Mexican president says won’t cancel mining concessions, or grant new ones

Clearly if you work for the mainstream media there is only one way to approach a story like Oyu Tolgoi, Turquoise Hill Resource's massive copper-gold mine in Mongolia scheduled to start production next year.

The recent spike in the price of copper speaks of overoptimism.

Learn how often American political parties mention commodities and energy at their conventions.

CEOs are getting — on average — 31% less this year.

Philippines-based Philex Mining Corp. (PINK:PXMFF), the country’s biggest miner, said it is ready to start harvesting coffee from its demo farm located in the Barangay Ampucao district, in Itogon.

Sinking global commodity prices have negatively impacted Canada’s North near-future mining outlook, but longer-term prospects for the industry in the three territories remain strong.

BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) has scrapped plans to purchase exploratory land in the area adjacent to the Olympic Dam project.

Chinese mining stocks are amongst the big winners in the wake of signalling by both Wen Jiabao and Ben Bernanke that central banks on either side of the Pacific are set to pursue further stimulus measures.

The absence of Xi Jinping from several key occasions of state this month has triggered grave concerns about the well-being of China's presumptive heir to power on the eve of the country's decennial leadership transition.