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Africa
DRA diamond plant recovers huge diamond at Karowe
Johannesburg based engineer and project delivery company DRA Global has commented that it is pleased and proud that its innovative process plant designs have assisted in the recovery of very large diamonds at the Karowe mine of Boteti Mining...
Africa
INFOGRAPHIC: Visualizing Chinese Investment in Africa
We have said previously that Africa is the new land of opportunity for speculators and investors. Although there is no shortage of risks, the continent is home to vast amounts of resource wealth, the fastest growing class of millionaires,...
Africa
Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?
The price of crude oil ($37.65) and iron ore ($38.80) dropped again and the globe's two most traded raw materials are now at levels prior to the word supercycle even entering the popular lexicon. Similarly precious metals and industrial...
Africa
Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?
The price of crude oil ($37.65) and iron ore ($38.80) dropped again and the globe's two most traded raw materials are now at levels prior to the word supercycle even entering the popular lexicon. Similarly precious metals and industrial...
Europe
Down again: iron ore sinks below $40 a tonne
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...
Europe
Anglo American set to announce dividend cut next week
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)...
Europe
Glencore axes jobs, coal output at Australia’s mine as price collapses
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...
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