Japan has found a silver lining in the cloud of nuclear plant shutdowns following last year's Fukushima disaster.

West Virginia's largest-ever mountaintop mining project is moving forward again, after a federal judge ruled the EPA overstepped its authority in rejecting a critical permit.

Kinross, the beleaguered gold producer whose stock price has been hammered of late due to a $4.6 billion writedown and alleged violations of securities laws, will continue pouring gold at its Tasiast mine in Africa until the year 2046, according to a technical report released on Friday.

The United States should take a cue from Canada when it comes to speeding up the environmental approval of mining and energy projects.

China Daily reports on a new tracking system in China designed to give early warning of dangers in coal mines.

Ian Ashby, BHP Billiton's Iron Ore President, is stepping aside after 25 years with the world's biggest miner.

UK-headquartered Anglo American (LON:AAL) cut the ribbon today on a new coal mine in South Africa.

Chinese copper-gold giant Zijin Mining Group is on the move again with plans for more acquisitions.

A proposal for a large underground copper mine in Minnesota reached a milestone last week.

AuRico Gold pulled the trigger on its Australian operations on Tuesday, selling the Stawell and Fosterville mines to Crocodile Gold Corp for up to $105 million.

The two largest gold companies are bracing for a Canadian court's decision on who owns the massive El Morro copper-gold deposit in Chile.

A Canadian company operating a silver mine in Mexico says it is not in any way linked to the recent murder of an anti-mining activist as alleged by human rights activists.