The slump in the coal market has claimed another victim.

London-listed Vedanta Mining (LON:VED) will be in court to defend itself against claims by hundreds of Zambian villagers that its copper mining operations polluted a water source and farmland.

The union representing about a third of nearly 100,000 gold miners in South African labour talks, has rejected an offer of a 13-percent pay rise.

The 2.8-million tonnes per year greenfield facility would mine the potash using the solution method.

“The enquiries among the consumers, mostly women, are increasing."

Concerned about running out of nuclear fuel, India is creating a strategic uranium reserve to ensure that its atomic reactors can keep producing electricity without interruption.

An asteroid said to contain up to $5.4 trillion worth of platinum reserves will be making a close approach to planet Earth this evening, July 19th.

90,000 ounces per year project will start as an open-pit mine.

Hobbled by too much supply and not enough demand, especially in China, the coal needed to produce steel has fallen to levels not seen since 2004.

Israel's ICL has signed several contracts to supply its Indian customers with a total of 835,000 tonnes of potash.

The Red Chris copper and gold mine in British Columbia has received a full operating permit from the provincial government.

A mothballed nickel mine in Tasmania is slated to re-open, thanks to a cash injection from the Tasmanian state government, which also granted a mining lease to an iron ore company hoping to move its project forward to production.