April 7, 2017 Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years.
April 6, 2017 INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – The world’s population in 2100 by region The following animated chart is based on data and projections from the U.N. Population Division, and it shows the evolving population share by region between 1950 and 2100.
April 6, 2017 Diamond giant Alrosa offices raided – report Russia's Federal Security Service is investigating the world's top diamond producer in relation to assets sales dating back years.
April 6, 2017 Barrick confirms selling half of Veladero to Shandong Gold for $960 million Deal will also see the two firms looking at jointly developing the nearby Pascua-Lama gold, silver and copper project and evaluating additional investment opportunities in the area.
April 6, 2017 ‘Conflict minerals’ entering tech supply chains from countries beyond Africa — report Tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold are now also being illegally extracted and traded at sites under the control of armed groups in countries including Myanmar and Colombia.
April 5, 2017 Gold finds strong support from negative real rates In case you haven’t already noticed, inflation has been steadily creeping up since July. In February, the most recent month of available data, consumer prices advanced at their fastest pace…
April 5, 2017 When will Russia run out of oil? Globally, exploratory drilling fell by almost 20 percent in 2015 and fell even further in 2016. Russia's exploration activities, suffered a double blow during this period.
April 5, 2017 Could Chad become the new African gold frontier? A UK listed junior exploration company is hoping to switch Chad’s historic focus from black gold to the more traditional metallic variety with ‘potentially nation-building’ projects.
April 5, 2017 Escondida strike less damaging to Chile’s copper output than thought — report Experts expect the country, which accounts for more 30% of the world's copper supply, to produce 5.4 million tonnes of the metal in 2017, slightly down from the 5.5mnt it…
April 5, 2017 Joy Global becomes Komatsu Mining The Japanese firm has completed its $3.7bn takeover of the Milwaukee-based equipment maker.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
