Twenty miners are trapped underground due to a fire at PotashCorp’s Rocanville mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, about 230 kilometres east of Regina

State-own Indian oil company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) denied Tuesday that, together with two other state-run oil firms, bid $5 billion for a stake in six Canadian oil sands assets owned by U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips, as several media outlets reported Monday.

While coal and iron ore are struggling, major mining suppliers like Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Komatsu (KMTUY:PK) and Liebherr were bullish enough to splash […]

With the Bolter Miner MB610, Sandvik Mining introduces a more powerful generation of longwall gateroad development machines at MINExpo.

If you had any doubts over what mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) thinks about coal and small operations, today’s news should make it clear. The Anglo-Australian miner has agreed to sell two minor coal assets in South Africa to Canadian Forbes & Manhattan Coal for $53 million

Sberbank of Russia will take part in a project to mine a potash deposit in Belarus, as the financial institution confirmed Tuesday the refinancing of the $1 billion loan issued to the Belarusian company Belaruskali, responsible for one-third of the world’s production of the fertilizer.

Shares in Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), the world's largest earth-moving equipment maker, fell 2.2% after hours as the company cut its 2015 profit outlook. The company warned weaker commodity prices would result in a bigger-than-expected decline in demand, worsened by mining companies scaling back expansions and shelving major projects.

Verde Potash (TSX.V:NPK) is set to receive a major boost from measures unveiled by the Brazilian government to expand its domestic fertilizer […]

Africa-focused Petra Diamonds (LSX:PDL) sees "green shoots" of demand in the wake of a price slump this year for the precious gems.