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Zinc becomes suddenly hard to find

From Africa to Ireland, mines that have produced zinc for decades are now tapped out.

Oz tipped to suffer in China slowdown

China's worst economic slowdown in 25 years will hit Australia as iron ore prices tumble, says the World Bank.

Stokes jnr takes helm at Seven

New Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes says he is confident he can navigate the tough media and mining environment he is walking into.

Oz mining firm suspends production

Atlas Iron, Australia's fourth-largest iron ore supplier, will suspend all operations this month in response to a slump in prices to their lowest in a decade.

Rinehart looks past China to beat iron ore gloom

Gina Rinehart has locked in supply contracts with three of the largest iron ore-consuming Asian nations outside of China.

Miners wiped out by coal glut

Coal prices have dropped 33pc to levels that have made most mining companies across the Appalachia region unprofitable.

Christopher Niesche: Iron magnate's call to cap production a desperate bid

Iron ore baron Andrew Forrest likes doing things his own way.

Aust regulator probes iron ore cap talk

Forrest raised alarm bells for the watchdog after telling a business dinner in Shanghai that he would be happy to cap Fortescue's iron ore production at 180 million tonnes a year.

Govt should help councils with consents

A think tank report into unlocking planning obstacles faced by miners says central government needs to fund local councils for handling complex resource applications.

Iron miners making money despite crash

Mega-miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are expected to announce more record iron ore production this week despite the commodity's price dive.

Gold miners plan wind down

Big gold producers are making plans to wind down some operations in different parts of the country while keeping a close eye on the price of the precious metal.

Miner drops appeal against rejected proposal

Would-be seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources has dropped its appeal against its rejected proposal to vacuum ironsands off the ocean floor.

Rejected mining company considers fresh bid

A company has abandoned a High Court appeal against a decision rejecting its application to mine up to 50 million tonnes of black sand off the West Coast seabed.

NZ's 'rock-star' economy has more in store

The rock-star economy will give an encore next year, says the economist who attached that label to New Zealand.

Miners 'covering their eyes' on China's commodity cliff

With $1 trillion spent on projects to feed a commodity boom since 2002, the world's mining firms have a lot riding on China.

'No one who worked there has been the same'

Four years on, the deaths of 29 fathers, brothers and sons is still raw.

Is it better across the Ditch?

For a long time the Lucky Country drew Kiwis to its shores, but as its economy changes we look at some of the risks of relocating to Australia.

Kiwi miner Talisman finally hits paydirt