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Spring Creek march not 'witch hunt'

West Coast miners will march through Greymouth today in a fight to keep the Spring Creek mine open. Organisers hope 500 people will join the march, in what could be the biggest protest on the West Coast since the end of native logging.

Pike River directors seek to reopen hearing

Pike evidence questioned in court

Writedown takes zing out of 20pc export lift

Risk profile of firm 'unsuited' to full Crown ownership

Spring Creek situation 'hard and frustrating'

Solid Energy reports $40m loss on big writedowns

Rinehart comments an 'insult' to workers: Swan

D-day looms for Spring Creek workforce

NZ Oil & Gas back to profit after Pike River disaster

Solid Energy tips hard times as coal prices slump

Accused quiet on job-seekers' refund chances

Kordia wins $A90m contract

Nick Smith: Fracking the sensible choice for NZ

Smelter power review 'bolt from blue' for asset sales

Rio Tinto eyes smelter closures

Rio Tinto's attempt to renegotiate New Zealand's largest electricity contract, for its aluminium smelter at Bluff, comes as the company's chief executive warns of "difficult decisions" ahead.