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Todd Corporation's $6b iron ore project
Todd Corporation has won backing from the Western Australia government for a $6 billion iron ore mining and transport project.
Todd Corporation has won backing from the Western Australia government for a $6 billion iron ore mining and transport project.
A researcher who has uncovered new insights into New Zealand's ocean environment says seafloor communities need better protection against any future deep-sea mining.
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A rock which is rarer than pounamu and found only in South Westland, is to be investigated to see if it can be sold commercially.
The popularity of a lily-white smile spawned a billion-dollar business for Procter & Gamble. For gold, it's meant only more bad news.
OceanaGold Corp, the gold and copper miner, said its annual profit halved due to low commodity prices and extra costs from its purchase of Waihi Gold Mine.
A company which spent up to $65 million in a failed bid to mine ironsands from the South Taranaki seabed, has applied for a prospecting permit covering a huge swathe of seabed north of Ross.
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.
Tag Oil of Canada has been awarded five mineral exploration permits to hunt for platinum in the South Island.
Many areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.
A ''rapid response'' team of up to 260 people has been set up to take to the water to hinder Anadarko's deep-sea drilling operations.
A public relations push to get New Zealanders on board with oil exploration is being signalled by the public and private sectors at the Petroleum Summit in Wellington today.