Rio and Chalco abandon bid for $20bn bauxite deposit in Australia The move surprised investors, especially since Chalco had previously held the lease and was willing to develop the resource. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2013 | 9:11 pm
Flooding shuts down nearly 2,000 oil wells in Colorado Some worry damaged oil and gas facilities may contaminate water sources. Ana Komnenic | September 18, 2013 | 6:57 pm
Hamster drives mining truck to demonstrate vehicle safety 3.4 million views. Michael Allan McCrae | September 18, 2013 | 6:38 pm
Gold price rallies $55 after Fed shocker Gold price spikes to $1,360 in late trade. Frik Els | September 18, 2013 | 6:17 pm
Silver breaks into the memory storage market Developing technology know as Resistive Random-Access Memory (RRAM or ReRAM) has embraced silver. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2013 | 5:29 pm
Ulrich Spiesshofer takes over as ABB’s new Chief Executive Officer Spiesshofer succeeds Joe Hogan following three-month handover, as announced in June ABB | September 18, 2013 | 5:11 pm
Swiss iron ore miner swoops into Brazil Ferrexpo spends $80 million on Ferrous Resources shares. Ana Komnenic | September 18, 2013 | 5:08 pm
US energy boom leadership jeopardized, larger shale oilfields found New found formations potentially hold seven times the amount of recoverable oil located in the US and Canada together. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2013 | 4:13 pm
Gold falls below $1,300 ahead of Fed Gold suffered a third day of selling on Wednesday dropping more than $17 to a 6-week low over rising fears about US economic stimulus. Frik Els | September 18, 2013 | 4:03 pm