Copper producers in China are taking drastic measures to arrest the plummeting price.

The Chinese yuan is gathering prestige in the eyes of the International Monetary Fund, a move that could set off alarm bells in Washington.

African Minerals Limited (OTCMKTS:AMLZF) is being sued in a London court over allegations that it evicted residents and violently mistreated workers and villagers living close to one of its mines in Sierra Leone.

Low potash prices have made the prospect of developing the Kronau potash mine in Saskatchewan uneconomic.

The measures to address climate change include a carbon tax aimed at individual Albertans, phasing out coal-powered power plants, reducing methane emissions and placing a cap on emissions from the oilsands.

A terrorist attack on a hotel in Mali on Friday that left 14 dead has a Canadian mining connection. (Screenshot from BBC News report posted to Youtube.)

The beleaguered rare earths producer has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its Mountain Pass mine in California.

Despite not signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, India will be allowed to import uranium from Australia for civilian purposes.

President Obama's climate change plan has run up against some serious opposition among 24 states that are challenging it in federal court.

India has a plan to pull more gold into its banks, and the general public is set to play a pivotal role in the program.

Aditya Birla Minerals (ASX:ABY), headquartered in India, closed up 30.56% Friday.

Automated trucks at Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina and Nammuldi mines are being controlled through an operations centre in Perth 1,200 kilometres away.