Alcoa shares turned higher in after-hours trading after the aluminum maker hit analysts' earnings target and beat on revenue. The aluminum producer said its earnings excluding items rose to 32 cents a share from 13 cents a share a year ago. Revenue

July 11 (Reuters) - ADA-ES Inc: * Provides update on refined coal activities * Says in their first year of operation, the two new facilities generated about $20 million in revenue * Says over the next nine years, these facilities are expected to generate

James River Coal Co said it entered into a second amended and restated its revolving credit agreement up to $100 million.

The economics of extracting minerals from sand more than two miles underwater are unlikely to lend themselves to exploitation of the resource in the foreseeable future. The rare earths industry is, relative to other minerals, very small, and the capital investment required to develop the Pacific floor deposits would be huge, Gareth Hatch, founding principal at Technology Metals Research tells CNBC.com.

An expansion of one of the world's largest open pit copper mine received an important boost Monday after Utah regulators signed off on a permit allowing increased emissions from dust. Kennecott Utah Copper can now begin to actively pursue almost two dozen other permits that are needed for the mine's expansion, including approvals for the conversion of a coal-fired power plant to natural gas.

U.S. regulators should examine whether crude from Canadian oil sands corrodes pipelines and makes them more vulnerable to accidents, lawmakers said at a hearing on pipeline safety on Thursday.

Gold investment boom in Japan We have retained the gold investment market in Japan for each year of the transaction data. Historically, […]

Gold rose on Thursday, sustained by a rise in ETF holdings, stronger physical demand and a weaker dollar, but investor selling to […]