June 26, 2012
A Chinese magnate, benefiting from his access to diamonds in Zimbabwe, is reported to have ploughed $100 million into the country’s Central Intelligence Organisation to fund covert operations against Mugabe's…
June 26, 2012
Birkat Elyon, celebrated high-end cubic zirconia jewelry manufacturer, reports an increase in cz sales from consumers concerned with the supporting the diamond trade.
June 26, 2012
Copper and gold focused Ivanhoe Australia announced Tuesday that it will cut 50 jobs from its Queensland operations to save around $10 million.
June 26, 2012
The world’s largest gold company, Barrick Gold, has rehired a former member of its financial team to fill a senior management spot generated when it dumped former chief executive Aaron…
June 25, 2012
No matter what their interests—surface or underground, hard rock or soft rock—MINExpo visitors will find the machines and technology at the Caterpillar exhibit to help them mine and move minerals…
June 25, 2012
A consortium comprising commodities trader Glencore and South African businessperson Cyril Ramaphosa’s Lexshell 849 has increased its shareholding in black economic-empowered Optimum Coal to just over 70%.
June 25, 2012
FLSmidth has opened an all-in-one service centre, called a Supercenter, in Renca, Santiago, Chile. The centre is one of eight planned to be built in countries where FLSmidth has signifi-…
June 25, 2012
Analysts are now saying that the world's second largest economy may not be the "long-term structural importer of thermal coal" suppliers have been betting on.
June 25, 2012
Giant miner Rio Tinto said Monday that it has started exporting premium hard coking coal from its Mozambique Benga Mine, its first shipment of 34,000 tons has left the Port…
June 25, 2012
US-based precious metals producer Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp said Monday it would evaluate strategic and operational alternatives for its silver and gold Martha mine in Argentina to reduce its high…
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