Jervois suspends all activity in Uganda

No impact on output guidance or expansion plans at West African mine as Toronto-based miner gears up for record annual production in 2016.

Up to 1 billion tonne annual supply gap in seaborne coal by 2030 if no new mines are built according to climate change report by Swiss mining, trading giant.

Price tag makes it the most expensive fancy intense blue diamond ever sold at auction.

Canada slipped in the Fraser Institute’s global ranking, while Chile remains the most attractive jurisdiction in Latin America.

For private capital mining and metals is the riskiest natural resources sector – but only energy beats the returns.

Early signs of activity include Kinross Gold's March decision to expand its Mauritanian gold mine and Goldcorp acquisition of junior Kaminak for $520 million in May.

Egypt's gold mining industry has for years been long on potential and short on investment.

World Bank revises down growth rate for commodity exporting countries to just 0.4%, predicts 15% decline in metal prices this year.

Capital spending by the world's largest miners since 2010 amounted to $632 billion – 32% of which has now been written off says new report.