The uranium shakedown: How Mongolia and Russia conspired against western investors (Part 3 of 3)

Xstrata has approved a $360 million expansion for its McArthur River mine in Australia’s Northern Territory which will make the project the largest producer of zinc in the world.

On Monday conflicting reports about the outcome of a four-year old probe into possible price manipulation of silver left investors perplexed about the future trading direction of the precious metal.

The miners work at a depth of 300 meters in two shifts of 6 hours per day and are hired on a contract basis for 400,000 tomans (about $200) per month

Edward Karr, CEO of Geneva-based RAMPartners, favors a disciplined, patient and steady approach to investing in junior gold mining companies.

A Chinese supervisor died on Saturday after being hit by a trolley pushed at him at the Collum mine in Zambia during a dispute over minimum wages.

US appeal court judges have ruled that a case seeking a resumption of licensing work for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will be put on hold, despite agreeing that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot legally give up work on the application.

Gina Rinehart, iron ore magnate and Asia's wealthiest woman, sold a controlling stake in her Galilee coal assets nearly a year ago to GVK Group, run by Indian billionaire GV Krishna Reddy.

With the Northern Gateway Pipeline facing political hurdles, the Premier of the Northwest Territories, Bob McLeod, said moving Alberta's oil and gas via a pipeline in the Northwest Territories is an option.

Six coal miner died after 100 tonnes of coal collapsed at a mine in northern Mexico, located in the State of Coahuila.