Glencore paid $5.8bn to governments in 2020

Europe and the IMF urged Donald Trump on Wednesday to step back from the brink of a trade war, after the resignation of his economic adviser emboldened those encouraging him to push ahead with tariffs on imported steel and aluminium.

Latest discovery is a 152-carat, top white colour Type IIa diamond, dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho.

The experience would include $17,000 diamond chopsticks and an 18-course dinner prepared by the Michelin-starred team from Jaan.

Finland's Ahtium Oyj , previously named Talvivaara Mining Company has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure financing for future projects.

Securing the debt will be the final milestone to bring the York project into production.

Paul Zimnisky, an independent diamond industry analyst, estimates supply will fall 3.4% to 147 million carats.

The competition is intensifying to use blockchain to try to eliminate battery minerals produced by child labour.

The London zinc price has been on a two-year romp, hitting a 10-year high of $3,595.50 a tonne last month.

The zinc market is making a U-turn.