The vote would involve miners who are willing to take part and inquire whether they wanted to return to work.

ENRC was delisted from the London Stock Exchange after the largest investor backed the founders' US$4.5 billion takeover last year.

"Despite a handful of normal start-up issues, the operations team maintained operating costs within expectations.”

Vale claims water quality at the creek is back to normal.

Thursday's report highlighted the 12-hole, 4,230-metre 2014 winter diamond drilling program at the Western Flank.

BSGR denied any laws were broken and accused president Conde and his allies of attempting to steal BSGR’s assets.

Data from Association of Workers' Compensation Board of Canada, shows a total of 69 Canadians have died in mining-related accidents since 2012.

The Indonesian government plans to increase export tax on copper concentrates to 35% by January 2015.

The processing is expected to gradually increase to 5,000 tonnes per day over the next three months.

This will authorize additional area for surface exploration, reducing operational and regulatory uncertainty for the project and extending the proposed project life.

The majors continue to focus on rigorous cost control measures and disciplined M&A activities and juniors still seek the right opportunities.

The autonomous trucks cut costs by reducing the need to house, feed and employ four drivers.