Freight and logisticsRejected mining company considers fresh bidA 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.12 Dec 08:55 PM
EconomyNZ's 'rock-star' economy has more in storeThe rock-star economy will give an encore next year, says the economist who attached that label to New Zealand.02 Dec 04:00 PM
CommoditiesMiners 'covering their eyes' on China's commodity cliffWith $1 trillion spent on projects to feed a commodity boom since 2002, the world's mining firms have a lot riding on China.02 Dec 02:07 AM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'No one who worked there has been the same'Four years on, the deaths of 29 fathers, brothers and sons is still raw.22 Nov 04:00 PM
EmploymentIs 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.18 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandPike families let final hopes fadeFamilies of 29 dead mine workers have finally conceded that the men's bodies will never be recovered from the Pike River coal mine.06 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionIs not re-entering Pike River Mine the right decision?Solid Energy has announced it will not re-enter the Pike River Mine drift because the company considers the risks to life remain too high. Read the latest selection of Your Views on the decision.05 Nov 09:43 PM
Media and marketingRinehart to concentrate on oreBillionaire Gina Rinehart has quit the board of the Ten Network to focus on the construction of her giant iron ore project.03 Nov 04:00 PM
WorldMiners still haunted four years onMario Sepulveda is weeping. Amid the clatter and din of the building site where he works in the Chilean capital of Santiago, Sepulveda's voice can hardly be heard as it comes in great heaving sobs.10 Oct 04:00 PM
CommoditiesDiamond hunters give up on gems too hard to findDiamonds are so hard to find that explorers have pretty much given up trying.06 Oct 02:17 AM
OpinionEditorial: Kinder to let Pike River become tombFor nearly a year, it turns out, the Pike River mine could have been made safe to enter.24 Sep 05:00 PM
EconomyMiner seeking $829m in capital raisingMiner 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.15 Sep 05:00 PM
WorldFive miners missing, 20 rescuedTwenty freelance miners, including 16-year-old Leber Gonzales above, have been rescued after being trapped deep underground for more than 24 hours.30 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldOpen mines could save Tasmanian devilsWildlife biologist Nick Mooney says open cut mines in Tasmania could prove to be safe havens for endangered Tasmanian devils.27 Aug 08:50 PM
CommoditiesDeckhands paid like bankers threaten iron ore port strikesTugboat crews are threatening to disrupt shipments from the world's biggest iron ore port as they negotiate for increased wages.19 Aug 03:19 AM
AgribusinessAussie iron giants turn to cattle farmingAs prices for iron ore are projected to slip, cattle is becoming more attractive to Australian mining companies.11 Aug 01:40 AM
BDBDCommoditiesOceanaGold posts profitThe mining company achieved a profit of US$58.9 million in the first three months of the year as production from Didipio came onstream.31 Jul 05:00 PM
BDBDCommoditiesHunt on for platinum in South IslandTaranaki 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.24 Jul 05:00 PM
BDBDEnergySouth Island platinum tender awardedTag Oil of Canada has been awarded five mineral exploration permits to hunt for platinum in the South Island.24 Jul 03:51 AM
Energy'Fed up' miners seek redundancyAn overwhelming number of experienced Stockton mineworkers have volunteered for redundancy because they're fed up, says a worker.08 Jul 06:35 AM
CommoditiesStockton mine restructure: 180 jobs goneStockton mineworkers got the bad news they were expecting today, that more than 180 jobs will go - over a quarter of the workforce - and mine production will fall by 25 per cent.27 Jun 02:55 AM
CommoditiesFamily trust fight gets nastyGina Rinehart's son John Hancock called his youngest sister "an oxygen thief".24 Jun 05:00 PM
BDBDEnergyNZ's subsidies of coal and rail nothing like Australia'sAustralian state governments spent A$17.6 billion on subsidies for mineral and fossil fuel industries over six years, including A$8 billion to help transport coal.24 Jun 04:30 AM
OpinionSeabed mining sets very high barEditorial: During the passage of legislation establishing a new regime for activity in NZ's exclusive economic zone, environmentalists fretted the Govt had got the balance wrong.22 Jun 05:00 PM
BDBDEconomyMining sector in shock over seabed mining rejectionMining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.18 Jun 11:21 PM
EnergyCoal's share of world energy demand at 44-year highCoal 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.17 Jun 03:43 AM
