He has been given more time to make a firm offer or walk away from a deal to buy out minority shareholders in Vedanta Resources for 778 million pounds ($1 billion).

The head of the Thyssenkrupp foundation ruled out a break-up of the German steel-to-submarines conglomerate.

The vote began on Saturday and will continue through the middle of next week.

The bond had an annual interest rate of 4.5 per cent and a duration of 15 years, Calichera said in a note to the market regulator.

Two large shareholders in Canada's Ecobalt Solutions Inc are calling for a change in senior management or the launch of a sales process, saying ongoing mine development delays are wasting a windfall from high battery sector demand.

Chilean lithium miner SQM on Wednesday night announced the resignation of its chief executive Patricio de Solminihac.

Billionaire Anil Agarwal in July said he planned to offer around $1 billion to take London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc private, a move that has rekindled speculation his ultimate aim is a deal with miner Anglo-American.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on investment drive.

The world's second-biggest exporter of steelmaking coal stuck to its annual production forecast of 26 million to 27 million tonnes.

A unit of British oil major BP PLC will acquire BHP's unit which holds the Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian assets for $10.5 billion.

Hundreds of South African gold mine workers were rescued and over 100 treated for smoke inhalation after an underground fire.

Lundin Mining Corp launched a hostile takeover bid for fellow Canadian base metals miner Nevsun Resources Ltd on Thursday, saying it had failed to convince Nevsun's board to agree to a friendly deal over the past nine months.