Rio Tinto down despite $7.2bn cash return to investors

The second-largest U.S. coal producer severely harmed aquatic life, says the ruling.

Natural gas, which is essentially methane (CH4), may burn cleaner than coal, but what happens when it isn't burned?

China is switching attention to its own back yard which could be described as the maximum boundaries of Genghis Khan’s empire in the thirteenth century, from the Bering Strait to the gates of Jerusalem.

The government has set aside a maximum of $20 million from its Northern Plan Fund to estimate costs and define the best railway option for the iron-ore rich region.

After eight straight weeks of declines and the first dip below $100 since 2012, the price of iron ore starts clawing its way back.

The first two to hit the market are neodymium and dysprosium, needed for manufacturing powerful magnets that work at high temperatures.

Keller had been commended for his efforts to overhaul old mines and cut costs at Codelco, but his tough style is said to have triggered tensions within the company and its powerful unions.

After years of lobbying, Canada's Federal Government seems to have persuaded the European Commission to change draft rules that would open the way for Alberta crude supplies.

ECB takes unprecedented step to fight "unacceptably low inflation" by pushing bank deposit rate into negative territory, burnishing gold's status as inflation hedge in the process.