Eramet and Tsingshan are targeting annual NPI production of 30,000 tonnes per year from their joint venture.

Gold and silver are likely to move higher shortly.

Front-end engineering and design for the $3 billion smelter has been concluded.

President Joko Widodo's sprawling "Job Creation" bill seeks to change about 80 laws affecting many business sectors.

Mongolia has been exerting pressure on Rio Tinto to revise the Oyu Tolgoi agreement terms to make it more beneficial to the country and its citizens.

Gauges of stocks, bonds and currencies in developing economies all rose in the five days through Friday as raw-material prices had their best week this year.