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Signs of resurgence in platinum, a stronger gold price and growing coal exports to India should be triggers for South Africa’s mining leadership to grasp the opportunities that it missed in the last commodity boom, according to consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting (South Africa).

China's domestic iron ore, copper, nickel, zinc, lead and bauxite mining output is slowing dramatically.

And one that's ultra-bearish.

Not even counting the $7.7 billion in write-downs and charges, BHP’s underlying profit dropped by a painful 81% to $1.2 billion for the year to June.

Report shows higher ore prices have encouraged the likes of Iran, Russia and Mongolia to increase shipments to China at faster pace than dominant players.

Glencore's will continue to curtail production in zinc, copper and other metals – it's clear why.

Rapid, large-scale urbanization will see India's top three cities rival the combined economies of Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia.

Experts blame increased number of mergers and acquisitions, but there’s more to it, study shows.

Bikinis.