Last year's profit at the state-run company was about $2.1 billion, before taxes and extraordinary items.

Resource nationalism surge spells rough times for miners; Rio Tinto, Mongolia reach new Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan deal; Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7%.

Some 10% of all the facilities surveyed had reported a stability issue, but that figure jumped to 18.3% for active upstream facilities.

The lithium miner is appealing the government's decision and demanding the report be made public immediately.

Company said lithium sales volumes in Q4 jumped 50% from the previous quarter, hitting a three-month record of more than 25,000 tonnes.

Chinese gold mining companies are on a buying spree in West Africa and South America, outbidding rivals for assets in less familiar regions.

Opposition leader says that the gold was refined in Mali and then resold primarily in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow for Maduro's administration to obtain the equivalent of at least $1 billion in euros in particular.