Mining sector outlook improves despite losses and Brexit

Data from the FTSE 100 shows the seven largest mining companies account for close to 5.5% of the value of the index. At the end of 2015 they accounted for only 2.5%.

BBC News | August 17, 2016 | 12:45 am

Fed pledge to be ‘patient’ lifts Asia stocks

Markets in Asia were mostly higher after the US Federal Reserve pledged to be "patient" on raising interest rates from record lows.

BBC News | December 18, 2014 | 5:07 pm

In pictures: Guinea’s artisanal gold miners

See how the precious ore is hacked and shovelled from pits and tunnels, while miners deal with the unregulated use of highly toxic mercury.

BBC News | September 30, 2014 | 4:22 pm

Zambian miners kill Chinese manager during pay protest

Zambian miners have killed a Chinese manager by pushing a mine trolley at him during a riot at a coal mine in […]

BBC News | August 5, 2012 | 7:26 pm

Sierra Leone ‘blood diamonds’ not forever

The west African state of Sierra Leone has taken another symbolic step away from its wartime image as the home of the "blood diamond". An Israeli-owned company has started operating a big new stone-crushing plant at a modern diamond mine in the east of the country.

BBC News | May 22, 2012 | 4:06 pm

Life at the coal face: Who are the UK’s 21st Century miners?

"You get filthy and my nails have never been any good but I absolutely love being a miner." Stuart Foweather started at Cadeby Colliery in Doncaster in 1978 as a 16-year-old apprentice.

BBC News | December 15, 2011 | 7:32 am