Abramovich’s Nornickel sale shows taste for Russian stock deals

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources has finally approved the miner's Platreef platinum project.

The company's Line 9B reversal project has been delayed after the National Energy Board requested additional info last month.

Researchers also found evidence of dinosaurs and large crocodiles dating to 118 million years ago.

The move is considered another sign that Washington’s decades-old federal ban on crude exports is crumbling.

London-listed gold miner Petropavlovsk is fighting for survival after it embarked on an expansion programme that dramatically increased its debts just as gold’s bull run was ending.

As if tanking gold prices weren’t enough bad news for Canadian junior gold mining and exploration companies, now one of the more promising gold-mining nations in Africa is in a state of turmoil.

The price tag for the pipeline has jumped nearly 50% during six years of delays.

The company's market share has dropped from about 80% in the late ‘80s to roughly 35% today.

The firm is laying-off 150 workers by the end of February 2015.