September 19, 2013

$35 million expected for this egg size ‘perfect’ white diamond

The flawless 118-carat white gem goes under Sotheby’s hammer in Hong Kong on Oct. 7

September 19, 2013

Peabody Energy’s Bear Run coal mine threatened by ruling

Indiana judge ruled the fully impact of coal waste from its Bear Run coal mine, east of the Mississippi River, was inadequately assessed.

September 19, 2013

Canadian Batero Gold president and CEO leaves the firm

Momentarily replaced by senior vice president and COO, Darryl Lindsay.

September 19, 2013

Australia’s largest open cut zinc mine closing in 2016

Remediation at Century, the world’s third largest open cut zinc mine, is expected to take 120 years.

September 19, 2013

Why it’s hard to ignore Russia

While Russia is a tough market to love and even easier to hate, the country is hard to ignore, says Tim Steinle, portfolio manager of the Emerging Europe Fund (EUROX).

September 19, 2013

Republicans pass bill to speed up environmental reviews

Bill will likely die in Senate.

September 19, 2013

Environmentalists sport tin hats for subcommittee hearing on climate change

The group, Polluter Watch, says it wants to hold corporate polluters accountable.

September 18, 2013

Rio and Chalco abandon bid for $20bn bauxite deposit in Australia

The move surprised investors, especially since Chalco had previously held the lease and was willing to develop the resource.

September 18, 2013

Flooding shuts down nearly 2,000 oil wells in Colorado

Some worry damaged oil and gas facilities may contaminate water sources.

September 18, 2013

Silver breaks into the memory storage market

Developing technology know as Resistive Random-Access Memory (RRAM or ReRAM) has embraced silver.