Despite a turbulent year – BHP keeps its brand crown

The deaths of the alleged "terrorists" took place over a 56-day operation by security forces, the Chinese government said.

The Baltic Dry Index which tracks bulk shipping rates on more than 50 routes around the world drops to lowest since 1985.

The biggest drops were in the construction sector in Latin America (-41%) and in the resources industry in Asia (-37%).

The investigation aims to determine whether senior officials tried extorting Freeport’s Indonesian unit in return for letting the company continue to operate in the country.

The move will allow the platinum miner to restructure its debt and, it hopes, weather an ongoing decline of platinum prices.

Its Damang mine in Ghana is struggling with current gold prices, the firm said.

The value of reserves at the world's largest mines drop after copper price takes another hit.

Marjaranta will be based in Helsinki, covering external and internal communications.

They survived by eating roots, cockroaches and frogs, and drinking drips of muddy groundwater.