularly when it comes to resource estimation, creates serious risks for mining projects.
May 17, 2017 UN troops to tackle violence at Central African Republic diamond mining hub Only last year CAR was allowed to resume diamond exports after a three-year ban that tried preventing armed groups from financing a bloody inter-religious conflict.
May 17, 2017 De Beers diamond sales down by 11% The world’s largest rough diamond producer by value said, however, it continues to see steady demand.
May 17, 2017 First responsible, conflict-free artisanal gold supply chain operational in Congo The Just Gold project is the first to successfully trace conflict-free and legal artisanal gold from mine site to export applying regional and international standards.
Rising copper prices help Freeport-McMoRan offset Grasberg production dip Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
