Indonesia tin miner Timah says meets rules, good practices

Production growth to slow down in coming months, analyst says.

A Mongolian former finance minister, Bayartsogt Sangajav, has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of power during investment talks for the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in 2009.

The transaction, financial details of which were not disclosed, is part of India's new bankruptcy law.

Bumi expects coal prices to increase by 5 percent this year over last year's level of $58 per tonne.

Shanghai rebar surges 4.4 pct after Handan steel, coking cuts.

The latest ban would affect not only Vedanta but also several small unlisted companies run by local families.

The proposal, signed by companies responsible for 85% of the DRC's copper, cobalt and gold output, suggest that sliding royalties will give the government a higher share of revenues.

The Japanese energy and metals company said the impairment loss at its Caserones copper mine in Chile was due to higher production costs.

The review by the Mining Industry Coordinating Council is now set to take six months instead of three, according to the Department of Finance.