Federal safety regulators have put Newmont Mining Corp. on notice that one of its gold mines in northeast Nevada has a potential pattern of health or safety violations.

Smelting operations that gave an East Tennessee city its name have been shut down indefinitely.

A U.S. court has ordered Teck Cominco to pay the legal fees of a Washington state Indian band in its fight against the Canadian mining giant over pollution from a B.C. mine.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Monday it has warned 15 mining operations to clean up their health and safety practices or face stricter enforcement.

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Fort Wayne-based Steel Dynamics' stock plunged the most in 12 years after the fifth-largest steelmaker in the United States forecast a first-quarter loss.

Five protesters say they've been ticketed for trespassing at a Massey Energy surface mine in West Virginia.

Stocks rose around the world, commodity prices rallied and Treasuries fell on speculation China will broaden efforts to boost growth and U.S. lawmakers will reach agreement on a plan to stem mortgage defaults.

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Construction of a proposed nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is being delayed because of poor market conditions, its parent company said Thursday.

Asian stocks advanced Wednesday, with Tokyo's index up nearly 3 percent, as better-than-expected news about the U.S. and Chinese economies raised hopes the global downturn was nearing a bottom. European markets opened modestly higher.

The upward swing followed Wall Street, where investors breathed a little easier after a surprise jump in home sales in December suggested the battered housing market might soon stabilize.

Asian investors also were heartened by Wednesday's report pointing to possible recovery in Chinese manufacturing. While manufacturing shrank again in January, the contraction was less severe than in recent months and seen by some as a sign China's stimulus measures might be taking hold.

More than 500 laid-off hourly workers have been recalled at AK Steel Corp.'s Ashland Works plant as the company prepares to restart the blast furnace there so the local furnace can undergo maintenance.