BHP released its full year results on 22 August 2017:

MMG Limited announced its second quarter 2017 production result, producing 142,876 tonnes of copper in the three months to June, driven by strong output at the Las Bambas and Kinsevere operations.

Sotkamo Silver has completed the latest Technical Report of the Silver Mine project including updated feasibility study. Based on the economic analysis in this feasibility study, the Silver Mine project is, with current assumptions and knowledge, notably profitable. The Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves in the Technical Report has been prepared and classified in accordance JORC Code, 2012 Edition.

BHP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie today updated progress on the Company’s roadmap to grow long-term shareholder value.

The Queensland Resources Council is extremely concerned to see the broadening of the work of the select committee into Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (CWP) before the first inquiry has been finalised. QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said to change the scope at this stage is unhelpful.

SMT Scharf AG (WKN 575198, ISIN DE0005751986) improved its operating earnings by 8.7% to EUR 2.5 million in the fiscal year elapsed (2015: EUR 2.3 million). As expected at the start of 2016, revenue of EUR 42.6 million was tangibly below the previous year's level (2015: EUR 50.3 million). The Group achieved an EBIT margin of 5.9% (2015: 4.6%) on total operating revenue of EUR 42.2 million (2015: EUR 50.0 million). At the bottom line, SMT Scharf achieved a further year-on-year improvement in consolidated net income to EUR 1.9 million (2015: EUR 1.5 million).

The consolidated revenue of SMT Scharf AG (WKN 575198, ISIN DE0005751986) amounted to EUR 42.0 million in the 2016 fiscal year on the basis of preliminary IFRS results (2015: EUR 50.3 million). Operating profit improved year-on-year.

Production to decline by as much as 40 million tons; prices will not  benefit shareholders or stimulate new investment; anemic exports; few gains from regulatory relief; increasingly dim employment prospects

SMT Scharf AG is reporting a considerable improvement in its operating results during the first months of the current fiscal year. The declining revenue trend at the start of the year stabilised in the third quarter, reflecting robust service business offsetting reductions in new equipment business.

Production highlights

BAM reports nine months adjusted result of €64 million and reiterates full year outlook

The natural resources sector continues to play a vital role in underpinning the Queensland economy with an estimated $55.7 billion contribution to the state’s economy that delivers the equivalent of 309,500 full-time jobs across Queensland in 2015-16.

Boliden’s third quarter was primarily characterised by improvements in metal prices and high production in Mines. Revenues for the period totalled SEK 9,733 m (9,764) and the operating profit, excluding revaluation of process inventory, improved to SEK 1,318 m (1,055). The free cash flow was negatively affected by higher stock levels and totalled SEK 91 m (953).