Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has made a A$3.5 billion bid approach for Africa-focused Riversdale Mining, in a move likely to spark a bidding war.
Just two weeks after announcing an exclusivity agreement with a view to a strategic business combination, Walter Energy and Western Coal have agreed to a C$3.3 billion merger.
With two highly productive coal mining assets and a strong pipeline of projects under development, Optimum Coal looks set to become one of South Africa’s largest coal mining com
With flotation on the Hong Kong stock exchange planned for next year, LontohCoal is gearing up to become a major coal producer.
Under the guidance of a new executive chairman with extensive mining experience, Tamerlane Ventures is raising the $120 million it will need to return the Pine Point mine to ful
Rio Tinto has announced a C$10 million investment over five years to create a center for underground mine construction in Canada.
Sotkamo Silver is in the process of breathing life into the Taivaljarvi silver mine project.
Just a week after declaring record results for its second quarter, Western Coal is back in the news after an approach from Walter Energy, Inc, a US producer and exporter of hard
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has announced new interpretations of old data that suggest that a field off the west coat of Ireland contains as much as 200 milli
Global gold consumption for 2010 will be higher than 2009 as a result of increasing demand in India and China, sustained global demand for gold investment, and growth in jewelry
Nyrstar has long been one of the world's top zinc smelters, but found itself facing the prospect of future supply and margin pressures.
North American Gem is setting its sights on becoming a major coal mining presence in Kentucky.
Gold prices remain at record levels, but mines are a depleting resource and as reserves decline at one mine, another must be found to take its place.
This Issue features some of the most exciting projects and companies across the globe including Boliden AB Sweden, Stuggart 21, Shanta Gold, The Telt Project and many stories from across the globe.