Ivanhoe drills Kamoa-Kakula’s best intersection to date

The Hanlong Group, a privately owned Chinese company, is planning to take over Australian mining company Sundance (ASX:SDL) early next year and gain control over the Mbalam iron ore project in central west Africa, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.

Simon Scott is acting CEO

Gold miner Randgold Resources (NASDAQ:GOLD, LON:RRS)) cut its production guidance for its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast after a fire in the mill section of a plant.

From 50-million year old fossils in diamond mines to the use of gamma rays to find precious gems

South African miners believed to suffer from the world's highest tuberculosis rates

Share prices dive yet CEO Terry Burgess still refuses to rush into a purchase

The notable flops, failures and flameouts of the year.

Only four metals, or element groups, made the list for the American Physical Society, Materials Research Society and the US Department of Energy's uncatalogued for 'critical metals': Rare Earth elements, platinum group metals, lithium and cobalt.

Underground miners, led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, demanded that those suspended for participating in strike action last week be reinstated.