A mob of horsemen armed with sticks and petrol bombs attacked an exploration camp run by South African miner Gold Fields' joint venture in Kyrgyzstan, the latest in a series of assaults on mining companies in the Central Asian state.
European index futures rose on Monday, following small gains for Asian shares, and the euro firmed 1 cent after the leaders of France and Germany pledged to unveil a plan to solve the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis by the end of the month.
People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals may actually be getting too much of a good thing -- and even risk serious problems.
Union leaders said they were pessimistic on Friday after failing to reach an accord with officials from Freeport-McMoRan to end an indefinite strike at the Cerro Verde mine.
Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc is scaling up mining and milling output and concentrate sales at its giant Indonesian mine as more employees report for work, it said on Friday, even as the union extended a pay strike by a month.
Gold headed up Friday for its biggest weekly gain in a month as equities regained strength after fresh European efforts to resolve the debt crisis eased worries about a global recession, while purchases from jewelers offered additional support.
Gold headed for its biggest weekly gain in a month Friday as equities regained strength after fresh European efforts to resolve the debt crisis eased worries about a global recession, while purchases from jewelers offered additional support.
People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals tend also to get more nutrients from their food than those who don't take supplements, according to a new study that suggests vitamins are often taken by the people who need them least.
Albania will invite bids for 151 mining licenses this year and plans to allocate 20 of them in weekly competitions, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Mining said on Thursday.
Zambia has lifted a ban on metal exports, just two days after imposing it to sort out irregularities and increase transparency in Africa's top cooper producer, a minerals ministry official said on Thursday.
The Mongolian government, Ivanhoe Mines and partner Rio Tinto have agreed to back a 2009 investment agreement for the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit, ending discussions over possible changes.
High in the hills of Congo's troubled northeast, a modern mine is ready to pour gold for the first time in five decades.
Union workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s extended their strike at a massive Indonesian gold and copper mine on Thursday for a second month, the longest strike in the country's mining industry.
Democratic Republic of Congo will see its energy deficit worsen dramatically in the next four years due to a surge in industrial demand from the mining industry, the country's national supplier said on Tuesday.
An Israeli scientist won the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry Wednesday for his discovery of crystals that packed in a pattern that never was repeated, research that colleagues ridiculed for years.
Canada's North American Palladium said it plans to expand its flagship mine in Northern Ontario and expects capital expenditure for the first phase of the project to be around $75 million.
Gold fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, extending the previous day's hefty losses, as rising equities diverted some interest from the precious metal, and as investors remained wary of buying into the market after its recent sharp volatility.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: Lithia Motors, Ennis, Freeport-McMoran Copper, Dycom Industries and Concho Resources. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Accuride Corp, Lexington Realty Trust, Strategic Hotels, Precision Drilling and HHGregg.
South Africa and Zambia have approved the $1.1 billion bid by China's Jinchuan Group for copper and cobalt producer Metorex, bringing closer prospects for the deal to be finalised by November.
Gold prices turned lower on Tuesday, surrendering early gains as it was caught up in hefty losses across the financial markets due to heightened concerns over the prospect of a Greek default.
The CME Group raised trading margins on platinum and copper futures, hoping to tame volatility in products that have fallen sharply as markets witness what is turning out to be the worst rout since the 2008 financial crisis.
Gold prices jumped Monday as growing pessimism over Europe's finance's drove investors out of stocks, the euro and industrial commodities and into the U.S. dollar and the yellow metal.
