The chemical warehouse explosions earlier this week have left the Chinese city a ghost town.
President Ollanta Humala is seeing his lowest popularity rating in a year in the wake of tumultuous protests over a Mexican-owned mining project.
Most major food companies recognize the risk drought and water scarcity pose to their businesses, but few are actively working to cut water use.
The coal mine is owned by Datong Coal Mine Group and can produce 900,000 tons annually.
Alcoa will kick off earnings season Wednesday, in what's expected to be a tepid reporting period at best because of these two major factors.
Chemists witnessed -- for the first time -- the birth of a molecule in a breakthrough that could augur new medicines.
At the end of 2013, U.S. Steel Corp. had about 26,000 employees in North America and about 12,500 in Europe.
The Markit/CIPS construction purchasing managers' index fell to 57.6 in December from 59.4 in November.
The global decline in crude oil prices is beginning to reveal consequences around the globe — far beyond the Russian ruble crisis.
"The fundamentals should not lead to this dramatic reduction [in price]," OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri says Sunday.
The Resolution mine in Arizona could produce more than 1 billion pounds of copper a year at its peak.
Ukraine and Russia had signed a deal in late October to continue gas supplies through the winter as a temporary solution to a payments stand-off.
A global economic slowdown weakened demand for American-made goods.
A coal mine collapsed in Turkey Tuesday, trapping 23 people. It was the second coal mine disaster in five months.
China's mines are the deadliest in the world because of lax enforcement of safety standards and a rush to feed demand from a robust economy.
The more volatile multifamily home segment led the increase.
A merger would have created the world's biggest miner, supplanting BHP Billiton.
Reports of an Australian oil find of up to 300 million barrels in the Canning Basin could be Australia's largest discovery in decades and help offset iron ore collapse.
China can’t use environmentalism as a defense for quashing rare earth elements exports if it’s not curbing extraction, the WTO says.
GSK, which faces a series of corruption charges in countries across the globe, also suspended its distributors in Syria.
Preventing another algae attack in Lake Erie will be the next priority for officials, once the water is declared safe to drink.
The Carmichael mine has sparked protests from green groups and marine tour operators worried about carbon pollution.
The sale comes as a new wave of sanctions raise concerns about Russian-American business financing.
Four fires ignited Monday have spread across more than 300 square miles.
The store will sell consignments of one to 24 tons of aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc at index-linked prices.
The word "sustainable" isn't often associated with slums. But planners say densely populated poor neighborhoods could be used as models for green living.
Holcim and Lafarge need to lose assets worth nearly $6.8 billion to get the nod for their $50 billion deal.
The European Union has promised to probe the merger extensively for antitrust violations.
Though rumors of a resolution have been flying, it could take months to recover from a five-month mining strike in South Africa.
More than 100 people have been killed in mining accidents in China since the beginning of 2014.
