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First Quantum stock surges – expects no more covid disruptions

The Cobre Panama mine, which was shut in early April by order of Panama's health ministry, has not had any covid-19 cases on site since May.

Jackson Chen | September 16, 2020 | 9:38 am

Petra finds five blue diamonds but no clear path to recovery

While the discovery is a boost for the struggling diamond…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2020 | 9:09 am

Bids open for Canadian “flawless” 102-carat diamond

Bids for the rare 102.39-carat diamond opened on Sep. 15,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 16, 2020 | 6:28 am

Ivanhoe’s Congo mine productivity peerless among copper giants

GRAPHIC: Not just massive in scale, every tonne of copper…

Frik Els | September 15, 2020 | 2:03 pm

B2Gold shrugs off coup to boost output in Mali

The company is increasing production at Fekola by more than…

Bloomberg News | September 15, 2020 | 8:51 am

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First responsible, conflict-free artisanal gold supply chain operational in Congo

The Just Gold project is the first to successfully trace conflict-free and legal artisanal gold from mine site to export applying regional and international standards.

Partnership Africa Canada | May 17, 2017 | 3:57 am

These 5 trends will boost copper demand

Increasing demand for efficient building systems, electric vehicles and renewables generation could add more than 4 million tonnes of annual copper use by 2030, a study shows.

MINING.com Editor | May 16, 2017 | 5:00 am

Chinalco wants to be sole owner of world’s largest iron ore deposit

Move comes barely seven months after Rio Tinto agreed to sell it its stake in Simandou for up to $1.3 billion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2017 | 9:42 am

Lucara gets almost $18M for fragment of its massive ‘Lesedi La Rona’ diamond

The 373.7-carat diamond, sold during the Vancouver-based miner’s $54.8 million recent tender, was one of 15 large and high value diamonds offered by the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2017 | 9:55 am

Iron ore to hit $44 a tonne by 2021 — analysts

BMI Research expects prices to continue sliding for at least the next five years on rising supplies from Australia and Brazil and evidence of Chinese demand cooling earlier than expected.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2017 | 6:04 am

These were the top producing diamond mines in 2016

Here are the top 10 diamond mines in terms of output in carats and value.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 9, 2017 | 3:45 am

A crude awakening: The global black market for oil

Today’s infographic comes from Eurocontrol Technics Group, and it highlights the global problem of fuel theft.

Visual Capitalist | May 5, 2017 | 1:11 pm

Iron ore free fall wreaks havoc with main producers

It’s been a bad week for iron ore, with all indices steeply lower on Friday for a second consecutive day.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 5, 2017 | 4:28 am

Lower gold price in rand hurts Sibanye Gold’s Q1

A higher South African rand versus the U.S. dollar was to blame for lowering Sibanye Gold's (NYSE:SBGL) net operating profit in the first quarter.

Andrew Topf | May 4, 2017 | 2:12 pm

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