January 20, 2014

VIDEO: Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft wakes up

First spacecraft to land in a comet wakes up from 10 years of hibernation.

January 20, 2014

Canada, Australia, the US topped list of countries with most significant drill results in 2013

More than 55% of last year's exploration projects were located in these countries.

January 17, 2014

NASA wants your name in its first asteroid mission, leaving in 2016

Selected names will be etched on a microchip aboard the spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in only two years.

January 14, 2014

Nickel price: Indonesia ban not enough to lift oversupplied market

Top exporter Indonesia's ban on ore shipments largely off-set by record global stockpiles of ore and metal and rising mine output.

January 13, 2014

Is space mining commercially viable?

A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.

January 12, 2014

Indonesia ban rocks nickel market

Against expectations of a last minute climbdown by authorities, Indonesia's nickel, bauxite and tin ore ban went into effect Sunday.

January 8, 2014

Unable to secure financing, Finland’s Talvivaara lays off nearly half its workforce

In October the company announced that its liquidity position had been seriously weakened to due a declining nickel price and waste water leakage issues.

January 7, 2014

Zinc or swim: Do base metals have a future?

As the large zinc mines shut down, the juniors are stepping forward to meet growing demand for the industrial staple.

January 7, 2014

The Philippines creates ‘mining accountability’ body

The local Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ) aims to guarantee the country’s mining sector transparency and accountability.

January 2, 2014

About 1,000 shortlisted for one-way trip to Mars

Mars One, a Dutch non-profit mission to build the first human settlement on Mars, said only 24 will be sent.