Craig Wong of The Canadian Press reports on Laurie Sterritt, executive director of the B.C. Aboriginal Mine Training Association, and her solution […]

Students at Algonquin Road Public School, Lively District Secondary School and Espanola High School will share more than $3,700 in funding from […]

The United Nations estimates that the world’s population will reach 7.7 billion by 2020 and 9.3 billion in 2050. Another UN estimate says that only 30 percent of the arable land used in the 1950s will be available in 2050.

The surge in gold prices has spawned a modern-day “gold rush” in British Columbia, Alaska and the Yukon. Where gold panners once searched for nuggets in the frigid waters of northern streams, junior exploration companies are drilling, sampling and pushing ahead with development of new mines. One company that appears to be on the move to becoming that next big producer is Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. (SPA-V).

With China out of the picture for the Lunar New Year holiday, spot iron ore prices show minimal variation.

B.C.-based gold company Great Basin Gold is cashing up to the tune of $75 million.

Phoenix-based Southern Copper, a subsidiary of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Mexico, Wednesday reported increased molybdenum production in 2010, while copper, zinc, and silver […]

Georgina Rinehart is Australia’s wealthiest individual with an estimated net worth of $9 billion, according to Forbes list of Australia’s 40 Richest […]

The CEO of a Canadian coal start-up says voracious demand for thermal coal will keep the shovels turning for three decades on a proposed new mine in Western Canada.