January 21, 2016

China shutting another 4,300 coal mines

Beijing will invest $4.6 billion over the next three years to close small and inefficient coal mines across the country.

January 21, 2016

Tata Steel scales down iron ore mining at Canada facility

The company cited “challenging conditions” in the steel and iron ore markets as the main reason for such decision.

January 20, 2016

Gold recovers some shine as global markets collapse

Gold has become this year the best-performing non-agricultural commodity.

January 20, 2016

Oil, Asian stocks rout deepen miners wounds

Miners suffering fresh sell-off as oil price falls and the IMF lowers growth forecast for China, rattling investors.

January 19, 2016

Freeport Indonesia boss steps down

Maroef Sjamsuddin's decision comes less than a month after the chairman of the U.S. mining giant stepped down.

January 19, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Visualizing the flow of oil around the world

Every day, 93 million barrels of oil are consumed by the world economy.

January 19, 2016

Trans Mountain pipeline battle set for NEB hearing today

Brace yourselves Canadians, the pipeline drama is about to heat up again.

January 18, 2016

India’s gold bonds seen luring investors in search of safe haven

The second tranche of India's sovereign gold bonds, whose sale began on Monday, is likely to draw good response from investors.

January 18, 2016

Nautilus to test seafloor mining production equipment

The Canadian deep sea miner has signed agreements with United Engineering Services LLC to provide support services associated with wet testing the company’s production and storing equipments.

January 13, 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: Animation – the most populous countries in the world, over 100 years

Today's animation shows how the world's most populous countries will change over the coming years.