October 7, 2013 US Rare Earths secures $4 million financing The company has mining claims in Idaho, Montana, and Colorado totaling 20,000 acres.
October 7, 2013 China to shut down four coal-fired power plants Will replace them with natural gas plants.
October 7, 2013 Norilsk Nickel to invest $8bn in Russian projects, sell the rest World's largest nickel and palladium producer will get rid of projects in Finland, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.
October 7, 2013 DRC looking to ditch Glencore’s copper project Gecamines wants to sell 20% stake in Kamoto Copper.
October 4, 2013 Australian gold miners join forces to stop royalty hike They say an increase in the royalty rate for gold could destroy Western Australia’s precious metals industry.
October 4, 2013 Canadian miner will sue Costa Rica for $1bn Infinito Gold says six months of negotiations over confiscated mine have failed, will take case to international court.
October 4, 2013 Caterpillar and Fortescue Moving Forward With Commercial Installation of Autonomous Trucks Caterpillar and Fortescue Metals Group have moved forward with the delivery, installation and support of a complete Cat® MineStar™ System at Fortescue’s Solomon iron ore mine in the Pilbara region…
October 4, 2013 SRK Consulting celebrates 35 years in North America The unit was launched in 1978 when SRK opened its first international office in Vancouver, Canada.
October 4, 2013 Russia seizes 57,000 diamonds and gemstones from accused official The ex-defence official is accused of 12 counts of corruption.
October 4, 2013 Anti-Keystone billionaire accuses Harper of involvement in US government shutdown 'Have your government [...] communicated with House Republicans about including Keystone in the original litany of demands put to President Obama?' - Tom Steyer to Stephen Harper
Congo says it would seek other partners if US minerals framework fails "The rivalry between China and the United States - we are not interested in it," the country's mines minister said. February 11, 2026 | 07:12 am
