French nuclear giant Areva says it is in talks to sell its 26% stake in major nickel miner, Eramet (formerly Soc. Le Nickel) with major operations in New Caledoinia.

Located at over 4,000 meters above sea level in the Altiplano of the Andes Mountains, the San Cristobal Mine is the largest mine in Bolivia. The open-pit silver, lead and zinc mine’s production process requires the transportation of 150,000 tons of rock, and the processing of 40,000 tons of mineral daily.

NASA put together time-lapse satellite images of development around the Millenium Mine and the Athabasca River.

The current bull market in precious metals is set to hit new heights in the coming years, but many financial types still do not fully grasp the implications of what is driving the rise in gold and silver prices. In order to understand the nature of thi...

Governments hate competition. Due to record breaking gold prices this year, more unauthorized gold exchanges have been created to capitalize on gold fever.

NANNING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China Shenhua Group Co. Ltd., the country's largest coal producer, has signed an agreement to build Asia's largest thermal power project in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The Atlantic profiles Christmas light recyclers, a job that moved to China when the environmental restrictions in the U.S. became too onerous.

A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 27, 2011) - Columbus Silver Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CSC) ("Columbus Silver") is pleased to announce that Santa Fe Gold Corporation (OTCBB:SFEG) ("Santa Fe") has announced it has obtained conditional debt financing to complete its acquisition of Columbus Silver.