February 2, 2016

China gets tougher on illegal mining, exporting of rare earths

Beijing to set up tracing system to determine and certify the origin of the materials.

February 2, 2016

New Indian rule backfires, boosts unofficial gold trade

The government's latest attempt to control gold imports has boosted unofficial trading in the world's second-biggest gold consumer.

February 2, 2016

Anglo American risks eviction from FTSE 100

FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.

February 2, 2016

Canadian prospectors holding on to long-term resources demand forecast

However, they acknowledge that there are no signposts yet in the market that suggest mineral prices will rebound soon.

February 2, 2016

Oil price crash: markets slump as Opec resists Russian calls for emergency meeting

Moscow's foreign minister says Russia is ready to talk as country's oil production reaches post-Cold War high.

February 1, 2016

Sibanye Gold shopping for new mines, possibly including base metals

The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.

February 1, 2016

Anglo American may fully exit Brazil — report

The company is said to be wanting to offload its Barro Alto nickel mine and the vast Minas-Rio iron ore complex.

February 1, 2016

The silver fix may have its days numbered

The benchmark has settled outside the same day’s spot trading range, at least 10 times in the last six months.

February 1, 2016

THEnergy review of the Energy and Mines Summit in London

More than 200 delegates from the mining, renewable energy and finance sectors attended this event.

February 1, 2016

Despite De Beers and Rio’s efforts, global diamond output to jump 1.3% this year

The miners concerted effort to limit global diamond supply is forecast to be offset by stable Russian production, new mines, and production increases by Dominion Diamond and Petra Diamonds.