Gold impurities in silver coins and lead pollution in Greenland ice show that the Romans were pioneers of recycling.

The miner is confident about the positive effects that supply curbs by major producers and India's two-month import moratorium will have on the market.

Strategic Minerals Europe issued a media statement saying it will push for the restart of section C of its Penouta tin-tantalum mine in northwestern Spain.

Superdeep diamonds likely migrated to the surface together with different parts of the former supercontinent Gondwana following violent volcanic eruptions.

Amid a wider slump, MINING.COM’s ranking was lit up by newcomer Amman Minerals, which now sits just outside the top 10 after minting at least six new billionaires since its July IPO.