Glencore shares soar on faster than expected debt reduction

The heated legal battle between Anglo American and its Chilean adversary Codelco has finally come to an end as the parties announced Thursday that they've reached an agreement.

TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small battle Wednesday night as a Texas judge ruled in favour of the firm passing through a farm, after the owner took the Canadian company to court.

Canada’s federal government opened a can of worms Wednesday after announcing that a national park, to be created in the North of the country, will be smaller to make room for mining endeavours.

Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), the fourth-biggest bullion producer, said it will fail to reach its predicted output target of 3.5 million ounces for 2012 and that it is revising its operations to increase the delivery of profits rather than ounces of the precious metal.

The new rules compel U.S. companies to release whether they purchase particular metals that have helped fuel war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010, but are still dwarfed by the total value of global fossil […]

Even Chinese oil giants have to pinch pennies when making a $15 billion bid

Silver may be a “poor man’s gold,” but investors who have stuck to it are finally cashing in on some dividends as the precious metal rose to $29.09 per ounce – 3.5% up on last week's close.

The world's number one miner, BHP Billiton, has delayed its $30 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion and said no major projects would be approved until June 2013 as it tries cutting costs.