Mercuria, S. African firms place bids for South32’s SAEC coal mines

Companies met deadline to submit concrete plans for major refinery.

Selected names will be etched on a microchip aboard the spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in only two years.

Israel's polished diamond exports rose by 12% over the past year, after a 23% dip in 2012.

In this environment, investors should stay cautious and the focus should remain on companies with strong balance sheets, top tier management teams, and projects in safe jurisdictions.

2014 output on track to reach top end of guidance range.

From now on every microprocessor the company uses will be made entirely with conflict-free minerals.

Authorities are calling them the "the billion dollar diamond fields," though little exploration has taken place so far.

Are gold bugs becoming Bitcoin bugs?

A researcher from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says there are likely 'few' ore-bearing asteroids.