Barrick appoints two new exploration VPs

China Miners' Association want action against Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton for flooding domestic market with cheap ore.

Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.

The world’s third-biggest gold miner said its net earnings will also benefit from weaker operating currencies in South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Argentina.

It's actually made of 494g of silver and just 6g of the precious yellow metal.

It produced 86.82 million tonnes of iron ore in the April-to-June period, down 2.8% from a year earlier.

Shares plunged after miner revealed that output fell almost across the board in the April – June period.

World's top miner expects to produce 1.7 million tonnes in 2017 as output at giant Escondida mine jumps 9%.

Trevali stock is up 44% in two weeks as Canadian mine enters commercial production and record output at flagship Peru operation is topped by high-grade find.

Recovering commodity prices and investors' veto on deals have frustrated Davis and his team in their search for mining and metals bargains.