Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.

Germany has promised to abandon coal by 2038 and achieve a mostly carbon-free energy system by 2050.

Two new reports argue for a leap in uranium prices as China commits to 46% increase in nuclear capacity, Europe designates it "green" and inventory is hoovered up.