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Numbers are provisional and many more are injured.

What's next for gold?

It will be an extremely important and interesting half-year results season for gold miners, say experts.

The gold company prepares to let go of about 100 employees.

New York-traded copper prices fell by as much as 3.3% earlier in the session, hitting a daily low of $2.994 a pound.

Major oil Canadian pipelines that move almost 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of Alberta oil sands crude, remained shut on Monday.

Regardless of who is elected, analysts agree that Rio's Oyu Tolgoi, the largest foreign investment in Mongolia, will be the first and main target for the new president.

Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has announced the launch of its inaugural ‘Aggreko University’ technical training programme at an event today in Abidjan.