American Battery Metals ready to drill at Utah vanadium project

According to Bloomberg, the Russian Energy Ministry issued a statement that "Energy Minister Alexander Novak and the heads of Russia's biggest oil companies discussed the possibility of working with OPEC."

The country's renewable energy industry will benefit, as it is set to step in as a substitute for coal in the coming years.

According to official figures, Iran has now more than $10 billion of investment pledges under its belt.

The move comes only three months after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a space exploitation law.

The firm has signed a deal with a power equipment manufacturer that will create up to 120 jobs in Quebec.

FTSE 100 reweighting to take place in March.

However, they acknowledge that there are no signposts yet in the market that suggest mineral prices will rebound soon.

The gold miner is expanding its portfolio to platinum, coal and uranium, as it also mulls an incursion in the base metals sector.

For the first time since the height of the Seventies oil crisis and the end of the gold standard does an ounce of gold buy you more than 34 barrels of oil.