Caterpillar in search of new CFO as Halverson to retire next year

Global diamond trade is being used to launder illegal funds worth millions of dollars, claims polemic study.

Areva is fighting to keep its tax exemptions; France says Niger's decision to end them is 'legitimate.'

EY's Canadian Mining Eye index shows a 9% loss in Q4 2013 and 45% for the year.

Proposal includes gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin, with the hope of force importers to classify those metals as coming from areas free of conflict.

Swiss Mercuria, founded in 2004, has become the front-runner to buy the physical commodities unit of JPMorgan.

And there's an ever-widening rift between the country's oil consumption and production.

'Potential therefore exists that estimation of future risk to humans and wildlife because of surface mining activity in the Athabasca oil sands region has been underestimated,' researchers write.

However, the report says those funds are unlikely to be available to junior miners.

The energy giant also reduced its 2014 output targets due to halted operations in Libya.