The uncapped profit-sharing bonus of up to 10% supports the continued operation of Peñasquito, Newmont said.

Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.

Hecla Mining will buy all shares of Canadian Alexco Resource it doesn't already own, at 47 cents each share.

An efficient, molybdenum-based catalyst is being presented as a solution to turn CO2 from industrial plants into liquid methanol.

Mines minister said Rio Tinto's subsidiary Simfer and China-backed consortium WCS have shown a "lack of willingness" to work on a partnership.