Mining

Mexican and Colombian drug cartels are diversifying their sources of income.

An industry group wants to reclaim a term from opponents of oil drilling.

If someone owns oil or gas beneath your home, they might displace you to get it.

A mining conference kicks off in Cape Town as platinum workers go on strike.

Profits at the big CAT are way down. Mining seems to have hit a wall.

As of 2012, new uranium mining claims are prohibited near the Grand Canyon. So mining companies are reopening old mines, and looking for other ways around the ban.

Asteroids like the one that flew by Earth on Friday could hold a treasure trove of precious metals.

One of the biggest mining companies in the world has just lost its CEO. Tom Albanese resigned from Rio Tinto after the company wrote off a $14 billion loss.

The world's largest platinum producer Anglo American Platinum, also known as Amplats, is planning to close down some of its South African mines and cut around 14,000 jobs. The announcement comes after a series of strikes across the mining sector of South Africa at the end of last year in which mineworkers were demanding higher wages.

Glencore, the Swiss commodities trading firm, is trying to takeover a mining company called Xstrata. And the deal just got a stamp of approval from European regulators.