Gold mining executives came in for some criticism on the first day of this year’s Mines & Money conference, for among other things a lack of foresight and reaping too much of the benefit.
A group of UN experts says the army is smuggling minerals in eastern Congo, where the government is trying to cut the link between violence and the mineral trade.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia today told Wright to refile its complaint as it rejected Hancock’s argument that Wright’s case was filed too late.
Diamantaires in Mumbai and Surat have been advised against importing rough diamonds from the suspended Central African Republic following rebel conflict.