BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP), the world's largest diversified miner, is considering a withdrawal from aluminum and nickel operations as part of a general retreat from non-profitable sides projects by key mining players, and the company has appointed advisors to look into the possible sale of these assets.

Minute amounts of copper in rivers can deaden a spawning salmon’s ability to detect danger in rivers. Jenifer McIntyre, a postdoctoral research […]

When it comes to buying gold, central banks have such a poor timing record that they're frequently joked about as a contrary indicator. Recently, they have been buying, quite literally, tonnes of it.

Glasgow residents could have a convenient and plentiful source of geothermal energy right beneath their feet, in the abandoned mineshafts and mining structures buried under the city’s streets.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a proposal for the simultaneous development of oil, gas and potash in the southeast of New Mexico which could bring an end to long-standing legal wrangles over resource extraction, in a region which is host to the USA’s largest potash reserves.

An acrimonious legal wrangle over millions in potash assets and is currently being played out in the Saskatchewan courts, involving Byzantine business intrigues and a bevy of international players.

Eike Batista was down to his last $20.7 billion as the six public companies he controls are rerated along with the rest of Brazil's stock market.

As allAfrica reports, Mozambique will receive support for the development of technical and professional schools in the country from South Korea. The […]

The Maple Group, a consortium of banks and pension funds that looks poised to takeover the TMX Group, said today that Tom Kloet will remain as CEO and will also become CEO of the Maple Group, as well.