The Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project contains 230 million tonnes of iron ore at 35.17% iron, a new resource estimate shows.

EMED Mining (LON:EMED) climbed 14.88% today on news that the company has reached a $30 million funding arrangement with a new Chinese offtake partner respecting its Rio Tinto copper mine in Spain.

The South African government has quashed persistent rumours about nationalizing the country's mining industry.

The $80 billion proposed merger of commodities trader Glencore and Swiss-based miner Xstrata could lead to a fresh round of acquisitions in iron ore, Reuters is reporting today.

Imperial Oil is spending $2 billion to expand its Cold Lake insitu oilsands operation in northeastern Alberta.

Shares in ASX and TSX-listed Magma Metals rocketed 68% after Panoramic Resources, a nickel miner, launched a $40 million takeout bid.

The Big Picture: News Stories in Photographs, a photojournalism blog, has a segment on coal photos.

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has approved close to a billion dollars to construct a new port facility in Western Australia.

Times of Zambia reports that the Zambian government is planning to increase its share of mining firms from 20% to 35% but is not planning a wholesale nationalization.

The first rule of a fraud scam is if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Just ask the victims of Bernie Madoff's spectacular Ponzi scheme.

The BC government has allowed an expansion to the Quinsam Coal Mine on Vancouver Island.

Vale SA is diverting iron ore shipments to the Philippines as a way of shipping its product to China, as the Asian economic powerhouse continues to resist super-sized vessels destined for Chinese ports.