Mine tailings reprocessing competition offers $16,000 in prizes

Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer, though its capacity to do so is in question, according to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith.

Green light for transmission line was the final hurdle to clear.

World's number one copper producer is not ramping up production as expected.

The notable flops, failures and flameouts of the year.

Brazil increased gold reserves for a third month in November to double the country’s holdings since August, reaching levels not seen since November 2000.

Tactics shift from frank expropriation of assets to increased royalties and stricter procurement requirements

"In a resource-constrained world, value creation moves towards the owners of resources" is the conclusion of a new report from McKinsey

Brazilian miner Vale SA (NYSE:VALE) said Wednesday its fourth-quarter results would suffer after the company decided to settle a case of alleged tax evasion with Swiss authorities.

Leading Canadian gold miner flush with cash following disposal of Mexican assets