About 35,000 submissions have been received on the Government's mining proposals as today's deadline approaches at 5pm.

A new Government-funded mapping programme has started to lure more oil and gas explorers to New Zealand by putting results on Google Earth.

'Mining cannot co-exist with tourism is an urban myth'.

Rescue workers are scrambling today to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest underground coal mine.

The Govt has signalled it will push ahead with mining on conservation land, even if it backs down on plans to mine some of the most protected areas.