The gold price rose above $1,640/oz on Wednesday after better-than-expected take up by European banks of ECB-tendered cheap loans, easing fears of a credit crunch.

Shares in the Thai steelmaker fell sharply on Wednesday after ArcelorMittal pulled out of a deal to buy a 40% stake in it.

A California company says it has discovered a new way to make liquid fuel from coal without consuming water or producing carbon dioxide.

Anglo American (LON:AAL) has increased the capital expenditure budget for its largest project in development, the Minas-Rio iron ore mine in Brazil, by 15%, the London-listed major miner announced on Tuesday. That takes the capex for the project up to US$5.78 billion.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to report that it has entered into a binding agreement with BHP Billiton to purchase BHP Billiton's 51 percent participating interest in the 8,580 square kilometre Chidliak diamond project ("Chidliak" or "the Project"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Macarthur Coal Limited and holds 100 percent of the company.

Concerned about the un-taxed export of byproducts refined from platinum, the Zimbabwean government is considering drafting laws that would force platinum mining companies to set up refineries.

Tenova, a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies and equipment for the iron & steel and mining industries, announces today the acquisition of Bateman Engineering N.V., a leading equipment supplier and engineering house for the mining industry. The transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities.

After falling 17% from an all-time high in September some analysts maintain that the price of gold could fall even further