US to impose sanctions on Iran’s metal exports and leaders

Nautilus Minerals shot up 8.5% in heavy volumes on Wednesday as investors anticipate a new direction for the embattled company following the departure of long-time CEO Stephen Rogers.

Cost burdens continue to upset Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE, TSX: ABX), as the globe's top gold miner hiked Thursday its cash cost guidance for 2012 and warned that costs at its massive Pascua-Lama project will be almost three times more than the $3 billion announced in 2009.

69,667 more Australians joined the mining industry from 2006 - 2011

BHP will in time set up similar facilities for its Queensland coal mines and at its Escondida copper mine in Chile.

Canada’s economy shrank 0.1% in August, the first drop in six months, driven mainly by depressed manufacturing and energy sectors, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

The European Commission said Wednesday it is delaying the deadline to emit a verdict on Glencore International PLC's $70 billion merger proposal with Xstrata (LON:XTA) after Glencore (LON:GLENA) made concessions to reduce EU concerns about too much potential concentration of interests in northern Europe.

An economic researcher from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says China must give up the breakneck growth rate it's maintained since the turn of the century

Rex Minerals (ASX:RXM) has released the prefeasibility study for its proposed copper project at Ardossan indicating that the mine would cost AUD$900 million to construct and generate $11 billion over its current mine life.

High wages and a shortage of skilled workers in Australia threaten AUD$200 billion in mining and energy projects according to the founder […]