Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of its BC-situated smelters.

Could copper's vigorous breakthrough serve as a reliable portent of a bullish trend in the equities market and elsewhere?

Brian Lundin says Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will "absolutely" implement a third round of quantitative easing.

Oscar Mayer is launching a novel new experiment in the use of bacon as a viable currency.

Detour Gold (TSX:DGC) founder Gerald Panneton says preparations to open Canada's largest gold mine in Cochrane, Ontario are 'in the last stretch.'

The emergence of diamond hedge funds could see precious gems usurp gold and silver's place in the spot light as safe harbor stores of value.

BHP PLC (LSE:BP) is on the verge of concluding a deal for the sale of its offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico for $7 billion to Houston-based Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE:PXP).

China is showing further signs that stimulus spending to prop up its slowing economy could well be on the way with President Hu Jintao evincing a commitment to economic growth at the APEC summit over the weekend.

Glencore International (LSE:GLEN) has postponed its Friday shareholder meeting where voting would have taken place on its proposed $34 billion takeover of Xstrata (LSE:XTA).

The Chinese government has approved a raft of new infrastructure and rail projects this week in a concerted effort to boost its slowing economy.

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has teamed up with Sydney's University of New South Wales to create the world's first virtual mine for the purpose of teaching block caving

Matterhorn Asset Management's Egon von Greyerz claims fund managers and investors are shifting from gold ETF's to physical gold, and that the "move in gold and silver has barely started."