One of Australia's leading intellectuals and a former adviser to the country's incumbent Labor Party has called for far-reaching reforms to the resource giant's mining tax and GST.
FBI raids on the Iowa offices of Peregrine Financial Group have uncovered a trove of special-edition SpongeBob Squarepants silver bullion amongst the effects of the failed futures brokerage.
Geoff Raby, Australia's former ambassador to China, has conceded that mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) committed errors in the lead up to a Chinese bribery scandal several years ago that strained relations between the two countries.
Bill Murphy, the controversial head of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) alleges that JP Morgan engaged in ongoing silver manipulation, and that the company's suspension of such operations were responsible for a dive in silver prices in January 2011.
Jupiter Mines, headed by former BHP Billiton chief Brian Gilbertson, has announced plans to raise AUD$125 million for the expansion of South African and Western Australian resource projects.
Japanese investors are becoming increasingly anxious over industrial relations in the Australian mining sector, in the wake of a long-standing dispute involving Mitsubishi and BHP Queensland coal operations which has now entered its 19th month.
China Mining United Fund plans to establish a collaborative China/Africa equity fund to pursue minority stakes in gold, iron-ore and metal companies in Africa and other parts of the world, and which could raise $2 billion in investment capital.
Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ CM:OMEX) announced on Wednesday that it had successfully retrieved a record-breaking 48 tons of sunken silver bullion from a World War II shipwreck lying approximately three miles below the ocean's surface.
Canadian potash suppliers Agrium Inc (NYSE:AGU) and Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) both closed higher on the NYSE following the release of improved second-quarter earnings forecasts by Agrium on Wednesday.
Australian investment firm Quadrant Private Equity has executed an agreement for the purchase of Queensland-based mining equipment supplier CQMS Razer, valuing the company at over AUD$155 million.
Panamanian farmers in the country's rainforest regions have teamed up with environmental activists to protest the impact of Canadian mining operations on the local environment, as well as halt the construction of what is slated to be one of the world's largest copper mines by Inmet Mining (TSX:IMN).
