I'm not all that thrilled to be owning Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) right now. While the company's stock has tended to be highly correlated to the price of copper, that correlation has slipped a bit. I'm guessing this has a lot to do with the violence and labor disputes at the company's Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

The Labrador trough. An infographic.

Chile’s state-run Corporación Nacional del Cobre (CODELCO) has selected AVEVA NET as its information management solution for the execution of important capital projects in the country.

Botswana Diamonds has been awarded an additional 262.6 square kilometre prospecting license for the precious gems in the Africa country for an initial period of three years, after which it can be renewed for two additional periods of two years each.

Peru's government declared a 30-day state of emergency on Monday night after two people were killed and dozens of police officers injured in violent anti-mining protests against Swiss based-Xstrata near Cuzco, in south eastern Peru.

The Canadian government did what it said it would do Monday, ordering close to 5,000 striking CP Rail employees back to their jobs.

The Newman Government has given the green light to what will be one of Australia’s biggest mines, the $6.4 billion Alpha Coal Project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

The LA Times had a feature story on the weekend centred around venture capitalist David Badner, who is buying up defunct gold mines in Colorado in hopes of capitalizing on the high gold price.

Copper edged higher on Monday on hopes of more stimulus from China, and after Greek conservative parties topped opinion polls, helping calm fears over contagion should Athens default on its debt and leave the euro.