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Thousands of jobs available in Australia offering six-figure salaries
Even roles for trainees are seeing salary offers of up to $95,000.
Petition to ban seabed mining delivered to Parliament
Petition with 40,000 signatures against seabed mining was presented to Parliament today.
Details revealed of mining company's tunnels under conservation land
OceanaGold is relying on mining under conservation land between Waihi and Whangamata.
Protesters stop operations at Southland coal mine
Protesters had provisions to last several days, they said.
Gold in them hills? Otago on the cusp of another gold rush
Spike in prices mean eyes have turned to what could be left in goldfields.
Pike River: Families' lawyer confident of manslaughter prosecution
It comes as police confirm criminal probe ongoing.
Pike River: More human remains spotted as project ends; police probe ongoing
Eight sets of human remains were found during borehole drill imaging.
Gold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso, West Africa
The explosion was believed to have been caused by chemicals used to treat gold.
Behind the protest: Organiser's unsuccessful political career and failed gold mining scheme
A rallying voice at Parliament's protest is linked to a global network of misinformation.
Fears for Mangawhai sandspit over seabed sand mining
Sand mining could affect Mangawhai Sandspit - NRC.
Russia jails five people over coal mine disaster that killed 51
Five people remain in detention pending an investigation into a coal mine blast in Siberia
At least 14 dead in Russian coal mine fire, dozens still missing
Efforts to rescue those trapped in the mine were halted because of an explosion threat.
Prospecting on West Coast surges as gold prices soar
Players large and small are interested in the precious yellow metal.
Miner's giant challenge: Making steel, saving the planet
NY Times: Australian billionaire betting fortune on a bid to clean up the steel industry.
Ohai coal battle: Meet the young person fighting the industry her small town was built on
On a mission to end mining in her small Southland town.
Govt allocates nearly $151,000 towards investigation on mercury contamination
Ngāti Hau pleased with investigation into mercury contamination at Puhipihi mine.
Seabed mining ruling: Trans-Tasman Resources sees clear legal pathway to having consents re-approved at EPA
Mining firm sees clear legal pathway to consents, despite Supreme Court rejection.
Christopher Niesche: Australia risks trade sanctions over climate change failings
The country is still going full steam ahead with coal mine development.
King Coal and the unlikely investment case for more of it
With five years of legal wrangling behind it, NZ's largest coal company aims to grow.
Mining giant BHP turning its back on fossil fuels - will investors follow?
Will investors be happy with a smaller BHP – one without petroleum and less coal?
'Saudi Arabia of lithium': Taliban sits on $1 trillion of minerals, China may seek business
Afghanistan's vast supplies of lithium key to global push to develop green technologies.
Climate change: NZ imported more than million tonnes of 'dirty' coal
Coal imports from Indonesia in 2020 was 1.084 million tonnes, just over one billion kg.
Police spent $22,000 for a protest - but nobody turned up
Police had prepared for violent clashes.
New clashes as miners attack Indigenous populations in Brazil
Illegal miners emboldened by support for their industry from President Jair Bolsonaro.
Pike River lessons being applied at Auckland's City Rail Link
Mine workers in Auckland undergo intensive safety training for CRL jobs underground.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Speak up when what's yours is mined
Mining operation underestimated extent of iwi and community determination and resilience.
'With heartbreak': Pike River families accept call on no more funding for recovery
The families said they accept advice that going further would be expensive and complex.
Pike River: More items dragged out for police
"We haven't finished yet," recovery mission leader says.
Brunner Mine disaster: 125 years since NZ's worst workplace accident
Coal miner John Pattinson died reading his Bible.
Ngarewa-Packer's Members' Bill seeks to ban seabed mining
Mining company Trans-Tasman Resources says it is strongly opposed to the Bill.
Rio Tinto chair quits over destruction of ancient Indigenous caves
The mining giant blasted the 46,000-year-old heritage site in May last year.
'Pride and sadness': Pike River team reaches planned furthest point in mine
The agency reached the roof fall, 2.260km up the drift access tunnel, on Tuesday.
Power deal reached: Tiwai life extended to 2024
Threats by mining giant to close led to months of negotiations over Southland plant.