South America lockdown starting to hit base metals supplies

African Barrick Gold up 3.18%

Aurora Williams, Chile’s new mining minister, takes office on Tuesday.

Shanghai copper, in turn, went down beyond its 5% daily limit on Monday, hitting its lowest in more than four years.

He has been working with Vedanta since September as chairman of Vedanta Resources Holding, a subsidiary of the Indian resources group.

Engineering and project management company AMEC has began advertising for workers on what appears to be the famous mine.

The world’s No.1 mining company's CEO believes coal will remain the main source of affordable energy for growing economies.

Despite the gloomy results, the commodities giant revenues for the year jumped 9% to $232.6 billion

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the weight of the environmental assessment compelled his government to reject the New Prosperity mine proposal.

Other two Canadian jurisdictions —New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador— also made it to the top 10 worldwide. Kyrgyzstan and Venezuela, named the two countries mining enthusiasts should stay away from.