Executive interview: Ignacio Mehech, Albemarle’s country manager, Chile

Kingdom passed a new minerals investment law last year and provided 13 reconnaissance licences, 133 exploration licences and eight exploitation licences.

Aaron Puna will be temporarily replaced by the head of the firm’s Los Bronces mine, Patricio Hidalgo.

The Perth-based company wouldn’t be investing in new metallurgical coal projects, and would wind down its business in the fuel, CEO said.

Shares in South Africa-headquartered Gold Fields dropped 20% when the deal was unveiled.

Chile's environmental regulator issued a series of measures against the Ojos del Salado mine, alleging "over-extraction of material" could have caused the sinkhole.

Sibanye would consider more US assets if value accretive -CEO.

The world's biggest producer of manganese said its underlying earnings for the year ended June 30 came in at $2.6 billion, compared with $489 million a year ago.

Despite the talk of recession in economies around the world, demand for steel appears to be picking up.

Minas Gerais Secretary said proposal falls short of the required environmental and social compensation for a tailings dam collapse that killed 19 people and contaminated waterways in two states.