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Canadian Exiro Nickel acquires nickel assets from Vale
The complex comprises two mines and a facility for the production of refined nickel. According to the most recent data—covering the period from the fourth quarter of 2023 through the third quarter of 2024—Thompson Operations produced 10,500 tonnes of...
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DRDGOLD Q3 gold output climbs 10% as revenue reaches over $180m
DRDGOLD's gold production increased by 10% to 42,021 ounces for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, supported by a 15% improvement in yield to 0.212g/t despite a 5% drop in tonnage throughput.
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Kumba Iron Ore Q3 production falls 19% as sales rise 3%
Kumba Iron Ore's total production decreased by 19% to 7.5 million tonnes (Mt) for the third quarter ended 30 September 2026, down from 9.2 Mt a year earlier.
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Antofagasta Q3 copper output up 7%, annual guidance maintained
Chilean miner Antofagasta has reported that its copper production increased by 7% in the third quarter of 2026 to 151,900 tonnes, compared to 142,000 tonnes in the same period a year earlier.
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Saudi oil companies to engage in lithium production
The Saudi oilfield services company National Energy Services Reunited has announced that its specialized division, NESR Environmental and Decarbonisation Applications (NEDA), has entered into an agreement with the national oil and gas monopoly Aramco...
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Diamonds at Auction, Is it All it’s Cracked Up to Be?
02 october 2014
(IDEX Online) - The global press seems mesmerized by record breaking prices of diamonds at auctions, fueling a belief that auctions are the place where prices head up, that if you want to sell a special item, you’ll get the best price at Christie’s or Sotheby’s. However, the question that must be asked is, as a seller, will you get the largest check at the auction? Further, is there a chance that the way auction houses sell diamonds actually dampens price hikes?
Has jewellery consumption in India reached a plateau?
01 october 2014
Not really, going by the ever-growing domestic jewellery sector in the country. Changes in life styles or choice of purchase patterns may change due to external influences but thanks to Indian’s culture traditions, the country has always been an ever-growing enormous market for precious jewellery. Irrespective of the economic changes domestically or internationally or even fluctuating prices of gold or other precious metals or prices of diamonds or other precious stones, the jewellery sector has registered growth.
Zim diamonds’ Belgium fiasco: We told you so remark from Mugabe, Mhlanga inevitable
30 september 2014
Reports early this month that Zimbabwe was set to conduct up to two diamond auctions in Antwerp, Belgium, before it convene its own domestic exchange in November, came as a surprise to many. It was astonishing in the sense that Harare had earlier in the year said that its stones attracted poor prices in Antwerp compared to Dubai.
Investment banks on resignation of ALROSA CEO: Most important is to save strategy
29 september 2014
The resignation of Fyodor Andreyev as President of ALROSA is negative for the company, but the fundamental conditions giving rise to investment attractiveness of the Russian diamond miner remain unchanged, according to reviews and comments coming from the majority of investment banks. The main thing is to follow the strategy focused on exploration, production and sale of diamonds.
Influencing Change
26 september 2014
(Rapaport) - De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to sightholders, it continues to evolve its own agenda and business strategy to ensure growth in such a changing marketplace.
