Albemarle said it could invest $1-billion in Chile over the next 5 years if request to the government to let it extract 125,000 tonnes per year is approved.

Hong Kong stock exchange plans to launch a U.S. dollar-denominated, cash-settled iron ore futures contract in Hong Kong to compete with U.S. & Asian rivals.

The agreement brings Yancoal’s stake in the Warkworth project to about 85 percent.

After months of negotiating with U.S. giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc, minister Ignasius Jonan secured majority local ownership of Grasberg gold and copper mine.

Affected by a domestic coal shortage, Poland's largest exporter Weglokoks had to order a shipment from the US so that it can honour contracts with its overseas buyers.

Iron ore miner says it has the ability to expand its production capacity beyond the 55 million tonnes it has targeted.

The Sierra Leone-focused miner has found gold of almost "bonanza grade" at the Ferensola gold project in the Sula Mountains of Sierra Leone.

The billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner said his company was building an electric car which will launch by 2020, the latest firm to challenge traditional carmakers in a burgeoning market.

Copper rose on Tuesday, snapping four straight days of losses as a rally in oil prices to more than two-year highs boosted commodities more broadly, and on longer-term expectations that demand will grow and supply remain constrained.

Swedish project, envisioned on scale of Tesla's Gigafactory, aims to cater to auto industry, compete with Asian suppliers.

The most-active coking coal futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange tumbled as much as 6.5 percent in early trade on Monday.

The Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN) bauxite mine is experiencing problems with its tailing systems due to a water shortage caused by dry weather.