PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth, in what it could be a pivotal step for firms currently planning to tap into the space mining business.

New study forecasts global thermal coal trade to shrink by 373 million tonnes per year, leading to minimum 30% fall in coal prices post 2020.

Coal India is diversifying its core business through a plan to install 600 megawatts of solar power in four states.

The possible plant closure, which could cost around 2,000 jobs, is part of a global restructuring plan announced in September that could see CAT cutting as many as 10,000 jobs globally in the coming years.

South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which owns 14.5% of Anglo, believes the mining giant may not realize the full value of its assets.

The heavy machinery maker expects market conditions to remain weak through 2017.

This kind of coal, used in steel-making, jumped 41% in August alone to nearly $140 a tonne.