MPs consider probe into transparency of mining firms
Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London.
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Zimbabwe diamond miner gets ‘watchdog approval’ (AFP)
HARARE (AFP) - International diamond watchdog the Kimberley Process (KP) has certified Zimbabwe's Diamond Mining Company to sell gems from the violence-tainted Marange fields, state media reported on Sunday.The firm, a joint venture between the Zimbabw...
Increase in iron ore demand staggering: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto's Managing Director of Iron Ore David Joyce says global iron ore production will need to increase by 100 million tonnes a year over the next eight years to meet demand.
China pulls 19 from flooded mine in rare rescue (AFP)
Rescue workers on Tuesday saved 19 miners from a flooded Chinese mine where they had been trapped for a week, state media said, in a rare good-news story for an industry in which thousands die each year.The state CCTV television network
3 rescued in China mine, 23 still trapped (AFP)
Three miners trapped for more than four days in a flooded mine shaft in northeast China were rescued Saturday as authorities battled to reach another 23 workers still underground, state media said.
Mining giant’s toxic shame
There are calls for a major review of NSW's pollution laws after a second toxic chemical leak at a factory owned by mining giant Orica.
Bauxite mine expansion boosts Australia far north jobs
The company proposing to expand a bauxite mine in Cape York in far north Queensland says Cairns is in a good position to provide a 300-strong workforce during the construction phase.
Mine giant expands Top End manganese operation
The world's biggest mining company will expand its manganese operation at Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.BHP Billiton announced the $254 million expansion of the GEMCO mine in a statement this morning.
The company says this expansion will increase production from 4.2 to 4.8 million tonnes of ore a year.
Mining company abandons Otways coal plan
A mining company has abandoned plans for brown coal exploration in south-west Victoria because of community opposition.
Carbon tax threatens Vic economy: Baillieu (AAP)
The federal government's carbon tax will jeopardise the reliability of Victoria's power supply, drive energy prices higher and cost jobs, the state government says.Premier Ted Baillieu said the tax was a direct threat to the state's electricity supplies,
BHP drags market lower
Local shares have closed lower, dragged down by losses in Australian mining giant BHP Billiton.The market also had a weak lead from overseas markets, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke deflated investors' stimulus hopes.The All Ordinaries
Federal Court to hear coal sale row (ABC)
An Australian coal company at loggerheads with a Brazilian-based partner over a central Queensland mine will seek damages in the Federal Court.
