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De Beers auction sales: what a difference a decade can make

"The last 10 years have been... an exciting time during which we’ve launched lots of industry firsts and helped reimagine the way the sector operates."

De Beers | January 29, 2018 | 11:17 am

Petra Diamonds shares crash on profit and output forecast cuts

The stock fell by 21%, the steepest intraday decline since September, after the miner lowered production forecasts and confirmed that a stronger South African currency would knock annual profits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2018 | 5:52 am

Canada’s Fort Hills oil sands project delivers first bitumen

Project is on track to reach 90% of capacity — or 194,000 barrels per day — by the end of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2018 | 3:46 am

Preferred addresses for Toronto and Vancouver miners

Where miners and juniors hang their hats.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 28, 2018 | 1:18 pm

World’s only gold cast of Mandela’s hand could fetch up to $13 million

A South African businessman now living in Canada wants to sell a unique collection of solid gold items intimately associated to Nelson Mandela, which he bought for about $360,000 in 2003.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 27, 2018 | 6:00 am

Zambia court dismisses First Quantum bid to stop $1.4bn lawsuit

ZCCM-IH launched action in Oct 2016 to sue First Quantum over claims that the company borrowed $2.3bn from copper mining subsidiary without informing them.

Reuters | January 26, 2018 | 12:01 pm

De Beers Is digging up more diamonds than any time since 2008

The company, a unit of Anglo American Plc, mined 33.5 million carats in 2017. That’s a 22 percent jump from a year earlier, beating its own target.

Bloomberg News | January 25, 2018 | 12:10 pm

Teck says Elkview incident to cost 200,000 tonnes in production

This comes a week after the miner reported a "significant pressure" event at the mine.

Reuters | January 25, 2018 | 12:02 pm

Caterpillar beats estimates again, delivers bullish outlook for 2018

The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2018 | 3:23 am

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