Populism and protest lurk behind Europe’s dying coal mines

For now, all of Japan’s 48 commercial reactors remain offline following 2011's Fukushima disaster.

When asked about how much lower commodities prices will dive this year, Davis said he thought they were close to hitting rock bottom.

It produced 77.4 million tonnes of iron ore in the period, up 4.5% from a year earlier.

The company has become the first big miner to delay a planned output expansion.

Cuba, the world’s sixth largest nickel producer and one of the top 10 nickel mining countries, also holds significant deposits of other minerals and oil, new U.S. Geological Survey report shows.

Two Chinese banks are among the eight institutions that have provided Uralkali a $530 million loan.

The gem will be sold along with two other greater than 100 carat diamonds, also recovered at Lucara's Karowe mine.

The miner shipped 72.5m tonnes in the quarter, up 9% from a year earlier but down 12% sequentially.

Canada’s largest diversified miner says slashing the dividend by two-thirds will allow it to keep generating positive cash flow.