Barrick maintains 2020 guidance despite output drop

In the second half of 2014 the businesses bound for South32 generated $5bn worth of revenue and almost $890m of earnings before interest and tax.

The potash and oil-rich province was placed at the top of the Fraser Institute's annual rank of mining companies.

Barrick's production dropped by over 1m ounces last year and a new report predicts further steep declines by 2020.

Anglo’s assets up for grabs include three mines and a smelter valued at $1 billion.

What? No writedowns and $1.5 billion operating cashflow?

Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s largest producer of iron ore, continued to flood the market with product in 2014 despite sharply lower prices.

$2.3 billion charge against Cerro Negro mine in Argentina one writedown too many for battered investors.

Latin American down the most.

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's riches to rags ride is a white-knuckle one.