SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelSupercycle-enthusiasts will counter the above by taking a five-year view. By that yardstick, copper is up 21%, nickel 40%...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe European Commission in March 2023 unveiled the Critical Raw Materials act, intended to secure supplies of raw material...Read More

Canada has backed itself into a corner. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has set two hard deadlines for zero-emission vehicles.It's declared that every single sedan and light truck sold in the country must be zero-emission by 2035, and every vehicle heavier than that has to be emission-free by 2040. Furthermore, to facilitate that transition, the government is pouring billions of dollars...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A woman has been reunited with her diamond ring, 13 years after she accidentally flushed it down the toilet.Mary Strand, 71, was astonished to learn that workers at a wastewater plant near her home in Minnesota, USA, had found it while fixing a machine.Metropolitan Council, the authority that operates the plant, launched a "needle in a haystack" Facebook campaign to find the owner,...Read More

Mongolia has agreed to supply critical metals to France, president Emmanuel Macron said on May 21, as he made the first ever visit to Ulaanbaatar by a serving French president.Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe two groups have been at odds over the leadership of the nickel-cobalt producer.Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelAbdulrahman Bin Muhaya discusses the exploration programmes and the various licencing rounds that are available in the Kin...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelJ.T.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sarine has reported a 12 per cent drop in Q1 revenue compared with the previous quarter.It blamed a combination of the global slowdown and teething troubles with its new Meteorite Plus technology, for the high-speed automated processing of small rough diamonds. The Israel-based diamond tech company realized $11.5m in Q1 2023, compared to $13.1m in Q4 2022.The expected post-loc...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelLast week saw the latest instalment of the Henry v Copper saga when the BHP boss used his time at the Bank of America meta...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesThe US State Department on Friday announced sanctions on gold producer Polyus, and on the Russian operations of Polymetal.Read More

Hurricanes are a threat if you live in certain areas. Yet, hurricanes are reliably confined to a hurricane season that runs from June to November in the Northern Hemisphere.Likewise, wildfires are a threat, but they're usually confined to periods when dry conditions and high winds combine to make forests predictably combustible.Put differently, the exact timing of some catastrophes may be unpredic...Read More

(IDEX Online) - G7 leaders concluded their summit in Hiroshima, Japan, yesterday without a clear mandate to sanction Russian diamonds.They pledged to "work closely together to restrict trade" in diamonds, but did not announce the sanctions some had expected.They reaffirmed their "commitment to stand together against Russia's illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukr...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers has opened a new flagship store in Hong Kong, featuring a fa?? ?ade inspired by the transformation of a diamond from rough to polished.The top part is made of textured metal that shines like a natural diamond. The lower section comprises colorful glass panels casting a unique triangular water chestnut pattern.The interior of the two-story 170 square meter store echoes the...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesThis panel discussion took place at Mining Journal Select London in March 2023, and featured a conversation between:SRK vi...Read More

Last week, Congress held an exclusive hearing on artificial intelligence (AI).The witnesses in the hearing included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, IBM Chief Privacy and Trust Officer Christina Montgomery, and New York University professor Gary Marcus.After watching the three-hour sideshow, there were three key takeaways about the future of AI and where investors should look. (Hint: Google is on the choppi...Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resources  The new Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact is described as the third pillar of the...Read More

IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it has resumed mining at its Zarya kimberlite pipe for the first time in 16 months. The new 300-meter deep deposit in Yakutia, eastern Russia, cost $188m and is one of the company's biggest investment projects in recent years.Alrosa announced on its Telegram channel that the processing plant re-opened earlier this month.Zarya pipe produced 38,000 carats, in 201...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The UK announced sanctions on Russian diamonds on Thursday (18 May) ahead of the ongoing G7 summit, where news of further trade restrictions is expected. "For the sake of global peace and security, we must show that brutal violence and coercion does not reap rewards," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (pictured). "We must redouble our efforts to defend the values of freedom, democrac...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The sale of IGI (International Gemmological Institute) to asset manager Blackstone has been completed in a deal worth $569.65m in total.The network of 29 grading labs and 18 gemology schools, employing almost 1,000 people, primarily in India, was 80 per cent owned by China-based Fosun International Ltd. The remaining 20 per cent belonged to CEO Roland Lorie - whose father Marc...Read More