Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals

In response to the widespread devastation caused by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities has donated US$400,000 to the Pooled World Health Organisation (WHO) Ebola Response fund.

Deutsche Bank warned Friday that gold producers are the most vulnerable to a further spread of the deadly disease.

The standoff marks a major setback for the miner, which is in the process of upgrading its copper assets in Zambia hoping to increase output by at least 50% by 2017.

It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.

Coal currently generates about 36% of global electric power, according to the energy watchdog.

The iron ore producer warned it did not have sufficient cash to operate Marampa, its only mine.

Industry body sees demand rising as economic growth lifts consumers’ incomes.

CEO Andrew Mackenzie's pay package is already only half that of his predecessor.

The business group argues the sector must be nurtured to generate the revenues needed for the country’s economic diversification.