Energy storage boom to propel zinc battery demand, industry association says

A three-year recession in Venezuela paired with ramping inflation and food shortages has prompted many mining for gold in mafia-run illicit operations.

The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) said Pakistan violated several provisions of its bilateral investment treaty with Australia, where the joint venture between Barrick and Antofagasta is incorporated.

The country, already the world's second largest producer of lithium, is seeking to create private-public partnerships to exploit 61% of its resource-rich territory, currently available for licensing.

"Investors are willing to back their positive sentiment towards natural resources with fresh capital commitments," says new study.

Seven miners were initially trapped after the Jan. 9 incident at the Unryul iron ore mine, but only one survived.

The mine is set to be totally transformed by 2018.

William P. Barr will help Caterpillar face a federal investigation related to profits earned by CSARL, its Swiss parts subsidiary.

A 3.4% increase in the December quarter seems to indicate that the downward trend of the past five years has been finally reversed.

While wew mines continue to open in British Columbia, the perceptionis that the province is no longer a welcome place for mineral exploration.