Rio Tinto signs JV exploration deal with China’s Minmetals

ENRC was delisted from the London Stock Exchange after the largest investor backed the founders' US$4.5 billion takeover last year.

The agency will begin soliciting comment on whether companies should publicly list the chemicals used to extract fuels out of the ground.

First Quantum subsidiary Minera Panama’s $6.4 billion Cobre Panama copper-gold-silver mine is located next to Petaquilla’s Molejon gold mine, which has triggered lengthy disputes in the past.

"Despite a handful of normal start-up issues, the operations team maintained operating costs within expectations.”

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has appointed Jeff Reilly as Group President of Strategy and Business Development. He will be a member of the AMEC Group Management Team, reporting to Chief Executive Samir Brikho, and will be based in Houston, Texas, United States.

The head of the world’s second largest mining company, Sam Walsh, said he will soon stop focusing on cost cuts to centre on growth again.

TNT has secured a contract for the design, supply and erection of three miles of overland conveyors and a Super PortableTM stacking system for the Southwest Leach Pad at Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci Operations in southeast Arizona, USA.

Adani Group's mine, designed to eventually produce 60 million tonnes of thermal coal a year, has been the focus of ongoing opposition.

Thursday's report highlighted the 12-hole, 4,230-metre 2014 winter diamond drilling program at the Western Flank.