With the mining sector seen nearing the bottom of the cycle, Rio Tinto Group signalled to analysts it's ready to resume mergers and acquisitions.

OceanaGold has announced plans to buy Newmont Mining Corp's Waihi operation for cash, plus adjustments.

Kiwi shareholders in Australian mining giant BHP face paying an unfair tax as the company proceeds with a "demerger" plan.

From Africa to Ireland, mines that have produced zinc for decades are now tapped out.

China's worst economic slowdown in 25 years will hit Australia as iron ore prices tumble, says the World Bank.

New Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes says he is confident he can navigate the tough media and mining environment he is walking into.

Atlas Iron, Australia's fourth-largest iron ore supplier, will suspend all operations this month in response to a slump in prices to their lowest in a decade.

Gina Rinehart has locked in supply contracts with three of the largest iron ore-consuming Asian nations outside of China.

Coal prices have dropped 33pc to levels that have made most mining companies across the Appalachia region unprofitable.

A think tank report into unlocking planning obstacles faced by miners says central government needs to fund local councils for handling complex resource applications.

Iron ore sank below US$60 ($81) a tonne after China set the lowest target for economic growth in more than 15 years.

A dispute has again thrown up complaints that misused shell companies.

The late Australian mining heir Michael Wright bestowed very little on his youngest daughter.

Rio Tinto Group's Sam Walsh said if the second-largest mining company cut iron ore output after prices sank, forfeited supply would be made up by rivals with higher costs, and that wouldn't be in his....

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has today rejected an application for a major seabed mining operation proposed off the coast of Canterbury.

West Australian mining companies with operations in Africa have had A$3.6 billion ($3.7 billion) wiped from their value in the past year.

Would-be seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources has dropped its appeal against its rejected proposal to vacuum ironsands off the ocean floor.

A company has abandoned a High Court appeal against a decision rejecting its application to mine up to 50 million tonnes of black sand off the West Coast seabed.

The rock-star economy will give an encore next year, says the economist who attached that label to New Zealand.

With $1 trillion spent on projects to feed a commodity boom since 2002, the world's mining firms have a lot riding on China.

For a long time the Lucky Country drew Kiwis to its shores, but as its economy changes we look at some of the risks of relocating to Australia.

Families of 29 dead mine workers have finally conceded that the men's bodies will never be recovered from the Pike River coal mine.

Solid Energy has announced it will not re-enter the Pike River Mine drift because the company considers the risks to life remain too high. Read the latest selection of Your Views on the decision.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has quit the board of the Ten Network to focus on the construction of her giant iron ore project.