Mexico’s mining sector to reach $17.8bn by 2020 on zinc prices, strong pipeline

Thornton brings finance background and strong China connections, while James Gowans, former chief of the diamond giant's Canada unit brings mining experience.

A $40 swing in the gold price, wiping out an early morning jobs number sell-off shows short positions at four-month highs could be facing a big squeeze.

The owner of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is doubling its shares outstanding with a $2.4 billion rights offer.

China’s yuan has overtaken the euro to become the second-most used currency in trade finance.

In Tracking the trends 2014, Deloitte uncovers the pressing trends facing the mining industry in the year ahead and offers strategies that companies can employ to adapt to changing industry dynamics.

Construction at the gold and silver project, is expected to start early next year, with production slated to begin in late 2015.

While resource nationalism is still a major risk for miners, corrupted governments can be equally or more detrimental to the industry.

"The faster and more efficiently you can solve math problems, the more bitcoins you get."

Peru is "working hard" to start large scale copper projects put on hold by community and environmental protests.