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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.
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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.
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.
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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...
Yesterday
De Beers Considers Requiring Better Accounting Standards by Sightholders
30 april 2014
(IDEX Online) - Few issues in the diamond industry raise more concern than financing. Bank financing is what allows most businesses to expand, overcome temporary cash flow hardships, purchase new equipment, make long-term plans and execute programs. If in many industries a popular figure of speech is, “Bank financing is oxygen” then in the diamond-manufacturing sector of the industry, financing is, quite literally, oxygen. It keeps the manufacturing sector alive.
Will India dominate the global diamond market?
29 april 2014
The largest buyers of diamonds are not at all world-renowned jewelry companies, but watch manufacturers from Switzerland, according to Jean-Baptiste Mayer, an independent gems trader.
International diamond tenders a blessing for Zim but will it produce more?
28 april 2014
A report recently released by Equity Communications, a research company focusing on the Zimbabwean mining industry, revealed that the country‘s rough diamond sales reached $466.9 million last year. This was a decline of 38.4 percent compared to the sales recorded a year earlier.
Exceptional Diamond Segments
25 april 2014
(Rapaport) - Unique large and color diamonds are poised to fetch strong prices on the auction circuit again this year. The Sotheby’s Hong Kong jewels sale taking place on April 7 and the Christie’s New York jewels sale on April 16, are well timed to carry on the momentum for these goods from the Basel shows this past week – or more correctly, the momentum from last year.
Rare diamond suggests vast amounts of water trapped deep underground
24 april 2014
(CTV-News) - In his classic 1864 adventure story "Journey to the Centre of Earth," the French novelist imagined a vast ocean deep within the planet's bowels. University of Alberta scientists have found the first direct evidence that he wasn't far off.
