Blast shouldn't have happened in a modern mine, says Solid Energy chief.

Families of the 29 victims of last year's Pike River mine disaster will seek answers on how their loved ones died when the Royal Commission into one of the country's worst disasters opens in Greymouth tomorrow.

John Key says families of dead miners would expect every effort to retrieve them.

Mine contractors are waiting for money months after catastrophe.

If you're in the right place and the right job Australia is still the lucky country ... but for many struggle street is just around the corner.

The Pike River Coal mine company took 51 minutes to contact emergency services....