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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.
Yesterday
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...
22 october 2026
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.
22 october 2026
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.
22 october 2026
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.
22 october 2026
Zim diamond money laundering suspected in SA property buying spree
25 july 2012
A property buying spree in South Africa by a top crony of Robert Mugabe’s is suspected to be part of a money laundering exercise, to process the illicit profits of Zimbabwe’s still controversial diamond trade.
Losing Sightholders
24 july 2012
It may have taken a downturn to prove it, but Diamond Trading Company (DTC) sightholders are sensing that the game has changed, Avi Krawitz writes in an analysis dated July 20 on www.diamonds.net. As a result, there was an underlying anger emanating from this week’s DTC sight as prices softened a mere 3 percent and De Beers supply remained unprofitable.
Debswana winds up Jwaneng’s Cut-8 project, eyes additional 100 mln cts
23 july 2012
Debswana’s $3 billion expansion project is meant to extend the life of the Jwaneng Diamond Mine out to 2025 and gain access to an additional 100 million carats.
Leonid Tolpezhnikov, Head of Analysis, ALROSA: Slowdown with hope pinned on improvement in second half of 2012
19 july 2012
The diamond market, which started its timid recovery in the first quarter of 2012, relapsed into a slowdown spiral in its second quarter. Most experts are now not as optimistic as before and currently expect rehabilitation by the following year. Leonid Tolpezhnikov, Head of Analysis at ALROSA, told Interfax how the company evaluates the situation in the market at the moment; if it sees a reason for reducing its annual price forecast; and what it expects from the second half of the year.
No Need to Be Martyrs, Stand Up for Your (Price) Rights
18 july 2012
Have prices of Fancies truly declined in the past week? Not at all. The prevalent list is out of whack with the industry, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the sad, brutal truth, says Edahn Golan on www.idexonline.com in an article pjsted on July 12.
