The Brazilian miner said Wednesday its global coal division director, Decio Amaral, will resign from his Australia-based post on Sept 1 and return to Brazil to pursue interests outside the company Vale global coal division director Decio Amaral will

Moscow - The scheduled in-person meeting of the Board of Directors of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter: MMC Norilsk Nickel or the Company) took place today. The agenda consisted of a single item: announcement of the public offer to purchase

The head of Indonesia's state-owned nickel miner said ferronickel output rose 6% in H1 2011 to 9,838 tonnes, more than 50% of forecast full year production

Russian view on the rising gold price and if gold is in a bubble if, and when, it will collapse - Not soon say analysts but short term correction perhaps on the cards. The price of gold continues to grow at a fantastic rate, reaching new heights. Not

Significant high grade vanadium Inferred Mineral Resource - 107Mt @ 0.62% V2O5, +0.5% cut-off Extensive upside potential - only 5% of prospective stratigraphy contained within current vanadium resource Iron Inferred Mineral Resource of 216Mt @ 25.4% Fe,

Beacon Hill, the AIM listed coking coal producer, is pleased to announce an update on recent developments with respect to logistics at its Minas Moatize mine in the Tete region of Overview Following the successful completion of the trial trucking

The platinum producer said Thursday a strong rand outweighed higher prices for precious metals and, while EBITDA rose to $203.2m for the year, it reported a net loss on the back of a $159.8m impairment charge.

Hecla Mining CEO Phil Baker Tuesday predicted the higher the gold price goes, the more small investor interest in silver will increase.

Silver Quest Resources (TSX VENTURE:SQI) ("Silver Quest" or "the Company") is pleased to report drill results from 11 holes (BW-171 through BW-179, BW-181 and BW-182) drilled in the current 20,000 metre drill campaign to expand the resources on the Davidson Gold Project claims, a joint venture with New Gold Inc., which is the operator of the joint venture. Silver Quest has a 25% interest in the joint venture. The project is approximately 110 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof, BC.

Amar Bhalla, URSA Major Chairman stated, "Riyaz is a welcome addition to our board of directors. He has had many years working with public companies on many different fronts and his expertise will continue to strengthen our company. He will bring to the

Republic Gold Limited (ASX: RAU) has now completed the sale of its share in the Kangaroo Creek Joint Venture in Queensland.

Orocobre Limited (ASX: ORE) (TSX: ORL) today announced that it has awarded the detailed engineering contract for the Salar de Olaroz lithium-potash project to Sinclair Knight Merz ("SKM").