Two die in Zimbabwe gold mine collapse, 20 trapped

Chorus predicting iron ore in the $30s before the end of the year grow louder as Chinese buying dries up.

The ongoing slump in copper prices spells trouble for Chile's mining industry, where most medium-sized producers are already unable to make a profit.

The emeralds and rubies miner raised $19.2 million from its recent auction in Jaipur, India.

A terrorist attack on a hotel in Mali on Friday that left 14 dead has a Canadian mining connection. (Screenshot from BBC News report posted to Youtube.)

Rio Tinto said Vale conspired to "steal" the Australian giant's massive Simandou concession in Guinea.

The EIA says China and India are to blame, as imports from both nations — which from 2008 to 2013 accounted for 98% of the increase in world coal trade —are on their way down.

The move will allow the platinum miner to restructure its debt and, it hopes, weather an ongoing decline of platinum prices.

Its Damang mine in Ghana is struggling with current gold prices, the firm said.

‘Congratulations – you are the CEO of the first company in 100 years to recover a stone over 1,000 carats.’