Gold is ringing out the year on a sour note, dropping below $1,550/oz and losing nearly 10% of its value in the last month.

Cleaning a car using a mining excavator instead of washing by hand is certainly quicker, but results may vary.

Family and friends are trying to find Matthew Huszar, a University of British Columbia geology graduate, who has been missing for 12 days.

New Guinea Gold (CVE:NGG) temporarily halted mining and processing at its Mt Sinivit operation after it was occupied by the Wild Dog Mining Area Landowner Association and Lulai Nakama Association.

Due to the high Australian dollar and low molybdenum prices, Moly Mines says the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum/copper project is sub-economic and the company won't be developing it.

If you want to be a successful investor, don't try to pick winning stocks and even better don't trade at all, says leading financial writers Henry Blodget and Felix Salmon in two separate columns.

NASA put together time-lapse satellite images of development around the Millenium Mine and the Athabasca River.

The Atlantic profiles Christmas light recyclers, a job that moved to China when the environmental restrictions in the U.S. became too onerous.

A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.

In a ruling that will be felt most heavily by older coal-burning power plants, the United States Environmetal Protection Agency announced new regulations last week to limit emissions of toxic air pollutants like mercury, arsenic and metals.

Underwater mining off Nome, Alaska, draws up to 50 boats in the summer, small independent operators looking for placer gold in ocean water just above freezing.

In 2012 the Canadian dollar is predicted to stay just below par and Canadian GDP will grow just two percent, according to Doug Porter, Deputy Chief Economist at BMO Capital Market, who released his 2012 predictions on Boxing Day.