Miners with moderate debt levels are set to best weather the commodities slump which currently besets the Australian resources sector.

Three words that impress mine surveyors are tough, reliable and accurate. This is exactly how leading developer Maptek describes its latest I-Site laser scanning technology which will be launched at MINExpo in Las Vegas.

BMT WBM, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has announced the successful deployment of its innovative machine health, production and payload management system, the Pulse TerraMetrix RS for Syncrude Canada

Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, number one on MINING.com's list of the world's wealthiest miners, is about to get even richer as the tycoon is in talks to sell a 49% stake in his gold mining company, AUX, to Qatar Holding, the investment arm of that country's sovereign wealth fund.

China and Venezuela have signed an agreement to jointly develop Las Cristinas gold mine, one of the world’s largest deposits of the shiny yellow metal, located near a town bearing the name of the mythical golden city of El Dorado.

McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX)(TSX:MUX) announced that El Gallo Phase I in Sinaloa State, Mexico has achieved its first gold production.

Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s largest lithium producer, has won a tender to develop a lithium concession in the country, which produces nearly 40% of the increasingly popular metal.

Rio Tinto is cutting even more coal mining jobs in Australia as the miner is struggling with a dramatic plunge in coal prices and a high Australian dollar.

It has been a challenging year in the diamond market, with prices for rough stones dropping about 20%. But RBC Capital Markets analyst Des Kilalea sees some “green shoots” that suggest a turnaround may be in sight.