Over the coming months, copper deals are unlikely to be far from executives’ minds.

Rosatom said it had no plans to acquire uranium mining assets owned by Orano in Niger.

Rosatom has had contacts with Niger’s military-led authorities about acquiring assets held by Orano SA.

Adhitya Sethaputra's departure is the latest in a series of personnel changes at the trading house owned by Chinese miner CMOC Group.

Lausitz Energie Bergbau had initially been promised €1.75 billion by the government to cover mine rehabilitations and closures.

BHP’s timing was good but the complexity of the deal requiring demergers and a copper price rally made it difficult to execute, investment officer said.

For Indonesia it's a vindication of its policy of forcing miners to move downstream by banning ore exports from 2020.