Mining’s Q1: The best it’s gonna get?

Former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to four years in prison just weeks after he made a political comeback with his Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party as the junior partner in the new ruling coalition.

Two of the German reactors ordered to shut after Fukushima will be dismantled as soon as possible. EnBW has applied for permission to do the work and said it has more than enough funds set aside.

India's tiger population has dwindled from tens of thousands a century ago to a mere 1,411 according to the last official census.

In 2011 gold-mine production came in at an all-time record high. And in 2012 experts anticipate production to be even higher, edging above the previous year’s 87m-ounce tally. From the looks of it, the major source of gold’s supply is in fine fettle. But is the gold-mining industry truly healthy?

Half of British Columbians could be convinced that building the Northern Gateway Pipeline is a good idea, as long as economic and environmental considerations are addressed, but Premier Christy Clark can't capitalize.

Don't worry, Warren Buffet who spent $26.5 billion on acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad and Union Pacific Corp. is weathering the coal downturn by switching to oil and gas made plentiful by the hydraulic fracturing glut.

SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX:SGQ)(HKSE:1878) climbed 6.25% on Thursday as markets opened after announcing it was notified by majority shareholder Ivanhoe Mines that […]

In India, like in the United States, the power sector is the single largest user of water – more than agriculture. Presuming that India could solve its power problems and build more coal, they would run out of fresh water even faster.

With Germany’s leaders telling us that the exit from the Eurozone by Greece no longer holds terror for them, we understand that they are prepared for such an eventuality.