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ICSG sees global refined copper market in surplus through 2027
The Lisbon-based International Copper Study Group (ICSG), an autonomous intergovernmental think tank, has published its 2026 - 2027 global refined copper market report and forecast a widening surplus.
Today
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...
Yesterday
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.
Yesterday
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.
Yesterday
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.
Yesterday
IPO may provide ALROSA with a varied source of capital that it may apply to pay for its ambitious expansion plans both in Russia and in developing diamond mines in Africa
25 november 2013
The placement of its shares on the stock exchange carried out by ALROSA worked out well. It is the first time in recent years that one of the largest diamond mining companies got listed. What does this mean for the industry and what is the attitude of its other players to this event? That’s what our correspondents tried to find out turning their questions to industry participants.
The Year of Omnishambles
22 november 2013
(IDEX Online) - The Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year 2012 was ‘omnishambles.’ The word describes “a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, and is characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.” What word would lexicographers of the diamond industry select for 2013?
Future of Africa’s diamond mining bright
21 november 2013
Global diamond reserves declined from about 2.6 billion carats in 2000 to just over 2.3 billion carats in 2012, the AWDC and Bain & Company third annual global diamond industry report shows. Although Russia (where scientists claimed the existence of a secret diamond deposit last year that contains “trillions of carats” of the rare gem) and Australia had demonstrated most growth, African countries account for most resources, AWDC and Bain said.
Company Hails Smooth Transition from London to Gaborone
20 november 2013
(Rapaport) - The De Beers November sight closed with an estimated value of $480 million, slightly higher than presight estimates as sightholders saw a bit more profitability in the goods on offer. The sight was the first full international sight to be held in Botswana after the company completed its relocation of sightholder sales from London.
Everything that sparkles is not a natural diamond
19 november 2013
The image of the diamond industry was somewhat soiled last year when it emerged that several synthetic stones had been marketed as natural. Such continued fraudulent activities had prompted the Rapaport Group to issue out a trade alert last month to the diamond industry warning buyers of these synthetic lab-grown diamonds that are being mixed with natural diamonds in parcels of melee and pointers.
