June 8, 2016

This is the next major copper-gold project in South Australia

Construction at Carrapateena will commence next year, with first production in 2019.

June 8, 2016

Pharaohs’ shadow an omen in Egypt gold search

Egypt's gold mining industry has for years been long on potential and short on investment.

June 7, 2016

Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender world exclusive preview in Copenhagen

The 2016 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender includes 63 pink, red and violet diamonds and represents the finest of a year’s production from Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.

June 7, 2016

Diamond exports ban lifted from Central African Republic

Decision comes three years after the country’s gems were found to be funding armed groups in an inter-religious conflict and placed under embargo.

June 7, 2016

Chinese mining companies feel misled by Canada, report says

An internal report by Ottawa's ambassador to Beijing details a raft of complaints from the China Mining Council about the unwanted surprises some mining companies encountered in Canada.

June 7, 2016

US government expected to green-light first private Moon mission

An official endorsement of such mission would pave the way for several other for-profit space ventures currently in the works.

June 7, 2016

Canadian mining giant dries up water resources in Mexico

Goldcorp, through its local subsidiary Peñasquito, is being singled out as the biggest water offender in the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas.

June 6, 2016

Goldcorp and Teck plow ahead with new $3.5bn mine in Chile

The project, renamed NuevaUnion, would be one of the largest copper-gold-molybdenum mines ever-developed in Latin America.

June 6, 2016

ALROSA launches children’s rest and recreation campaign

ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining, will send over 2.5 thousand children of the Company's employees on vacation to Russia's health resorts during the summer holidays.

June 6, 2016

Commodities storming back into bull market

Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.