INTERVIEW: Augusto F. Cauti, vice minister of mines, government of Peru

Productivity, followed by capital decisions and obtaining a social license to operate, are among the top risks global mining and metals companies face.

2014 is the "inflection point" and "until mines close it's a world of $70 prices of iron ore."

Colbun hopes to keep the massive $9 billion HidroAysen power project alive.

Reviving the China-India ore trade which peaked at 120mtpa in 2009 could be part of a grand bargain when Modi and Xi meet for the first time in New Delhi.

Mostly shares-based deal will see Toronto-based Agnico Eagle acquire two highly prospective Mexican gold properties.

CEO Chuck Jeannes says barring a major technological breakthrough global gold production probably peaked in 2013.

A 25-year-old female truck driver died when her vehicle flipped over near Antofagasta Minerals' Los Pelambres copper mine.

From the 5.8 million tons of copper produced last year, 1.2 million tons came from operations that are facing closure or conversion in 10 years.

A big corporate break-up à la BHP Billiton is definitively not in his books, he told FT.com.