Beginning May this year, PROJECT SUPPLY Ltd. (PSL)., a complete solution provider focused in the mining industry, will represent the sales of WESTECH mining equipment in Santiago, Chile.

Ecuador needs at least 300 mining engineers and geologists in the near future to be able to deliver on its recent mining contracts, but only about 40 such professionals graduate annually from six universities that offer those programs, according to the agency that regulates Ecuador’s mining industry.

One of the world's oldest, rarest, and most coveted diamonds is going up for auction at Sotheby's.

Swing over to our Facebook page and let us know if you think mining asteroids is economically feasible.

Rare earth metals consultants TRU Group said on Monday that recent attempts by Chinese suppliers to stem sharp declines in prices since the third quarter of 2011 is "likely to fail."

A past-producing colliery in one of North America's oldest coal mining belts is on its way to resuming production, says a story today in Halifax Media Co-op.

A shuttered mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is attracting some unusual publicity, with persistent rumours that the owners are considering growing medical marijuana.

Standard & Poor's Ratings 
Services revised its outlook on the Republic of Argentina to negative from stable. In addition, we affirmed our 'B' unsolicited long- and short-term ratings and our 'raAA' national scale rating on Argentina. At the same time, we affirmed our 'B' transfer and convertibility assessment on Argentina.

Anton Berlin, head of marketing for Norilsk, says if prices rise above $20,000 a tonne on the back of Indonesia’s proposed ban on the export of ore, many idled mines can re-open.

Mining contributed $50 billion to the country’s GDP in 2011, he said, and provides “well paying” jobs for more than 300,000 Canadians.