China launches three months of checks on coal mine safety

The steelmaking ingredient is now up 65% from its 2012 lows, blowing most predictions out of the water.

Copper and zinc project could bring billions to Nunavut's Izok Corridor

Chinese firm Hanlong is bidding $1.2 billion for Sundance Resources.

New online trading center will cut out intermediaries by permitting complete transactions

Financial woes of the West present "rare and historic opportunities" for the Middle Kingdom

The chance of start mining asteroids, workers told ‘death’ only excuse for not working on Christmas and MINING.com's very own list of top billionaires involved in minerals and metals, became some of the most-read stories of 2012.

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.

China gains despite global contraction

The nation’s gold output between January and October was of 323 tonnes, 11% more than in the same period last year.