Canada’s Banro halts Congo operations after militia attacks

The mining giant is selling its 50.1% stake in Clermont coal mine to a company jointly owned by Glencore Xstrata and Sumitomo Corporation.

The trend will spoil Prime Minister Harper's pledge to reduce emissions by 17% by 2020.

BHP adopts a wait and see approach on African iron ore and Canadian potash project and counts on China for bulk of future growth.

Profit drops 45% in Q3 2013.

Right about the time I was busy being born back in July 1970, a mining company called Great Plains Development Company of Canada was in the process of drilling two exploratory holes into its “Chris” claims, in northern British Columbia.

Results beat analyst expectations, showed record production.

Profits still down sharply from last year's third quarter.

Despite this year's financial woes, companies continued exploring in as many as 127 countries, especially on high- or medium-risk jurisdictions.

The gold giant is deferring spending and suspending all exploration activity at the Cerro Negro project.