Global coal production will grow this year despite covid-19

The Minerals Council of Australia asked Turnbull to use his advocacy skills and economic know-how to help the struggling mining sector.

Carroll, who led Anglo American from 2007 to 2013, will chair the company’s Vedanta Resources Holdings Ltd. unit and advise the group’s chairman.

The share sale is set to reduce the company’s net debt by a third to around $20 billion by the end of 2016.

India hopes to revive Kolar region where gold mining dates back to the 19th century and new studies estimate $3.9 billion worth can still be mined.

Market back into deficit next year and through 2019 on supply cuts, disruptions, dirty concentrate and rising costs.

CHART: Top gold consumer imports 140 tonnes in August, up 140% from last year and the equivalent of all gold-backed ETF redemptions since February.

A Grand Canyon of supply deficit is opening up in the uranium markets, with 66 nuclear reactors under construction globally and more restarting in Japan.

Bulgarian police arrested Len Homeniuk in July on an Interpol warrant over alleged corrupted deals in Kyrgyzstan.

The mine, to produce 320,000 metric tons of potash salt per year, is expected to help reduce the country's reliance on imported fertilizers.