Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. agreed that the Chinese aluminum firm will get 30 days to buy Ivanhoe's stake in SouthGobi Resources.

The Maple Group's $3.8 billion deal to acquire the TMX Group (TSX:X), which runs the TSX, cleared a major hurdle today when the acquisition was signed off by Canada's Competition Bureau and the Ontario Securities Commission.

Massive trading volumes on Wednesday saw Barkerville Gold stock give up 25% over two days after some exploration analysts raised doubts about the 10 million ounces of contained gold at its Cow Mountain project in British Columbia first announced on Friday.

On Wednesday, a day after after all three major global ratings agencies – Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's – placed South Africa's credit rating on negative outlook, home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma became the latest senior figure in the ruling ANC party to join a growing chorus calling for state control of mining.

Galaxy is an Australian-based global lithium company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines and brine assets in Australia, China, Canada and Argentina.

The export surcharge was raised on two occasions last year to 30% to keep ore inside the country for local steelmakers amid a mining ban in the state of Karnataka instated in July.  That ban is now being lifted.

As reported in the Central Queensland News, the mining industry has a need for programs to eliminate drug consumption on mine sites […]

A lack of cranes, tractors, tugs and other port equipment is affecting the productivity and efficiency of the ports of Beira and Nacala in Mozambique, which can handle only 35% of their export loads.

At least three people were killed and 20 injured in northern Peru yesterday after a clash between police and protesters opposed to the $5 billion Conga gold mine planned by Newmont Mining in the northern region of Cajamarca.