The world’s fourth-biggest coal exporter, Drummond International, had to dramatically cut production in Colombia as a three-weeks strike at Feneco, the main coal railway, continues to affect its operations, said the company.
While the jade market in China is a fraction of its overall jewellery trade, the collapse in the value of the stone could indicate tough times for other markets like diamonds and precious metals.
A nightshift policeman hacked to death during clashes between rival unions brings to nine the number of fatalities at Lonmin's platinum mine in the North West province of South Africa.
NSL Consolidated (ASX: NSL) announced Monday it has been formally granted the first of its four thermal coal exploration tenements, EPC 2198, in the Eromanga Basin in southwest Queensland, Australia.