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.

And the impact on gold and oil prices

800m tonnes going into Asian markets that the big four can't displace says 10m tonne per year Pilbara producer Atlas Iron.

July gold fund holdings jump on safe haven buying amid geopolitical strife and a correction in equities.

Australia’s most successful mining prospector has warned juniors face unprecedented hurdles to bring projects to market as excessive ­regulation and high start-up costs threaten to derail the next leg of the resources boom.

Karl Simich, Managing Director, Sandfire Resources, says the copper space comprises of large mines that are difficult to take over whereas the gold mining sector has smaller assets that are ripe for picking.

The European Investment Bank will not make public the findings of a 2-year tax-avoidance investigation into the Swiss giant's Zambian copper operation.