Shovels in April will start turning on a new gold mine in Armenia, says the managing director of Geoteam, the company behind the Amulsar gold project in southern Armenia.
Shareholders in Calico Resources (TSXV:CKB) enjoyed a hefty bump to their holdings after the company announced it is being bought out by Paramount Gold Nevada (NYSEMKT:PZG).
In what is being seen as a direct challenge to Beijing's authority, thousands of Chinese coal miners have taken to the streets to protest against unpaid wages.
Donald Blankenship, the former CEO of now-defunct Massey Energy, is now facing a $28-million fine in addition to a year in jail for his role in the Upper Big Branch mine blast.
In a sign of further influence in global financial markets, a major Chinese bank has been allowed into an elite club of bankers that sets the global price of silver.
Traders were quick to hit their sell buttons as official figures released in Beijing today showed exports in February were down a whopping 25.4 percent from the previous year.
The first green shoots of a mining rally showed themselves in the fourth quarter, according to a new report from EY describing the performance of the Canadian Mining Eye Index.