Growing importance of lump ore trade sees the launch of world first derivative contracts and a jump in premiums.

$110 million super-high grade Yaramoko gold project now 36% complete and on track for start-up mid–2016.

Shares in Sunridge Gold pop higher after receiving mining licence for super high-grade copper and gold complex in Eritrea.

The company hopes to begin mining from the Jay pit before Ekati's existing reserves run out in 2020, and so avoid laying off workers.

With the markets in whiplash mode, Joe McAlinden, founder of McAlinden Research Partners and former chief global strategist with Morgan Stanley Investment Management, believes volatility is going to stick around for a while, and we might see a correction double of what we've had so far.

The country’s environmental management authority found the copper concentrate imported from Chile had high levels of arsenic, a toxic substance.

Average sales margins for coal miners have fallen by about half since 2011, forcing three of the U.S.'s largest publicly traded producers to file for bankruptcy protection this year.

The mine, to produce 320,000 metric tons of potash salt per year, is expected to help reduce the country's reliance on imported fertilizers.

The announcement comes only days after Anglo announced a $330m deal to sell lossmaking South African platinum mines to Sibanye Gold.