Mining company boss Steve Letwin was ecstatic when he struck a precedent-setting deal with the Canadian government to work together on a training project for African youth. “I think it’s the model of the future,” says the president of IAMGOLD Corp., the Toronto gold miner that operates the biggest mine in the West African country of Burkina Faso.

The government of Quebec, Canada’s most indebted province, is banking on a royalty windfall from its natural-resources sector, especially mining, to help begin its long climb out of the red.

A rise in rough diamond imports by India took place in February. India imported $1.33 billion worth of rough diamonds, increasing 21.3 percent, based on provisional figures published by the Gem &Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC).

A sharp decline in India’s polished diamond trade in February after an import tax started to be collected. India exported $1.44 billion worth of polished diamonds in February, a 53.7 percent drop compared to February 2011.

There are few, if any, reports of damage to mines hours after a large earthquake rocked central and southern Mexico on Tuesday.

Thomas Mulcair, a leading light in Canada's New Democratic Party and the man most likely to become the Opposition Leader when the party votes next Saturday, appears to be moderating his stance on the Alberta oilsands.

The widely read Huffington Post in one of its characteristically breathless pieces on the environment on Tuesday calls out Ivanhoe Mines’ Mongolian project.

Anglo American is looking for thermal coal assets in Australia and Indonesia, especially as prices of potential targets have come down, the head of its thermal coal unit said in an interview.

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of involvement in coups and insurrections throughout history, but now an Australian mining tycoon is accusing the CIA of trying to sabotage the Australian coal industry.