Metals production emissions must halve by 2040 – report

The contract has been awarded to a consortium headed by Grupo Mexico, the same company responsible of a major toxic spill in Sonora last year.

The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia says the province still top destination for companies and investors.

Number one Barrick Gold's output drops in 2014, but fellow Canadian firm Agnico Eagle adds 30% to production ounces.

Red metal has now clawed back 62% of its 2015 losses after Chinese manufacturing expands for the first time in four months.

A raging seven-year drought affecting copper-rich Chile is making miners grow anxious, with BHP and Anglo American already reporting an impact in their operations.

Chinese Novel Sunrise Investments has agreed to buy 48.7 million shares in SouthGobi —which was once worth over US$2.4 billion —for 35 cents per share in cash.

But it is going ahead with a thorough review of permits related to a proposed processing plant at the site.

Namibia and Botswana top the latest mining investment attractiveness index for the continent and move into top 25 worldwide.

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.