June 8, 2020 The diamond glut: Miners stuck with gems worth billions The five biggest producers are probably sitting on excess inventories worth about $3.5-billion.
June 8, 2020 Giant spill in Russia offers a glimpse of the Arctic’s future Investigators have determined that the leakage of of 20.000 tonnes of diesel was caused by damage from thawing permafrost.
June 7, 2020 Vedanta books $1.7 billion loss in Q4 as oil prices plunge The company took a one-time loss of 171.3 billion rupees in the March quarter, mainly due to an impairment of assets at its Oil & Gas business.
June 7, 2020 Vale reaffirms iron ore output forecast after court decision Vale said it is keeping its monthly production forecast at Itabira at 2.7 million tonnes "for the next months."
June 7, 2020 Zijin takes control of Tibet copper miner for $548m The move is aimed at boosting Tibet Julong Copper's resource base and achieving sustainable development.
June 5, 2020 Gold stock upleg healthy Gold miners’ stocks just rolled over into a correction, raising concerns about the staying power of their massive post-panic upleg.
June 5, 2020 Traditional owners say Rio Tinto knew importance of caves razed for mine The caves, for which Rio funded at least four excavations, revealed thousands of archaeological remnants subsequent to its 2013 approval to destroy the site.
June 5, 2020 Indonesia to ask Freeport to build copper smelter Government aims to build an integrated smelting hub in Weda Bay, a new metal industrial park.
June 5, 2020 Alrosa sees covid impact lingering after Q1 slide Russian diamond producer reported an 87% slide in first-quarter net profit.
June 5, 2020 Golden bulls: Visualizing the price of gold from 1915-2020 In 1915, an ounce of gold was worth $488.66 per ounce in today’s dollars and as of May 15, 2020, $1,751 per ounce.
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
