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India tightens standards for gold
India’s new "Good Delivery Gold" standard system establishes requirements for responsible sourcing and traceability. The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has called for the swift adoption and international recognition of these standards...
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Orion Minerals secures $40m Glencore financing for Prieska mine development
Orion Minerals has secured $40 million in Tranche A financing from Glencore for its flagship Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa's Northern Cape, after the funding became unconditional following the execution of final concentrate offtake and intercreditor...
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De Beers' Q3 output falls 11%, assumes full ownership of Gahcho Kue
Anglo American has reported an 11% decrease in De Beers’ rough diamond production for the third quarter of 2026, down to 6.8 million carats compared to 7.7 million carats in the same period last year.
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Critical Metals gets formal approval for Tanbreez rare earth mine from Greenland authorities
US-based Critical Metals Corp. has announced that its flagship Tanbreez rare earth project has received formal mining plan and closure plan approvals from the government of Greenland, paving the way for a 24-year mine life.
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Kyrgyzstan begun construction of a $556 million gold mining complex
The project is being implemented by Chaarat ZAAV, a joint venture between Canada’s Silvercorp Metals (70 %) and the state owned Kyrgyzaltyn (30 %). According to Silvercorp Metals’ calculations, once it reaches its design capacity, the enterprise will...
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Experiential Ownership: Luxury’s New Challenge?
14 january 2016
(luxurysociety.com) - A common refrain of the past half-decade has been the decline of luxury ‘ownership’ and the rise of luxury ‘experience’. If this is to believed, then we are moving, they say, away from permanent, physical object ‘possession’ and ‘personal luxury goods’ into transient, intangible, service-dominated ‘experiential luxury.’
Senate Votes to Legalize Space Mining
13 january 2016
(Popular Science) - After much delay, an important space bill has finally passed in the U.S. Senate. The Space Act of 2015 would do a lot of things to encourage the private space industry--including extending the "learning period" wherein fledgling spaceflight companies can operate without too much government oversight. It would also give companies the rights to the resources they might one day extract from asteroids, such as platinum and water (which, believe it or not, is a valuable resource in space).
Canadian diamond producers best positioned to weather price crunch
12 january 2016
(miningweekly.com) – As the global diamond industry sobers from a hangover of expected market growth that did not happen, Canadian producers are perhaps best positioned to weather the downturn, given the superiority of the country’s diamond projects.
Luxury Insight: Are Millennials & Synthetic Diamonds Ready To Tie The Knot?
11 january 2016
(luxurysociety.com) - As the definition of luxury continues change, some of the affluent Millennials segment leading the shift are exhibiting a newfound interest in synthetic diamonds over natural. Here, Kimberly De Geer explores this emerging trend amongst early adopters.
The Diamond Selling System Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed?
05 january 2016
(jckonline.com) - Everyone agrees: The diamond market, and the way diamonds are sold, is a mess. The system has broken down. While producers continue to post strong profits, manufacturers’ margins have been whittled down to nothing, and the middle market’s woes have brought the industry to a crisis point.
