Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

Thousands of people jammed the front lawn of Canada’s British Columbia parliament on Monday to oppose the controversial Enbridge's proposed $5.5-billion pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the country's West Coast.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative, Valerie Julliand, announced Tuesday the body has agreed to the Dominican Republic’s government's request to review Xstrata Nickel’s environmental impact study for the Loma Miranda project, located in the country’s central region.

The Diamond exploration company sees its future shining bright after discovering high concentrations of minerals that could imply the presence of rough diamonds.

Equity research analysts at Standard and Poor's (S&P) lowered Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) shares from “buy” to “hold.”

A huge 60-kilogram gold nugget allegedly found near Kalgoorlie has the Australian mining community literally suffering from gold fever.

Almost all the 15,000 Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE, JSE:GFI) miners at risk of being fired for going on an illegal strike reported for duty, but striking workers at the company’s KDC East operations received a final ultimatum from the company Friday.

Oil was trading higher Friday morning driven, in part, by TransCanada Corp's (TSX, NYSE:TRP) announcement yesterday that it was temporarily shutting down its existing Keystone pipeline after tests showed possible safety issues.

African exploration and development firm DiamondCorp PLC (LON:DCP) was full of good news on Friday, as it revealed it is raising $1.6 million from a share placing to help fund the expansion of its Lace mine in South Africa.

Canadian Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (TSX:HW, NYSE:HWD) has confirmed it has received "various indications of interest" about the potential purchase of its luxury retail business.

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, is considering to sale a stake in its $10 billion Canadian iron ore business, in an attempt to weather the slump in its key commodity, reports FT.