Antam may also propose a 10-year extension for its mining permit in the Pongkor gold mine.

Philippine nickel miners are likely to ramp up ore output by next year, but their production capacity is limited by a number of factors.

The Philippines was the world's second-largest producer of nickel ore in 2018, selling most of its output to top buyer China.

Japan Gold just acquired five new properties in Kyushu.

Cabinet shuffles for second week in a row in the world's top crude exporter.

Nautilus Minerals has been trying for decades to get its proposed Solwara I project up (or down) and running in the Bismarck Sea.

The world's top two producers will reduce production by around 30,000 tonnes this year.

The retail price of refined gold, revised once a day in yen, stood at 5,325 yen ($49.99) per gram on Thursday.