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Editorial: Kinder to let Pike River become tomb

For nearly a year, it turns out, the Pike River mine could have been made safe to enter.

Miner seeking $829m in capital raising

Miner and steelmaker Arrium is asking its shareholders to cough up more than A$750 million ($829 million) to pay down its debt pile in the face of sliding iron ore prices.

Five miners missing, 20 rescued

Twenty freelance miners, including 16-year-old Leber Gonzales above, have been rescued after being trapped deep underground for more than 24 hours.

Open mines could save Tasmanian devils

Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney says open cut mines in Tasmania could prove to be safe havens for endangered Tasmanian devils.

Deckhands paid like bankers threaten iron ore port strikes

Tugboat crews are threatening to disrupt shipments from the world's biggest iron ore port as they negotiate for increased wages.

Aussie iron giants turn to cattle farming

As prices for iron ore are projected to slip, cattle is becoming more attractive to Australian mining companies.

Fifty-one mine jobs lost

OceanaGold posts profit

The mining company achieved a profit of US$58.9 million in the first three months of the year as production from Didipio came onstream.

Hunt on for platinum in South Island

Taranaki oil and gas explorer Tag Oil, of Canada, is expanding into the New Zealand minerals sector through its 49 per cent ownership of a listed Canadian explorer.

Mining sector in shock over seabed mining rejection

Mining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.

Ocean ironsand mining bid rejected

Coal's share of world energy demand at 44-year high

Coal dominated world energy markets last year by supplying the biggest share of demand since 1970, making it the fastest growing fossil fuel, according to an annual review by BP.

Ocean ironsands mining decision due tomorrow

The fate of a $70 million bid to mine ironsands off the ocean floor in the southern Taranaki Bight will be known this Wednesday.

Billy Adams: Abbott goes against climate flow

Buller to lose another 60 jobs

Stockton mine job losses revealed

Almost 140 jobs are to be axed at Solid Energy's Stockton mine, the company announced today.

300 jobs on line at Stockton - report

Mine disaster: Aide injured leg he used to kick protester

The Turkish prime minister's aide Yusef Yerkel has allegedly been given sick leave after being diagnosed with soft tissue trauma in his right leg - the same leg used to kick a protester.