Glencore to resume dividend in 2017 as debt reduction on track

Power generation from renewable sources is expected to increase by 40% over the next five years.

In partnership with two leading groups, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute and the Space Tourism Society

The nation's mining and quarrying equipment market reached US$57 billion last year.

It is one-tenth the weight of copper, but stronger and much more flexible.

Violence is focused on the troubled Darfur region.

In an effort to curb rebels attacks in Katanga, the country's copper mining hub.

"As long as the world’s most important central banks are stepping back from further monetary stimulus, and China’s appetite for raw materials slows down, the earnings trajectory for metals and mining companies may still be downward."

Miners would pay 15% rather than 10%.

"Smart blasting, mineral pre-concentration, novel flowsheets and new grinding technologies are just a few of the different strategies which can improve cost effectiveness."