The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting a drop in copper on the LME for the fifth straight session, after reaching a record […]

Kansas City Business Journal reports: With China’s accelerating economy heavily dependent on coal, mine safety has emerged as a national priority. Moving to […]

Reuters India reports: Duke Energy’s $13.7 billion deal to buy Progress Energy may allow the combined company to make better use of its […]

Grande Cache Coal Corp. (TSX:GCE) lowered production guidance for its current financial year and raised its expected cost per tonne, the Estevan […]

Alcoa’s operating earning beats Wall Street estimates as revenue rises 4% to $5.7bln. CEO predicts more aluminum growth this year.

The cash and stock deal will provide the Canadian miner with access to a major copper deposit in Peru BANGALORE (Reuters) - Canada's HudBay Minerals Inc (HBM.TO: Quote) agreed to buy Norsemont Mining Inc (NOM.TO: Quote) to gain access to a major copper

Gold buying continues in India. Harvest festival and wedding season sees traders equip themselves for demand. Indian rupee remains steady. MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's gold buying continued on Monday afternoon after prices fell 1.8 percent in the previous

Agricultural giant Cargill has taken a step into the iron ore mining and processing sector, with the announcement of an agreement with Magnetation Inc of Nashwauk, Minnesota, under which the companies will explore opportunities “to develop and utilise Magnetation’s proprietary mineral processing technology.” According to Magnetation, the patent-pending Rev 3 separator technology allows mining operators to recover a marketable, high-grade [...]

Old gold-mining shafts are being reopened around the world, as economic uncertainty and scepticism about other assets has sent the gold price […]