BlackRock-backed GV Gold hires banks for London IPO

Despite a spike in coal prices last year and promises of better times ahead for the sector by President-elect Donald Trump, the US coal industry will face further hardship this year, a new report argues.

Cornish Lithium Limited is hoping to lead the development of a lithium industry in the UK after acquiring the rights to drill for the mineral in the ancient mining region of Cornwall.

Polling of 1,991 registered US voters show they want the local mining industry to generate jobs, help the economy.

Nunavut Impact Review Board had recommended the federal government to reject Back River project, citing potential damage to the caribou population.

Company will perform the work and federal government will contribute about half of the more than $600 million cleanup costs.

The amicable divorce ends a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China.

The strike has not had a significant impact on mine and consolidated production, the company said.

Companies claim land transfer is de facto expropriation without consultation.

For companies servicing the mining sector, project opportunities have declined significantly in the past few years.