Vale Verde and Appian report first blast at Serrote

At the end of January, the company announced it was placing the mine in care and maintenance, citing a commodity price crash, and earlier this month was forced to seek creditor protection.

Investment bank cuts 2015 nickel price forecast by 19%, while copper price estimate is slashed as market moves into oversupply.

The copper and gold miner will pay a dividend of 5 cents.

Following a $75m national mineral survey, Uganda has proposed a wide range of tax breaks ahead of a planned mining and exploration licensing round.

A new study shows the costs of mining for the red metal have steadily declined over the past three years.

The country's Environmental Court handed Monday a major victory to Barrick’s besieged Pascua-Lama gold, copper and silver project, straddling the border with Argentina.

They have given the expression "where there's muck there's brass" a whole new meaning.

Zijn's main interest in Ivanhoe seems to be the Kamoa copper project.

There are a number of challenges South32 is likely to face, including potential Black Economic Empowerment ownership concessions and power price hikes.