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A little-known cobalt miner wants to out-produce everyone except Glencore

New output from Congo means the supply of cobalt could exceed demand for a few years, as it did narrowly in 2017.

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2018 | 11:13 am

Botswana’s Debswana says expects further rise in diamond output

Debswana expects growth this year as lower taxes in the US leave consumers with more to spend on luxury goods.

Reuters | March 27, 2018 | 10:33 am

Labour groups file OECD complaint against BHP and Vale over dam-burst disaster

The accident killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless and unemployed and caused sludge to wash downstream into the neighbouring state of Espírito Santo.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 26, 2018 | 6:30 pm

Kinross Gold settles charges over anti-corruption rules: SEC

Kinross Gold to pay $950,000 to settle civil charges that it failed to ensure its payments in Africa were not being used to bribe government officials.

Reuters | March 26, 2018 | 1:14 pm

Platinum mines in the world’s top producer are shrinking

Producers in South Africa are closing shafts and cutting jobs as a stronger rand combines with stagnating prices for the metal in squeezing profit margins.

Bloomberg News | March 26, 2018 | 11:14 am

Congo’s 2017 mining revenue up 36% while oil revenue doubles

Mining revenue in the fourth quarter more than doubled helped by higher prices for key exports such as copper and cobalt.

Reuters | March 26, 2018 | 11:00 am

Two risks threaten commodities, one bullish, one bearish: Russell

The are two main factors that appear to be emerging that may threaten an end to the current quite rosy picture surrounding demand for commodities such as iron ore, steel and the metals most exposed to the battery boom, cobalt, lithium and nickel.

Reuters | March 26, 2018 | 2:20 am