First Quantum sees slower ramp-up at Panama mine after workers contract coronavirus

The recommendation comes from Proxy advisory service Institutional Shareholder Services, the same firm that last year called shareholders to vote against the Barrick's approach to compensation.

The stock fell almost 26% in Sydney after the company announced it expects be suspended from trading later this month.

A PwC survey shows that only 4% of the 700 companies polled across 15 industries said they have completed a draft of their SEC conflict minerals filings.

They believe those funds should be allocated to the regions where mining operations are based.

The closely-watched Thomson Reuters GFMS annual copper survey paints a grim picture for the copper price in 2014 and beyond.

The world’s No.1 copper producer said the recently found deposits are all located nearby current operations.

Depending on how you look at it, the copper business will either be a great place or a scary place to be in the coming years.

Only last year Chinese overseas investment totalled $61.6 billion by the end of September.

Rio becomes the second large diversified miner, after Anglo American, to back out of the project in less than seven months.