Rio Tinto bets on lithium as Tesla yet to sign major supply deal

Mumbrella may face defamation charges from Xstrata Coal after it published a parody video of the anti mining taxes campaign, re-launched last week by The Minerals Council of Australia.

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has paid US$600 million for the remaining 75% of Kazakhstan coal producer Shubarkol Komir.

Should gold mining companies pay dividends to attract investors who are pouring money into gold-backed exchange traded funds?

Canadian mining company Quaterra Alaska and county supervisors in northern Arizona have filed a lawsuit against the US government, aiming to reverse a federal 20-year closure of one million acres of uranium-rich public lands located near the Grand Canyon.

One year after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis, analysts are hiking ratings and price targets on uranium companies that have posted some impressive gains of late.

While China's steel output is hitting a record rate of over 2 million tonnes per day stockpiles of iron ore are growing at a clip of 1 million tonnes per week at the country's ports.

The mining boom that Colombia is experiencing has driven a group of Australian firms to visit the South American country and explore what the country has to offer in terms of mining for foreign investors.

Heavy rains and a prolonged strike at its Queensland coal mines have taken their toll on the world's biggest miner.

The Canadian government followed through on last month's budget promise to streamline environmental reviews of resource projects with a plan for "responsible resource development."