Gold price hits month-high on Mideast violence
Gold climbed by as much as $21 on Monday as the metal's safe haven status is renewed amid bloody Israeli and Palestinian fighting.
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Rio Tinto buffing diamond float to take on De Beers
The world's number two miner wants "much more" than the $500m BHP got for Ekati by listing a new entity in London.
Barrick earns top position in Canadian Mining Industry Sustainability Ranking
The ranking assessed company performance across a range of indicators, including safety, energy, water and waste management, Board diversity, pension fund status, and innovation.
Vale gets green light for railway expansion
Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world's number one iron ore producer, was granted Monday an environmental permit to expand the Carajás railroad (EFC), a key part of its plans to increase iron ore production in the Amazon.
Cliffs Natural Resources delays massive iron ore projects
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF), U.S.’ s largest producer of iron-ore pellets, said Monday it would delay mine expansion in Quebec as well as a portion of production at two of its operations in the U.S., as a result of weak commodity prices.
India to auction 54 coal mines
Only three days after India’s auction for the 2G telecom spectrum ended in a fiasco with no bids, the South East Asian country is now talking about selling 54 coal mines.
Newcrest licence to Australia’s largest gold mine challenged
Newcrest Mining (ASX:NCM) (TSX:NM), one of the world’s top five gold miners by production, reserves and market capitalization, is facing a lawsuit that challenges its licence to Australia’s largest underground gold mine, Cadia Far East.
Keystone XL opponents demand Obama reject pipeline
Less than two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term, thousands of protesters rallied in Washington Sunday asking him to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada to the U.S.
China’s uranium deposits imperiled by coal mines
Uranium-contaminated coal already a problem in Chinese north-west
