MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Could shut down 60% of Philippines output – Asia's number three gold producer.

Beijing’s decision to ease production has sent coal prices soaring this summer.

“Company guidance and our estimates suggest that copper is entering the eye of the supply storm.”

No early talks on Indonesia licence extension, export permit expiring next week still being negotiated.

Lower grades and reduced mining at open pit expected with massive underground expansion of Mongolian mine at least five years away.

Bauxite miners ride the wave as China steps up aluminum production.

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte tells miners "We will survive as a nation without you" as ministry shuts down three nickel mines in a month.

Both countries have poor records for enforcing environmental regulations, leading to tensions between communities and the mining sector, which the leaders of both countries have pledged to address.

The Indian government's plan to incent households to hand their gold over to banks in return for interest payments appears to be working.