November 24, 2014

Ivanhoe jumps on exploration results at African mine

The miner has hit exceptionally high-grade silver, zinc and copper at its Kipushi mine in the DRC.

November 24, 2014

Canadian First Nations march to demand ban on uranium exploration in Quebec

They plan to arrive in Montreal on Dec. 15, the final day of hearings on uranium development by Quebec’s environmental watchdog.

November 24, 2014

Aussie mining magnate Clive Palmer investigated over $10 million fraud

The scale of the fraud alleged against the tycoon-turned-politician may double to about A$23 million.

November 24, 2014

India’s Jindal Steel mothballs $10bn coal project

The company became the first major casualty of a Supreme Court decision to scrap most coal fields allocated to private firms since 1993.

November 24, 2014

BHP warns more cost cuts, management shake up before demerger

The world's largest miner has stepped up its cost-cutting plans as it battles a sharp slide in iron ore, coal and oil prices.

November 23, 2014

LiDAR survey discovers Roman gold mines in Spain

The existence of 2,000-year-old gold mines was confirmed by an aerial survey done last week above the northwestern province of León, using laser technology.

November 23, 2014

Greek dilemma: Are new jobs created by gold mine worth the ecological risk?

One of Europe's richest fields of gold and other key metals has reopened, and the prospect of a further expansion is pitting locals worried about farming, fishing, and tourism against…

November 23, 2014

There’s gold in them thar Welsh valleys

Stellar Resources has made a new discovery at the Clogau St David mine from which the metal for Kate Middleton's wedding ring was extracted,

November 21, 2014

The Dutch do what the Germans couldn’t: Get their gold back

De Nederlandsche Bank secretly brought 120 tonnes of the European nation's gold reserves held by the Fed in New York back to Amsterdam.

November 20, 2014

Insane pictures of Russian potash mine disaster

Giant sinkhole opens up in between summer cottages near Uralkali's Solikamsk-2 potash mine.