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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
Seven criteria for assessing the value of a diamond
28 december 2011
What criteria are used to assess the value of a diamond? Our correspondent in Brussels addressed this question to the experts of the Antwerp diamond community on the eve of Christmas and New Year sales. And here is what he found out.
Americans are wary of economy, but reluctant to pinch pennies on Christmas gifts
27 december 2011
The retail sector in the United States is going through a crucial time which is the sales period before Christmas and the coming New Year. For the overwhelming part of Americans, these are the most important holidays of the year. This is why it was not surprising that many retailers were under a great strain before Christmas shopping and feared that the season would be disappointing. How much true were their fears?
De Beers' list of sightholders surprises market
26 december 2011
Many in the closely-knit diamond trade are surprised at the failure of Rosy Blue, the world's largest polished diamond maker, to qualify for rough diamond supplies from De Beers out of Botswana and listed company Asian Star being dropped from its sightholder list for the three-year contract period commencing in March 2012.
When All Else Fails – Diamonds
23 december 2011
Long-term, the average price of diamonds has increased by about 40 percent since June 2004, when IDEX Online started tracking prices. Diamonds are a far more stable, less volatile store of value. Surprising?
Precious fakes
22 december 2011
Fakes are the rust eating away high jewelry style, www.superstyle.ru writes. The reasoning behind jewelry fakes stems from two things – high jewelry prices and impossibility to identify declared grades of precious alloys and declared characteristics of precious gems by sight and touch.
