Eldorado Gold allowed to test drilling in northern Greece

Plans for a new potash mine in northern England moved a step forward on Thursday when the mine developer announced it has lined up six companies to backstop the project.

South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which owns 14.5% of Anglo, believes the mining giant may not realize the full value of its assets.

The heavy machinery maker expects market conditions to remain weak through 2017.

George Bee will assume as vice president of the Argentine side of the project effective Sep. 12.

Conflict comes as Rio Tinto donated its majority stake in the operation to both Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville last month.

The country’s economy shrank 1.6% in the April-to-June period, the largest quarterly decline in seven years.

This kind of coal, used in steel-making, jumped 41% in August alone to nearly $140 a tonne.

A tie-up could produce a fertilizer giant worth more than $30 billion.

Scottish researchers say discarded items of modern life contain as much as 7% of all the world’s gold.