Megastar interested in Gunpoint’s Cerro Minas project in Mexico

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) representative, Valerie Julliand, announced Tuesday the body has agreed to the Dominican Republic’s government's request to review Xstrata Nickel’s environmental impact study for the Loma Miranda project, located in the country’s central region.

"There have been signals from the company that there will be change at the top – and soon."

Local communities are appealing for an injuction against the ambitious project high in the Andes.

Mexico is the most energy secure nation among the world's 25 biggest energy consumers, reported the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a recent study of the largest energy-consuming countries.

Minera IRL (LON:IRL) confirmed Wednesday the approval of the environmental impact assessment and the granting of a development permit for the Don Nicolas gold project in Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Global credit rating firm Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded Wednesday its outlook on Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) to negative from stable as a result of growing concerns about the effects of South Africa’s mining strikes on the company's mining operations and on the wider economy.

Mexico-focused SilverCrest Mines has logged a record level of silver output for the third quarter of 2012.

Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX:PTQ) has rejected as inadequate an unsolicited, a $112-million takeover bid for the company by Inmet Mining Corp. (TSX:IMN), which operates a gold mine adjacent to Petaquilla’s Molejon project in Panama.

Argonaut shares drop 6.87%