Collectors prize the copper mineral linarite for its intense blue color, but specimens with crystals large enough to truly show off this hue are rare. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to meet next week with bank examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in a meeting the bank requested, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to meet next week with bank examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in a meeting the bank requested, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According ... [Full Article]
By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell sharply on Friday, with gold miners leading a broad sell-off as the price of bullion plummeted and as contracting U.S. retail sales data signaled flagging momentum in Canada... [Full Article]
By Tricia Wright LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 rose on Tuesday, led by miners as benign Chinese inflation data stoked expectations the world's biggest metals consumer's monetary stimulus will stay in place. Helped also by the U.S. corpora... [Full Article]
COPENHAGEN (AP) - Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of Chinese labor and the environmental consequences of mining. (Source: Assoc... [Full Article]
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian mining services company has fired up to 15 workers who performed an underground version of the Harlem Shake and posted it online, in a second incident of the Internet dance craze sparking safety concerns. The workers ... [Full Article]
TORONTO (Reuters) - The main Canadian stock index ended lower on Monday, hurt by declines in a string of gold miners and as BlackBerry fell on news another major U.S. company was deserting the smartphone maker. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&... [Full Article]
BREZA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - They're a legacy of communism - a group of hardy women working deep underground in Bosnia's aging coal mines. They're set to retire in three years, marking the end of an era. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Potash miner Prospect Global Resources Inc won't open its first mine until at least 2015, but the American upstart is already upsetting the multibillion-dollar fertilizer industry where a few players control a crucial ingred... [Full Article]