Demand from China and India has pushed the value of metals up - tin reached an all-time high last week of more than $25,000 (£12,792) a tonne.
That is four times the value of tin when South Crofty mine near Camborne closed 10 years ago.
The mine’s owners want to re-open it next year and there are [...]

EU officials said they’ve received what the fledgling pipeline project needed most — a dedicated supply — from Turkmenistan during a recent meeting.
“For the first time, we have a concrete volume for Nabucco which comes from Turkmenistan alone,” said a spokeswoman for Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU commissioner for external relations, the BBC reports.
Nabucco is a [...]

The coal either has its CO2 removed, or captured after burning, to prevent it ending up in the atmosphere.
The Tory leader said his government would ensure all coal-fired power stations would be fitted with developing “carbon capture” technology.
Speaking in China, Mr Cameron also said countries whose industry grew later had less responsibility on emissions.

Bolivia’s state-run Empresa Siderurgica Mutunhas has signed a $2.1bn (£1bn) deal with Indian firm Jindal Power & Steel to mine large deposits of iron.
President Evo Morales said the deal marked the largest foreign investment the central South American country.
The area to be mined, on Mount El Muntun near the border with Brazil, has 40 billion [...]

RWE Npower is proposing a £2bn plant on the site of the former Blyth Power Station - which was demolished four years ago.
The firm, which has submitted limited plans to the government, says the new station would be cleaner and could create more than 150 jobs.
However, Blyth Valley Council has said the proposal does not [...]

Nils Blythe has travelled to one of China’s main coal producing region to look at how the country is tackling global warming.
“Shanxi province is the worst for pollution”, says local businessman Sung Shue Fung.
“When you are driving you often can’t see clearly in front of you. A lot of accidents happen because people can’t see.”
Shanxi [...]

International diamond producer De Beers is set to join with the South African government to create a regional black-controlled diamond mining company.
The plan involves combining De Beers’ mining operations in the South African region of Namaqualand with the state-run firm Alexkor, the BBC said.
The announcement of the revolutionary firm marks De Beers ongoing efforts to [...]

A Fife-based groundwork company has been fined £3,500 for breaches in health and safety law following a drilling accident.
Consolidate Ltd pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
An employee suffered multiple fractures to both arms and a broken elbow after becoming entangled with a drill [...]

Cornwall’s largest redundant tin mine is to be reopened as a base for a heat pump manufacturer.
Mount Wellington mine near Bissoe has been bought by Kensa Engineering which designs and builds environmentally friendly heat pumps.
The Cornish company will move from its current base at Mabe by the autumn.
Managing director Richard Freeborn said the company was [...]

The three-week-long campaign targeted settlements around the mining fields and seized large quantities of gold and diamonds, state media said.
During the raids, police officers burnt temporary homes used by panners.
Tens of thousands have turned to mining following the collapse of commercial agriculture, correspondents say.
People dig or pan for gold or diamonds, risking their lives in [...]