Aurico Metals (TSX:AMI) has added to its royalty portfolio and flagship B.C. asset through the acquisition of Kiska Metals Corporation (TSXV:KSK).

Two separate business groups focused on electronics supply chains have launched initiatives to try to stop children from mining cobalt in the DRC.

Ironbark Zinc Limited (ASX:IBG) is developing one of the world's largest lead-zinc deposits.

The boom and bust mining cycle can be a daunting obstacle for investors new to the world of mining and mineral exploration, but what if a potential investor could play the markets without risking their money?

Widespread adoption of IXOS could add billions of dollars in profits to an industry that produces about 90 million ounces of gold each year, according to 6th Wave Innovations out of Salt Lake City, which recently launched its molecularly imprinted polymer ion exchange resin.

Electricity produced from the turbines would feed into current solar and wind producers, who lack a source of uninterrupted power,

Unsafe operating conditions in an unsanctioned gold mine have claimed at least 20 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Commercial production starts in January, with a ramp-up to 90 million tonnes per annum by 2020

A promise by the Taliban to safeguard the world's second largest untapped copper deposit is being downplayed by the sitting government of Afghanistan.

Work on flooding the tunnels of the shuttered diamond mine will start in early January and is expected to take between six and eight weeks.

Over 1,000 Thai miners will be out of a job come January, when the Chatree mining complex shuts its gates.

A clash between local indigenous peoples and police at a mine in Ecuador has forced a state of emergency.