MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

CHART: The commodity slump has slashed major miners' market valuations to 60–88% below 2011 highs.

The Vancouver-based miner has released an independent report that found no evidence of forced labour or human rights violations at its Eritrean gold and copper operation.

The company, already the worst performer in the FTSE 100 index in 2015, has lost almost 60% of its value since the beginning of the year.

Konkola Copper Mines, owned by Vedanta, said the move was a result of poor metal prices, which has hit the global copper industry very hard.

Morgans Senior Analyst James Wilson shares the names of ASX-listed gold, iron and graphite companies worth watching.

The project is considered key for Codelco, as it is the only one that will allow the state-owned miner to increase production in the coming years.

Rio will buy all of Turquoise Hill soon says new report, but 'there's no incentive to promote the true value' of Vancouver co's giant Mongolia copper mine.

Industrial metals face at least six months of stagnation as market conditions in China deteriorate and low prices are needed to curb supply, Standard Chartered Plc said, slashing forecasts for this year and next.

Billions wiped from mining sector as Chinese manufacturing activity contracts to a six-and-half year low.