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Dr Doom: Be afraid, but not very afraid of emerging market crises

While many emerging markets are teetering right now, noted economist Nouriel Roubini says chance of a fully-fledged crisis is low.

Frik Els | January 31, 2014 | 8:01 pm

DRC mining billionaire turns 29,900% profit on oil deal

Perfecting a strategy honed with copper and gold, Dan Gertler sells back to the DRC an oil block for $150 million acquired 7 years before for $500,000.

Frik Els | January 27, 2014 | 10:57 pm

Quebec’s Bill 70 came into effect: here is what that means

The bill generally adds certain requirements to the application for conversion, most of which codify existing industry best practices.

Fred Pletcher and Pascal de Guise | January 24, 2014 | 9:05 pm

Petra Diamonds finds 29.6 carat blue diamond in South African mine

Value of the freshly unearthed rare gem could easily exceed $60 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 21, 2014 | 5:45 pm

De Beers not ruling out expansion of its Victor diamond mine in Canada

The process, which will include public consultation, could allow the firm to open the so-called “Tango Extension” in 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 20, 2014 | 5:09 pm

Israel’s diamond exports rising while industry battles legislators

Israel's polished diamond exports rose by 12% over the past year, after a 23% dip in 2012.

Ana Komnenic | January 16, 2014 | 11:37 pm

IT giant Intel takes the conflict mineral bull by the horns

From now on every microprocessor the company uses will be made entirely with conflict-free minerals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2014 | 5:16 pm

Massive diamond fields discovered in Zimbabwe to save the country’s industry

Authorities are calling them the "the billion dollar diamond fields," though little exploration has taken place so far.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2014 | 4:13 pm

How contrarians play bear markets in resources: Rick Rule

Your willingness to buy a stock should not be diminished by the fact that it has fallen in price. In everyday purchases, we want to buy things that are selling at discounts. In investing, people tend to prefer stocks when they are expensive and hate them when they are cheap.

Sprott Group | January 8, 2014 | 8:07 am

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Rio Tinto down despite $7.2bn cash return to investors

De Beers ready to begin South Africa’s Voorspoed mine closure

Lucapa’s mine in Lesotho continues to yield special diamonds

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

Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M

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