Newmont Mining Corp.'s Midas Mine in Elko County is back in production. Federal regulators allowed the underground gold mine to reopen last week after crews tunneled out a bypass around a ground failure that prompted its March 10 shutdown.
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced new directors in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachi's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2009.
Finnish metals group Outokumpu Oyj reported Thursday a first-quarter net loss of euro187 million , down from a profit of euro63 million last year, as sales were more than halved because of the global economic recession.
Vale Inco is shutting down its nickel mining and processing operations in Sudbury, Ont., for eight weeks starting June 1 due to weak demand for the metal used to make stainless steel, the company said Thursday.
Pan American Silver Corp. and Orko Silver Corp. say they have reached an agreement for the joint development of Orko Silver's La Preciosa silver project in Durango state, Mexico.
North Carolina and Alcoa Inc. are promising a long fight over control of nearly 40 miles of the Yadkin River where the largest U.S. aluminum producer has operated four electricity-generating dams for more than half a century.
A West Virginia House committee has apparently killed a resolution supporting development of a wind farm on the site of a planned mountaintop removal mine.
Massey Energy and Cliffs Natural Resources are cutting coal production and laying off almost 600 employees in West Virginia because of market conditions.
Oil prices rose sharply Thursday despite more hints that energy use is way down, with traders focusing instead on a rising stock market and surprising news from retailers that suggests Americans are spending money.
A Massey Energy Co. foreman pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to conduct safety drills at a West Virginia coal mine.
State regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a northern Nevada gold mine to restart operations after shutting it down a year ago during an investigation into excessive mercury emissions.
As expected, coking coal miners like Teck Cominco Ltd. will face much lower prices for the next 12 months.