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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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Risk of diamond investments
28 march 2014
Contrary to what many websites and articles are saying about secure long-term investments in diamonds, non-professionals should use caution in this segment of the investment market.
Diamonds may fall as rain and form oceans on Saturn and Jupiter
27 march 2014
Saturn and Jupiter may be a girl's best friend after scientists have claimed that diamonds may fall from the sky as rain to create large oceans on the giant planets, according to The Telegraph. Astrophysicists have calculated that the conditions on the two biggest planets of the solar system are enough to produce stable oceans made from diamond.
Why Zimbabwe should stick with Antwerp for now
26 march 2014
Antwerp tenders promote transparency, which Zimbabwe wants now to boost its empty coffers. Despite years of seclusion and clandestine diamond trade, Marange miners and the Zimbabwean government had a lot to gain from Antwerp tenders. The reputation of their diamonds will also improve in as much as they will gain financially as the February tender had already proven.
Synthetics Are 100% Detectable
25 march 2014
(Rapaport) - De Beers is confident that its technology detects all synthetic diamonds. During a correspondence with Rapaport, De Beers head of technologies, Dr. Simon Lawson, refuted claims by Yossi Kuzi of EGL Hong Kong that De Beers DiamondSure™ and DiamondView™ systems did not detect a synthetic type IaAB diamond. Lawson further stated that, “De Beers extensive research into heat treatment of synthetic diamond material gives us confidence that pure type IaAB synthetics cannot be produced.”
The Rough Diamond Market Report: Sizzling Again
24 march 2014
(IDEX Online) - One of the questions most asked lately, and the one many do not have an answer for, is the reason the diamond market is so active these days. Unlike the mood during the second half of 2013, in the first couple of months of 2014 rough diamonds are in high demand, leaving many traders a little puzzled.
