March 25, 2013

Exxaro Resources ends coal miners’ strike in South Africa

South Africa's second-biggest coal miner supplies all of the country's coal-powered electricity plants.

March 24, 2013

Rebel attack in Congolese mining hub

More than 300 rebels attacked a UN compound in the capital city.

March 24, 2013

South African mining threatened by electricity shortage

Gold and platinum production could be stopped all together.

March 21, 2013

Breaking up is hard to do. Drumbeat for unbundling of gold majors gets louder

Hedge funder John Paulson set the ball rolling on the breakup of large gold producers. Some miners see it the same way.

March 20, 2013

INN VIDEO: Chris Grove explains tantalum uses and smuggling

On the use of tantalum in the electronics industry and how the metal is smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

March 20, 2013

Workers strike at Chinese uranium mine in Niger

About 700 workers are emanding better salaries and bonus payments.

March 19, 2013

How earthquakes create gold deposits instantaneously

Study shows that gold deposits are created instantaneously through a process called 'flash vaporization'.

March 19, 2013

Sierra Leone’s small-scale miners toil for diamonds

PHOTOS: Gemstone mining in western Africa is a tough slog every day.

March 19, 2013

Miner finds 239 carat raw diamond in Botswana

Two more stones weighing 124 and 71 carats were also extracted.

March 18, 2013

Mining industry to solve lack of skilled workers with technology: study

International mining executives believe the industry is in the midst of a transition from a blue collar to a white collar workforce.