Researchers, consortium to push for higher uptake of lead batteries

The company beat expectations on Thursday with a 5% increase in 2017 production.

The world's largest mining and construction equipment maker beat market expectations for fourth quarter earnings and said its sales growth momentum is expected to continue in 2018.

The field of prospective bidders for ScotiaMocatta, the metals trading arm of Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia, has narrowed to two.

The Russian gold and silver producer said its fourth-quarter revenue rose 12 percent on a year earlier to $586 million due to higher gold sales.

Copper producer Cradle Arc embarked on a new London listing on Wednesday to fund production in Botswana.

Gold is going digital.

Receiving the necessary licences would allow the company to continue operating in the state of Minas Gerais, where the iron ore mine is located, for at least another 15 years.

Chile-focused miner also expects costs to rise on tailings dam expenditure.

French uranium mining group Areva closing the book on a years-long restructuring but still facing an uncertain future, with uranium prices at decade lows.