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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...
Today
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.
Today
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.
Today
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.
Today
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...
Yesterday
ALROSA's mining goes underground
25 june 2014
By launching an underground mine on the Udachny Diamond Field in June 2014, ALROSA completes the ten-year period of construction on this site, as well as its underground mines construction program. The Udachny Mine with a production capacity of 4 million tonnes of ore per year (and average diamond grade reaching 1.31 carats per tonne) will be the largest underground mine of ALROSA and one of the three largest in the world.
Rough and Polished: South Africa Shortchanged on Diamond Trade (Part 2)
24 june 2014
(100Reporters) - In 2007, the South African government established an export tax of 5 percent on diamonds. But from 2009 to 2013, according to the latest Tax Statistics report, it yielded only $21.9 million to the national purse.
Rough and Polished: South Africa Shortchanged on Diamond Trade (Part 1)
23 june 2014
(100Reporters) - At every step, from mine to ring finger, South Africa’s diamond industry is benefitting from royalty and export tax structures riddled with loopholes, shortchanging citizens of one of the world’s premier sources of diamonds of tens of millions of dollars a year in revenue.
Nappy time
20 june 2014
(PolishedPrices) - I read today that for the first time in Japan more nappies (diapers) have been sold to the old rather than for use by babies. I thought that this was a particularly succinct way of underlining just how predominant the aging population is becoming in many countries. The grey vote in our industry is more than amply represented and I would suggest explains to a large extent why the industry has become so moribund.
ALROSA Approves Guidelines on Responsible Business Practices for Customers
19 june 2014
The ALROSA ALLIANCE Guidelines were adopted by the company’s Executive Committee on May 19th, 2014. The Guidelines form an integral part of the ALROSA ALLIANCE Logo license agreement open for signing by long-term buyers of rough diamonds produced by ALROSA to endorse their status of a reliable buyer of rough diamonds and strengthen supplier-consumer confidence.
