Vancouver gold miner's Mali gold project now fully funded.

The pain at Anglo American (LSE:AAL) has finally reached the corner office.

The casualties were carrying out maintenance at the bottom of the 250-metre pit.

Group of 42 Congolese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) say difficult market conditions do not justify further delays.

The rock, discovered by Lucara in Botswana last year, is second in size only to the Cullinan diamond in the British Crown jewels.

Causes of the wall collapse at the open pit KOV mine are still unclear.

Riding a rocketing iron ore price, market cap of Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals and Anglo American gain a combined 54% since early February.

The global exploration sector continues to struggle against strong market headwinds, a new reprt shows.