Brazil to auction mining rights for about 1,000 areas this year

Knight Vinke is looking for a ratio of 3.25:1 similar to the demands of Qatar which last week pushed the $60 billion deal to the verge of collapse.

Now that China’s leaders have tamed inflation fears, they can focus once again on the country’s still immense needs for infrastructure, including ports and shipping facilities.

Chile-owned copper giant Codelco plans to invest $400 million in a molybdenum processing plant and to maximize its market value amid a legal dispute with global miner Anglo American.

Chile’s Doña Inés de Collahuasi mining company announced Solarpack has won the contract to build a 25 MW solar energy park, which will supply nearly 13% of the mine's power needs during the day.

Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated in the theatre, it isn’t in g...

Traders are bracing for a replay of the April squeeze that made copper expensive to obtain quickly, saying major trader Glencore controls almost half the inventories of the commodity held in London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses worldwide.

The Marathon Project, located near Lake Superior in Ontario, has anticipated annual production of about 200,000 ounces of palladium and platinum and 37 million pounds of copper.

After years of political wrangling, the Minerals Resource Rent Tax or MRRT takes affect as the country's largest polluters will now pay A$23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they produce.

Jim Rogers poured cold water on Friday's stock rally after European leaders agreed to backstop more debt-stricken banks. The S&P 500 jumped 2.49% on Friday, and spot gold was up $30 to close at $1,599.10/oz.