NZ oil and gas exploration will get a substantial boost in government resources, including funding to chase deep-sea methane hydrates that have yet to be commercially exploited anywhere in the world.

A local biotech firm is set to use its patented microbe technology in China.

A Kiwi mining safety expert says the trapped Chilean miners will need to create a community.

Photos of relatives, friends and rescue workers making contact with the 33 trapped miners in the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile.

Pike River Coal has reported an annual net loss of $39 million and will not be paying any dividend.

A US law means supplies of the gas - a vital component in MRI scans - are vanishing fast.