Huge bullish bets on Shanghai exchanges show growing clout of Asian traders in market for precious metal

The transaction should turn the London-listed company into one of the North Sea’s largest producers

Chocolate ingredient hits record levels on lower African yields and soaring demand

The rush to exploit a power surplus in the country’s north has raised questions over infrastructure and energy use

Shell, Total and Chevron are all drilling, or planning to drill, in the Orange oil basin

Anglo American unit’s output down 23% as luxury pullback and emergence of lab-grown gems take toll