May 13, 2020 Recycled battery metals being tested for use as crop fertilizer Tests carried out in Australia showed a “significant uptake” of the metals in wheat on local low-quality soil.
May 13, 2020 Diamonds: the brilliant new asset Gold is nearing the all-time high; diamonds, a twenty year low.
May 13, 2020 Platinum giant says lockdown in South Africa risks killing mines Mines need to be at a minimum of 75% to 80% capacity to be viable, says Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman.
May 13, 2020 Zambia starts processing artisanal gold The country built 10 milling plants to process gold in a drive to formalise artisanal and small-scale miners and diversify from copper mining.
May 13, 2020 Miners to resume operations in Philippines Miners will have to provide medical equipment and supplies such as thermal scanners, face masks, hand gloves, and hand sanitizers.
May 13, 2020 HSBC lost $200m in a day on paper as coronavirus dislocated gold market HSBC said the issue was mainly due to an "unprecedented widening" of the price difference between US gold futures and spot gold in the London market.
May 13, 2020 Vale to spend $2bn to cut carbon emissions 33% by 2030 Vale previously announced plans to eliminate emissions entirely by 2050.
May 13, 2020 Freeport Indonesia ramps up coronavirus testing Covid-19 infections in Mimika Regency, where the Grasberg mine is located on Papua island, reached 112 cases as of Sunday.
May 13, 2020 World’s largest wealth fund blacklists Glencore, Anglo over coal Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund is excluding some of the world's biggest commodities firms from its portfolio because of their use and production of coal.
May 12, 2020 China’s great energy shift sets mega hybrid projects in motion Some of China’s biggest state-owned companies are pouring in billions of dollars to build projects that combine wind and solar with energy storage.
Angola’s Endiama seeks to raise diamond output further after 2024 record Endiama's 2024 output made Angola the world's third-largest producer of rough diamonds by volume, behind Russia and Botswana. February 10, 2026 | 07:13 am
