Activists occupy German coal plant in protest, police say

On the 5th of September, the AusIMM Southern Queensland Student Chapter (SQSC) held the chapter’s annual BHP Billiton Local Mining Games at The University of Queensland’s Experimental Mine in Indooroopilly, a suburb of Brisbane.

But the company is on track to reach its longer-term target of about 5 million carats of diamond production a year by 2019.

"Blue Moon" is expected to fetch up to $55 million when it goes under Sotheby's hammer on Nov. 11, in Geneva.

The move aims to reduce the gold producer's dependence on unreliable electricity supply from state-run utility Eskom Holdings.

BHP’s coal chief believes the commodity is likely to remain under pressure for a while.

The companies said no damages have been registered at the mines, but operations were cancelled for safety reasons.

Leonard Homeniuk has spent most of his time under house arrest since he was detained on July 27.

The judge also ruled that a group of independent specialists should inspect the mine and take samples of soil, water and nearby vegetation.

The alleged deals involve Glencore's Collahausi mine in Chile, as well as Antamina and Antapaccay copper mines in Peru.