The Karzai administration opened bids on billions of dollars worth of copper and gold deposits in four areas of occupied Afghanistan. The Afghan Ministry of Mines invited foreign transnationals to bid on multiple contracts to unearth copper and gold...

Reuters reported that China's production of most base metals fell in November due to reduced demand and low domestic prices with refined copper hitting its lowest level in 6 months. The lower industrial metals output was in line with China's ov...

Kincora Copper's flagship asset is the Bronze Fox deposit in Mongolia which is in the same geological neighborhood as the giant Oyu Tolgoi mine just over 100 miles to the North East. Oyu Tolgoi is the world?s largest undeveloped copper deposit whic...

Reuters reported that Mr Vladimir Putin PM of Russia facing a wave of voter outrage as he prepares a bid to return to the Kremlin intervened to prevent an archaic 67 year old aluminum smelter with 3,500 workers from closure. Mr Putin was informed at a...

According to statistics from China Iron and Steel Association, daily crude steel production of its members hit 1.5026 million tonnes in late November 2011. Daily output of the whole country is estimated to reach 1.6852 million tonnes an increase of 1.3%.

Broker Fairfax has concluded Anglo Asian Mining?s gold and copper mine at Gedabek in Azerbaijan may be significantly larger than first thought after a visit last week.

Montezuma Mining Company's current reverse circulation drilling program at the Butcherbird Copper Project continues to deliver investors a string of very high grade intersections.

China plans to launch an iron ore swaps business and a physical iron ore trading platform are a clear sign of its desire to take on a bigger role in pricing its biggest import commodity and protect itself against increasing volatility.

The vast Central Asian nation, larger than Western Europe, produces 33 percent of world’s mined uranium, followed by Canada at 18 percent and Australia, with 11 percent of global output. Kazakhstan contains the world's second-largest uranium reserves, estimated at 1.5 million tons. Until two years ago Kazakhstan was the world's No. 3 uranium miner.

Argentina Mining is currently progressing exploration at the Cerro Blanco project in the San Juan Province of Argentina with the company intersecting more copper and gold.

New government data shows employment in the Appalachian mining industry is at a 14 year high. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said that the total number of coal jobs nationwide is at its highest level since 1996, with 90,354 jobs in 2011.

The Indian government set up a group of ministers to look into the proposed new draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011. The cabinet considered the recommendation of the GoM and has approved the draft MMDR Bill, 2011 on 30 September 2011. The benefit sharing model proposed in the new draft MMDR Bill, 2011, is applicable for all mining leases, including those in tribal areas.