OceanaGold posts profit
The mining company achieved a profit of US$58.9 million in the first three months of the year as production from Didipio came onstream.
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Hunt on for platinum in South Island
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.
South Island platinum tender awarded
Tag Oil of Canada has been awarded five mineral exploration permits to hunt for platinum in the South Island.
'Fed up' miners seek redundancy
An overwhelming number of experienced Stockton mineworkers have volunteered for redundancy because they're fed up, says a worker.
Stockton mine restructure: 180 jobs gone
Stockton mineworkers got the bad news they were expecting today, that more than 180 jobs will go - over a quarter of the workforce - and mine production will fall by 25 per cent.
Family trust fight gets nasty
Gina Rinehart's son John Hancock called his youngest sister "an oxygen thief".
NZ's subsidies of coal and rail nothing like Australia's
Australian state governments spent A$17.6 billion on subsidies for mineral and fossil fuel industries over six years, including A$8 billion to help transport coal.
Seabed mining sets very high bar
Editorial: During the passage of legislation establishing a new regime for activity in NZ's exclusive economic zone, environmentalists fretted the Govt had got the balance wrong.
Mining sector in shock over seabed mining rejection
Mining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.
Coal's share of world energy demand at 44-year high
Coal dominated world energy markets last year by supplying the biggest share of demand since 1970, making it the fastest growing fossil fuel, according to an annual review by BP.
Ocean ironsands mining decision due tomorrow
The fate of a $70 million bid to mine ironsands off the ocean floor in the southern Taranaki Bight will be known this Wednesday.
Stockton mine job losses revealed
Almost 140 jobs are to be axed at Solid Energy's Stockton mine, the company announced today.
Mine disaster: Aide injured leg he used to kick protester
The Turkish prime minister's aide Yusef Yerkel has allegedly been given sick leave after being diagnosed with soft tissue trauma in his right leg - the same leg used to kick a protester.
The photo that's shocked Turkey
A shocking image has emerged showing the moment an adviser to the Turkish PM kicked a protester being held after the coal mine disaster that killed 282.
World iron ore glut outweighs slowing China growth
There's so much cheap iron ore flooding into China that rates for the ships that carry it are forecast to jump almost 70 per cent by June.
Ironsands miner gets permit off Taranaki coast
TransTasman Resources has been granted a mining permit to extract titano-magnetite sands some 22 to 36 km off the coast of Patea, in the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Bathurst Resources announces capital raising plan
Bathurst Resources, which has cut jobs and delayed the start to its Denniston mine, may raise up to $6.87m in a discounted share placement.
Robots set to work the mines of the future
Many areas too remote or dangerous for humans could be opened for exploration.
Offshore ore 'worth $150m a year'
A company wanting to mine ironsands from the seafloor says the plan will mean $150m extra spent in the area each year.
Police hunt coal mine arsonist in choking smog
Victoria police are hunting an arsonist who set fire to an open-cut coal mine that has cloaked a nearby town in noxious smog.