January 13, 2021 Elite diamond-buying club shrinks as De Beers culls old clients De Beers has cut off some of its long-term diamond buyers, marking one of the biggest shakeups in the way the miner sells gems.
January 13, 2021 Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally Rhodium, used in engine exhausts to neutralize harmful nitrous oxides, has been in deficit for most of the last decade.
January 13, 2021 Gold-backed ETFs end record 2020 with second month of outflows ETFs grew their holdings by 876 tonnes in 2020 - equivalent to around a quarter of the annual output of the world's gold mines.
January 13, 2021 Indebted Zambia pays $400m in VAT refunds to mining firms Africa’s second-largest copper producer is negotiating with creditors to try to get debt relief, after it defaulted on a $42.5 million coupon in November.
January 13, 2021 Apache tribe sues over Rio Tinto’s Resolution copper project Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe have sued the Trump Administration to block the pending land swap in Arizona.
January 13, 2021 Weak lithium prices could slow EV revolution – Albemarle By 2025, demand is expected to outstrip supply by nearly 228,000 tonnes.
January 12, 2021 First Cobalt signs supply deal with Glencore, eyes China Moly contract Company will source cobalt hydroxide at prevailing market prices from Glencore's Kamoto Copper operation for five years starting in 2022.
January 12, 2021 Lithium miner’s German smelter plan draws billionaires Rock Tech's planned $400 million lithium refinery has attracted support from billionaires including Peter Thiel.
January 12, 2021 Norway eyes sea change in deep dive for metals instead of oil Country could license companies for deep-sea mining as early as 2023, its oil and energy ministry told Reuters.
January 12, 2021 RST advances technology for treatment and rehabilitation of tailings dams RST’s advanced crusting agents are being used by mine operations and power plants to control dust when the surface moisture in tailings dams is evaporated or recycled.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
