Concerned about the un-taxed export of byproducts refined from platinum, the Zimbabwean government is considering drafting laws that would force platinum mining companies to set up refineries.

If the uranium industry was hoping that China would be the tide that floats all boats, it will have to wait longer than expected.

It sounds like something out of a B movie trailer or if you're old enough to remember, an episode of Swiss Family Robinson.

A proposed new coal mine in Queensland is so massive it is likely to do more harm to the local economy than good.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on Thursday, together with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, announced $485 million is being given to states and tribes to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining.

A past-producing gold mine in Canada's Northwest Territories could be back in business thanks to moves last week by Toronto-based Merc International Minerals (CVE:MRK) Inc.

Canada is sitting on nearly 4% of the world's coal resources, with at least 80 billion tonnes of exploitable coal and 8 billion tonnes classified as commercially feasible under today's conditions.

A South African court has ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources wrongly awarded prospecting rights to the Sishen iron ore mine to Imperial Crown Trading 289 (ICT).

Rambler Metals and Mining plc (CVE:RAB, LON:RMM) enjoyed a 2.5% bump in its stock price Thursday on news that the Toronto and London-listed company has poured the first gold from its Ming Copper-Gold Mine in Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada.

Seven miners have been pulled from Hecla Mining's Lucky Friday mine after a collapse Wednesday evening. Media reports say that six of the workers were treated at the scene while a seventh was treated at hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hundreds piled into a public hearing Wednesday on a new bill affecting a huge iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin. "Many stood against the wall and dozens more stood outside the room in the hallway. Committee aides said about 130 people had registered to speak," Duluth News Tribune reported.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has acquired the remaining 30% interest in the San Juan Silver project in Colorado's Creede silver-producing district, for $33.8 million in stock.