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Pike River fallout beyond tragedy
The ramifications of an inquiry's findings into Pike River are potentially huge.
Anti-fracking movies blasted
Todd Energy report says mining technique is used safely in NZ.
Public back mining: poll
A lobby group a believes Kiwis support mineral exploration and mining as an avenue towards economic prosperity, but is concerned public awareness needs a boost.
Shell tentative on Great South Basin drilling
Shell says the earliest it will consider drilling in the frontier deep water Great South Basin will be the summer of 2014-15.
Solid Energy miners head to Beehive
Miners from the West Coast and Huntly who are set to lose their jobs, will converge on parliament today as the company looks abroad for investors.
Hundreds of mine jobs lost
Solid Energy has proposed to slash 230 jobs at its Spring Creek mine as it can't afford to keep the operation running.
Miners march to Parliament
Miners facing the axe at Solid Energy's Spring Creek and Huntly East operations say a march on Parliament tomorrow is about more than saving their jobs.
Australia's dark side of the mine
Community services buckle under the strain of the mining industry's fly-in, fly-out 'parasites', say observers.
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.
Seabed mining: Buried treasure, or fool's gold?
Could seabed mining boost our economy, or are we out of our depth?