Wolf Minerals said on Thursday that it could not meet its short-term working capital needs after failing to reach a deal with its financial backers.

The East African nation's deposits are often in remote regions where the country's poorest live, but experts say few have reaped the rewards from mining.

Shareholders of Barrick and Randgold will vote on Nov. 5 on an all-stock transaction that will create a company with operations in Africa, Australia, North and South America, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea.

Chile's Supreme Court upheld an environmental order for a gold mine owned by Canada's Kinross Gold Corp to close its water pumping wells.

The controlling shareholder in Chilean lithium producer SQM on Wednesday filed suit with Chile's Constitutional Court.

Dollar shortages are creating the risk of some mines shutting down, while investors calling for the removal of foreign exchange restrictions.

Rio Tinto is close to restarting a sale process for some of its aluminium assets, including a plant in Iceland.

Norsk Hydro said on Tuesday it has won permits from Brazilian authorities to restart operations at half capacity at its Alunorte alumina refinery.

Iron ore shipments to China from Australia's Port Hedland terminal rose 5.3 percent in September.

KGHM will deliver updated strategy by year-end and it has no plans to sell foreign assets.

In August, BHP had shut an acid plant following a boiler tube failure, disrupting copper processing. Underground mining at the site continued as normal.

The International Energy Agency called on producers to pump more as the market “enters the red zone.”