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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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De Beers August Sight Estimated at $715M
01 september 2014
(Rapaport) - The De Beers August sight closed last week with an estimated value of $715 million as the company maintained steady prices despite liquidity concerns in the diamond manufacturing sector. Rough trading slowed on the secondary market and premiums on De Beers boxes declined, with boxes selling at average low single-digit percentages during and after the sight.
Diamonds Once Again Set to Sparkle
29 august 2014
(The Wall Street Daily) - They say that diamonds are forever. But recently, the diamond industry has been in a downward spiral, with trade plagued by high production costs and falling prices. It’s been so bad that some of the world’s biggest mining companies, including Rio Tinto PLC and Anglo American PLC, considered selling their diamond businesses. Even the major diamond cartels – including DeBeers and Russia’s Alrosa – have suffered. But thanks to rising demand from emerging economies, diamond prices are back on the rise.
Will rare pink diamond auction sparkle for investors?
28 august 2014
(The Telegraph) - Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest mining company, has launched its latest rare pink diamond auction in Australia as prices for the most sought after of precious gems stones are expected to surge.
Zim to try Antwerp again, conduct local diamond auction in Nov
27 august 2014
Zimbabwe is again set to conduct diamond auctions in Antwerp, Belgium, before it convenes its own domestic exchange in November this year. The Herald newspaper quoted mines and mining development minister Walter Chidhakwa as saying that Harare was looking at one or two Auctions in Antwerp, the world’s largest diamond trade centre, between now and November this year. He also said that the planned local auction would coincide with the upcoming diamond conference set for Zimbabwe’s capital early November.
Ever More Diamonds
26 august 2014
(«Эксперт») - Alrosa plans to ramp up production commissioning new diamond fields and developing existing mines. In November of 2013, the company sold 16% of its stock on the Moscow International Stock Exchange, which permitted to determine its capitalization turned to be more than $ 10 billion at the time of bidding. Andrey Polyakov, Vice President of Alrosa, told us about the prospects for the development of the company being the basis for the diamond complex of Yakutia.
