Australia’s Galaxy Resources to sell tenements in Argentina to POSCO for $280 mln

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (TSX:POT) has seen third quarter earnings plunge 22% due to a sharp decline in exports of the key fertilizer ingredient to China and India.

Chinese companies are seeking the wealth of mining opportunities that neighbouring Myanmar (ex-Burma) has to offer, as the country opens its economy to foreign investment after more than half a century of military ruling.

Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX&LON:NUS) sank to fresh lows Wednesday in London, falling almost 5%, hit by the news of a Papua New Guinea’s landowners petition to the Government to cancel the firm’s seabed mining permit.

A 32-year-old Australian lawyer for a Rio subsidiary has been prevented from leaving Mongolia by local police following allegations of corruption.

The global diamond industry has announced the establishment of World Diamond Mark, an international non-profit marketing organization funded under the initiative of mid-tier players.

Gold prices have enjoyed a partial recovery from the prior session's precipitous drop on anticipation of improved demand from India.

The Australian tropical state of Queensland has announced that a decades-long ban on uranium mining will soon be rescinded.

Chinese investors and suppliers are flocking to Indonesia in the lead up to the archipelago nation's imposition of a ban on mineral exports in 2014.

‘Nat Rothschild will never raise another dollar from anybody.’