Impala Platinum delays job cuts due to improved earnings

The key is that Africa is still largely unexplored.

Write-downs also hurt bottom line, yet production robust.

They would be going for the northern portion of the massive iron ore deposit, seized from Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and mining giant Vale in April.

Decision comes on the heels of a finished inventory of permits, which aimed to clean up the sector.

No signs of production slowdown in major coal-exporting countries.

The assets were acquired when it took over Riversdale Mining in 2011.

Rand Refinery blames software glitch for discrepancy between actual inventory and accounts. Owners, including Anglogold, provide new loan just to be safe.

China produces 20 million vehicles a year and has to double the average palladium load to catch up with US emissions standards.

Frederic Cilins, a French businessman who worked as an intermediary for BSGR in Guinea, became the first person to receive a criminal sentence in a corruption investigation.