Chinese port of Tianjin becomes the pricing point for the steelmaking raw material.

With scores of visitors waiting in line to collect their badges at the registration desk, foot traffic in the corridors of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse and the Diamond Club of Antwerp was strong, turning the exhibition booths of the 83 participating companies into beehives of activity.

Stakeholders must address matters of infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, skills shortages and Aboriginal rights.

Caterpillar Inc. suffers 55% Q4 profit loss

Consolidation and technological upgrades see number of mines cut by 1,500.

The Kyrgyz Republic government is once again trying to force Centerra to renegotiate the terms of its mining license for the Kumtor open pit gold mine, the country’s largest foreign investment.

The country expects to generate 5.59 million tons of red metal this year, up 3% from 2012 levels.

The world’s top platinum company is reportedly engaged in negotiations with union leaders and the government and it is expected to release a formal announcement on whether talks had succeeded in saving jobs later today.

In night-time satellite images captured by NASA flares from oilfields shine as bright or more than major cities, such as Chicago.