The probable kidnapping of 4 workers at Goldcorp's Los Filos mine is just the latest in a string of mine incidents in Guerrero, Mexico's most violent state.

Bullish bets on gold price cut for the fifth week in a row ahead of Friday's wipeout and silver longs slashed nearly 30% in a week.

A life-size mining stope panel was handed over by New Concept Mining (NCM) to the Wits School of Mining Engineering on 6 March 2015, to help students learn about stoping activities through a better visualisation of how a real mine looks.

A R31-million, fully-integrated 7 500 kVA standby power solution is currently being installed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following the successful design, assembly and testing of the modular plant by Johannesburg-based Amalgamated Power Solutions (APS) – a market leader electrical and mechanical engineering solutions.

He has named it the "fair dinkum nugget" because when people feel its weight they say "fair dinkum this is huge.”

The company recently announced its intention to merge the copper and coal divisions, reducing Rio's businesses to just four main groups.

The move makes of Capital Mining the first ASX-listed, Canada-based company to hold a stake in a licensed marijuana grower.

One of the goals is to support the creation of 250 local mining suppliers and have the sector exporting $10bn in knowledge-intensive solutions by 2035.

South Africa's Eskom has coal market observers scratching their heads after the public utility announced plans to purchase expensive, export-quality coal from Glencore's (LON:GLEN) Optimum Coal.