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This is the 106-carat diamond Alrosa unearthed from its Jubilee pipeRussia's Alrosa, the world's top diamond producer by output in carats, said Thursday it has recovered a 105.6-carat diamond from the Jubilee kimberlite pipe. The stone, described as being...

Vale’s Carajás iron ore complex, located in a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest. Iron ore prices got hammered again Friday, sinking to a 10-year-low of $39.40 a tonne, the lowest ever recorded by price assessor The Steel Index...

Anglo American set to announce dividend cut next weekEarlier this year, Anglo announced a $3.5bn write-down related to the value of its flagship Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil. (Image courtesy of Anglo American) Global miner Anglo American (LON:AAL)...

Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) said Monday it is cutting production and 80% of the remaining staff at its Collinsville mine in Australia’s north Queensland as a result of collapsing coal prices. The cuts would affect around 180...

Rio, which is Australia's biggest iron ore exporter, has been a massive driver of expansions, adding millions of tonnes of seaborne supply to the market in the last year. Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) announced Tuesday fresh cuts to its spending...

Krause and his team, which includes archaeobotanists and a large number of students from Goethe University, have been researching in the area for 15 years. German researchers have detected traces of mining activity in Central Europe dating back to...

K+S Potash to hire 150 workers for its Canada’s Legacy projectWhile some companies in Saskatchewan, Canada’s and the world’s potash heart, are axing production or set to layoff employees, Germany-based fertilizer producer K+S AG is looking to hire hundreds....