A unit of Philippines" Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp, raised $300-million from the sale of five-year fixed-rate notes, one of the issue"s managers said on Monday, becoming the first local miner to tap the offshore debt market.

Carmen Copper Corp"s unrated notes attracted ...

America’s environmental laws have influenced the development of green legislation abroad: China’s Environmental Impact Assessment Law, for example, reflects study of the United States’ National Environmental Policy Act, while Beijing’s recent laws and regulations on public disclosure of informati...

A warmer-than-usual winter and cheap natural gas prices have conspired to claim the scalp of yet another US coal operation, this time at one of Consol Energy’s West Virginia mines.

The company said on Tuesday it will idle its northern West Virginia Blacksville No. 2 longwall mining unit, w...

Just under three years ago, people in the village of Gumbi in western Malawi went unexpectedly hungry. Not like Europeans do if they miss a meal or two, but that deep, gnawing hunger that prevents sleep and dulls the senses when there has been no food for weeks.

Oddly, there had been no dro...

For new buildings constructed in the state, CALGreen requires a number of sustainability measures. Included in the code is a mandatory reduction in water consumption -- 20% below the requirement in the previous California Buildings Standards Code -- as well as the use of low pollutant-emitting pa...

Now parents have to add toys to melamine contaminated milk powder and carcinogenic skin cream on the list of potential hazards to their children"s health. On December 7, Greenpeace issued a report on the heavy metal content of children"s products in five Chinese cities. According to the study, on...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Friday reported the first monthly trade deficit in one year, on the back of falling iron-ore and coal exports.

ABS reported a trade deficit of A$673-million in January, compared with a revised surplus of $1.32-billion in December.

Iron-ore ...

Having graduated from university in the UK recently, I’ve had to question how my morals affect what jobs I apply for. Too often I’ve found my finger hovering over the mouse, waiting to click “Apply now”, frozen and unable to start the process. This is partly due to my ethical worries. With many o...

The first cycle of diamond auctions for 2012 was met with solid improvements in demand across all product categories and geographies, said Neil Ventura, the CEO of rough diamond trader Diamdel, a De Beers group company.

Demand at Diamdel’s regular auctions continued to strengthen in the fir...

Australian miners are playing down the impact of a new law in Indonesia limiting foreign ownership in mines to no more than 49%, even after a senior Indonesian official said the law would apply to all foreign miners.

The government has said it wants Indonesians to have greater ownership of ...