Uralkali slams Belarus – China potash deal

The firm also said it would continue to invest in exploration, which remains the engine that drives its business.

Spot gold reached a peak of $1,201.40 an ounce, it highest level since mid-June.

This is the third time in a month the U.S. coal miner downsizes its workforce.

Tahoe Resources has agreed to buy Canadian precious-metals miner Lake Shore Gold in an all-stock deal valued at Cdn$945 million ($678 million).

Once deal is completed, Randgold would fund all costs, including the completion of a pre-feasibility study on over the former's Kossanto West Gold Project in Western Mali.

The nation has struggled to manage its resources leading to disagreements and protests of mining operations.

Experts looked at over 500,000 survey responses from over 60,000 employees in 13 different industries worldwide.

Trapped miners were brought to the surface through ventilation shafts.

Technique likely to become an inexpensive way to uncover rich copper deposits.