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Brazil studying auction of rights to six unexplored mining areas in 2019

The unexplored areas that have significant potential output of copper, gold, phosphate and other minerals.

Reuters | July 30, 2018 | 4:18 pm

Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M

Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2018 | 3:22 am

South African diamond fetches half a million dollars

The gem was sold on tender for $11,267 per carat.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 27, 2018 | 4:24 pm

De Beers sizes up Canadian diamond project, first big buy in nearly 2 decades

Anglo American unit De Beers expects its purchase of Canada's Peregrine Diamonds, its first upstream diamond acquisition since 2000, to be completed in a month to six weeks' time.

Reuters | July 26, 2018 | 9:03 am

Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes

Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2018 | 1:58 am

Petra shares drop after it cuts 2019 diamond production forecast

The miner said it expects to produce 4.6 million to 4.8 million carats in 2019, well below the 5.0-5.3 million carats it forecast in July last year.

Reuters | July 23, 2018 | 6:10 am

Alrosa to start diamond mining at Zarya by 2019

Total diamond resources are estimated to contain 3.5 million carats of diamonds.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 22, 2018 | 8:32 am

De Beers buys Canada’s Peregrine Diamonds for $81 million

Canadian firm is the sole owner of the Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2018 | 6:37 am

Miners wrote off almost one-third of investments over last decade

From the $939bn invested in major projects between 2008 and 2017, the world’s top 40 mining companies by market cap. wrote-off $273bn or 29% of the initial capital outlay.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2018 | 3:43 am

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