Death, diamonds and Russia’s Africa Project: Leonid Bershidsky

London Metal Exchange, bidding to take over administration of gold and silver fix, says its open to manipulation.

Mineral Resources, which also operates small iron ore mines, now owns a 12% stake in Aquila.

For years it seemed that juniors were fleeing from diamond exploration — and for good reason.

The world’s top copper producer, however, is energy-starved, which has begun affecting the competitiveness of its mining sector and cramping economic growth.

Orbiting spacecraft could be refuelled with water taken from asteroids—but some experts doubt the economics.

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.

The incident comes on the heels of jobs reductions announced last week, which affected about 50 contractors.