Shares in Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) soared Thursday morning after the copper and gold miner said it would capital spending plans for 2016 by 29%, and reduce its U.S.-based workforce by about 10%.

Prefabricated building supplier Speedspace delivered 4,256 m2 of mobile preassembled building solutiongs to Botswana government-owned nickel and copper producer BCL last month.

ASSORE paid a final dividend of R3 per share despite a tough year in which profits were eroded by weak commodity prices, particularly in iron ore and manganese.

“Substantially” lower iron-ore and manganese prices and challenging operating conditions have contributed to JSE-listed Assore posting lower headline earnings and profit for the 2015 financial year. Headline earnings were down 53.3% to R2-billion, compared w...

Government is working on a Statutory Instrument that will provide legal modalities for exporting chrome ore, Deputy Mines and Mining Development Minister Fred Moyo said.

Ukraine, one of the world's biggest producers of ferroalloy, saw exports in the first half fall 6.5% year on year to 434,980 mt, the state statistics service said Wednesday.

President Barack Obama wants to make it easier for Americans to install rooftop solar panels, adopt energy-saving technologies and reduce their reliance on coal-fired power. The president on Monday evening will announce a series of initiatives to make clean en...

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 133 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2015, a -3.8% decrease compared to July 2014.