Metallurgical specialist technology company Outotec has been awarded a tailings treatment package for the old Svappavaara iron ore mine in northern Sweden.

The country has decided to lift the state of emergency in the northern region of Cajamarca and reopen negotiations with protestors opposed to Newmont's $4.8bn Conga mine

Canada is sitting on nearly 4% of the world's coal resources, with at least 80 billion tonnes of exploitable coal and 8 billion tonnes classified as commercially feasible under today's conditions.

Caterpillar has announced that the Industrial Division of Sime Darby Berhad has acquired a portion of the former Bucyrus distribution business, which was included in Caterpillar's purchase of Bucyrus.

A South African court has ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources wrongly awarded prospecting rights to the Sishen iron ore mine to Imperial Crown Trading 289 (ICT).

At a news conference in early November, Overheard reports that Vladimir Putin became quite critical of hydraulic fracturing claiming that the practice causes too much damage to the environment.

Rambler Metals and Mining plc (CVE:RAB, LON:RMM) enjoyed a 2.5% bump in its stock price Thursday on news that the Toronto and London-listed company has poured the first gold from its Ming Copper-Gold Mine in Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada.

Glencore International plc today announced that a subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Exxaro Base Metals and Industrial Holdings (Proprietary) Limited to acquire Exxaro’s entire 50.04 per cent shareholding in Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Proprietary) Limited, a zinc mining business in Namibia.

The French bank has announced plans to stop trading commodities and cut down on commodities trade financing as it struggles to cope with a credit crunch.