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.

The price for hard coking coal has plummeted US$45/tonne since peaking at US$310/tonne last month.

The very health and safety changes which the Pike River disaster prompted make re-entering the mine difficult, Prime Minister Bill English says.

OceanaGold Corp expects increased gold production at a cheaper cash cost in 2017.

Families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mining tragedy are standing their ground as they protest against a bid to seal off the mine permanently.

Solid Energy's attempts to seal Pike River mine will be met with a road block after the owners of the access road gave the victim's families legal control of the road.

Fewer than half of councils have enough staff trained to respond to marine oil spills.

Gold is finding some support from the uncertainty in Italy that's triggered a bid for haven assets.

Pike River families say a meeting with Solid Energy's new boss over re-entering the mine was "insulting".

Allied Concrete this week put that aside in favour of a moral position. We should take note, and applaud.

Taranaki Iwi and environmental groups are bitterly disappointed. "The failings of our government and the failings of DOC especially, means we have to go out and fight these corporations off". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

There is no doubt in Daniel Rockhouse's mind that he and Russell Smith were not the only two who survived the first Pike River mine explosion.

Pike River widow Anna Osborne will continue to self-medicate with marijuana after being told chemotherapy has failed to rid her of cancer.

South Taranaki iwi Nga Rauru feels let down by the Department of Conservation's decision not to submit on a seabed mining application

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

The former Pike River safety manager who lost one son in the mine explosion tragedy says tuning in to watch a new tele-doco will be too traumatic.

Solid Energy New Zealand's creditors will get as much as 55 cents in the dollar after the failed state-owned enterprise's mines were sold to three parties.

A Taharoa teenager killed after the quad bike she was on crashed, also seriously injuring her passenger, was a safe driver, locals say.

An explosion in New York yesterday that saw 29 people injured has been labelled intentional after a second device was found, Trans Tasman Resources face more opposition this morning as a petition to halt all seabed mining is delivered to parliament, and Lydia Ko takes home another trophy.

A hikoi plans to deliver a 5000-signature petition to MPs calling for a moratorium on all seabed mining in New Zealand.

Seabed mining is back in the spotlight as Trans Tasman Resources submits second application for consent to mine off the South Taranaki coast.

A reef offshore from Patea is not being explored in order to find life forms that seabed mining could endanger - but that may be one

The gain in first-half profit reflects a recovery in the price of gold.

Can the industry win over a generation of "millennials" with very different demands and expectations?

Twenty-five years after the first diamonds were found in Canada's Northwest Territories, it's still a game of hurry-up-and-wait.

The injured New Zealander freed from Nigerian kidnappers is not yet well enough to return home.

A miner reveals the hidden pain of suffering a mental breakdown while living and working at a remote Australian site.

Solid Energy, which is being broken up and sold, has applied for consent to start a small mine near Reefton, allowing it to retain staff.

This Canadian diamond miner saw its share surge 30pc when it announced it had found the world's second biggest diamond.

One solitary asteroid might be worth trillions of dollars in platinum and other metals. Exploiting these resources could lead to a global boom in wealth, which could raise living standards worldwide and potentially benefit all of humanity.