The quake is the largest in the southern Africa region since a 7.0 tremor hit Zimbabwe in 2006.

The ex-billionaire will remain the largest shareholder of the firm he founded in 2005.

AIM-listed African Potash Ltd Tuesday said that it has begun drilling at its Lac Dinga Potash Project in the Republic of Congo.

Silver has finished up every year in August for the last five years. And the monthly returns have been mouth-watering – averaging 10.4%,

The overall markets are exuberant. Valuations rise regardless of value created. And gold is conspicuously not at the party.

A mess.

Water ban.

Metso has been selected to supply cutting-edge flow control technology to the PETRONAS Gas Berhad's gas processing plant modernization project in Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia. The new flow control solutions will replace the plant's existing equipment and enable the plant to reach a higher safety integrity level while improving its environmental performance.

Exports for the year could reach 756,000 tonnes after US company agrees to build smelter and sell a stake in subsidiary to locals.