By Tui Bromley
- Tuesday, 22 March 2011
The West Coast has the potential to almost double the value of its annual mineral and coal production to $1606 million, a minerals resource...
By Matt Kersten
- Monday, 17 January 2011
Reefton’s largest employer looks safe for a few more years as Oceana Gold plans a year of expansion and development to increase the life of the...
By Tui Bromley
- Wednesday, 05 January 2011
Up to 50 redundant Pike River Mine employees could soon be crossing the Tasman to take up lucrative positions in Australian pits.
By Cheryl Riley
- Wednesday, 05 January 2011
December 24, 2010
Gold mining has resumed on Hokitika’s golden beaches as resident Doug King sifts the blacksands for specks of gold.
By Tui Bromley
- Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn is fighting a rearguard action to stop Australian recruitment companies from profiting from the Pike River Mine...
NZPA
- Monday, 22 November 2010
Half-hourly monitoring of gases in the Pike River Coal mine, where 29 men remain trapped, continued overnight but the wait to rescue them goes on...
NZPA
- Monday, 22 November 2010
Prime Minister John Key says he is praying that the 29 men trapped underground at Pike River coal mine are safe.
"I just pray to God that...
NZPA
- Monday, 22 November 2010
The 50-year-old coal cutter who missed the bus to work, says he is "very lucky" to have survived an explosion which has trapped 29 of his...
