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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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Mountain Province Sees Possible 20 Years of Production at Gahcho Kué
15 september 2014
(Rapaport) - Mountain Province Diamonds owns a 49 percent stake in the Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada's Northwest Territories. Patrick Evans is a former South African diplomat and mining company executive who has served as Mountain Province CEO since 2005. In an interview with Rapaport News, Evans discusses what distinguishes Gahcho Kué from other diamond mining projects in development and what he has learned during his career in the mining industry.
August Rough Market Report: Declining Demand, Eroding Premiums
12 september 2014
(IDEX Online) – The rough diamond sector has had two price drivers in the past couple of months: good demand for polished diamonds accompanied by rising polished prices, and Alrosa’s announcement that it will supply fewer rough goods in the July-September period. With these two drivers waning, demand, prices and the mood in the industry has turned south in the past couple of weeks.
Peregrine Progresses in Efforts to Confirm Resource Base at Chidliak
11 september 2014
(DIB Online) - This season, as part of its 2014 field activities, Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. completed a total of 3,305 metres of core drilling at the CH-6, CH-7 and CH-44 kimberlites at its 100 percent-owned Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut, Canada.
Of political bedlam and diamond mining in Lesotho
10 september 2014
Lesotho had long been known as a source of large, high-quality diamonds, at least initially from alluvial deposits, although its diamond assets had to date remained unexploited. The country had, until recently, the highest priced diamonds in the world. Its average price of rough production fell 7 percent to $584.88 per carat in 2013.
U.S. Jewelry & Watch Sales +4% to $6B in July
09 september 2014
(Rapaport) - U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations and the increase represented the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales data, the government revised sector growth lower for each of the previous five months.
