Avalon and Cheetah to start working on rare earth project

First Quantum said Inmet is trying to sabotage the takeover, while Inmet suggested its counterpart’s complaints were dishonest.

While the US interior department has launched a review of Shell’s whole Arctic oil drilling programme, mining projects look promising.

Country wants the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) to help it stop Goldcorp's Cerro Blanco project.

Results of a spill would be 'catastrophic and irreversible'

Large capital projects are difficult to finance

The province's Nanitocke coal-plant was the largest single source of greenhouse gases in 2001

Impala Platinum (LON:IPLA), the world's second-largest platinum miner, will retain the remaining 49% in its Zimbabwean operation.

Imports of metal and non-metallic mineral products, on the other hand, increased 6.8% to $3.7 billion in November.

Despite ongoing opposition, Canada’s Eldorado Gold Inc. is gearing up to start production at its 95%-owned Hellas Gold Mine in Greece, as authorities reportedly have woken up to the potential of the country’s mining industry.