Zambia says no meeting planned with Vedanta over Konkola mine

The 122.52-carat blue diamond won't be sold before the end of Petra's current financial year on June 30.

Unions representing 70,000 workers and the three largest platinum mines in the world reach wage deal to end almost 5-month long strike.

De Beers, the world's largest diamond miner by market value, is also bracing for a rough diamond demand rush.

Macquarie says sub-$65 unlikely because first Indonesian and then Australian producers will drop out of the market around these levels.

Tin, tantalum and tungsten mines used to generate $185 million a year for armed groups. Now, about two-thirds of those operations are part of peaceful supply chains, study shows.

World's largest mining company said to be unloading all of the non-core units acquired after the merger with Billiton 13 years ago.

A surge in ETF buying lights fire under palladium futures while platinum jumps past pre-strike levels .

The newly elected president of the World Diamond Council is not in favour of expanding the scope of the Kimberley Process scheme beyond conflict zones.

This is not the first time Rio Tinto axes jobs at this mine. In 2013, it sacked 276 workers, following losses on reduced demand for the metal.