The IV Astana mining and metallurgical Congress was held in the capital within the days of mining and metallurgical complex (MMC)

Astana is hosting the Days of Mining and Metallurgical Complex (SMC) which joined such major events as the IV International Mining and Metallurgy Congress (AMM 2013) and the IV Congress of workers of mining and metallurgical industry

The volume of industrial production since the beginning of 2013 is amounting to KZT 7 321.5 billion (tenge) and has increased by 1.8% in comparison with the same period of the last year

On «KSP Steel» LLP Pavlodar plant, as Kazinform has reported before, at the end of last week, there was put into operation the country's first industrial electric furnace for production of 30 thousand tons of aluminum ferrosilicon known to the world as «Kazakhstan alloy»

Condor Resources Inc. announce that its ongoing generative regional exploration program in South America has resulted in the discovery and staking of a new precious metals occurrence in northern Peru in the same prolific volcanic belt that is host to Barrick Gold Corporation’s Pierina and Alto Chicama gold mines

The Ukraine will begin large-scale commercial gold mining this year, reports BullionStreet

It is reported that Mr Susan Shabangu mineral resources minister of South Africa has instructed officials in her department to develop a rescue plan to ensure the long term sustainability of South Africa's embattled platinum and gold mining sectors

Reuters reported that London copper slipped as a slightly firmer dollar dragged on prices while seasonally strong demand from top consumer China offered support

Casey Research's Chief Energy Investment Strategist, Marin Katusa, whose portfolio profited nicely the last time the uranium bull broke loose a decade ago, recently interviewed a group of world-renowned energy experts to discuss the prospects for the sector that some considered doomed by the Fukushima disaster