Sunday, June 5th, 2011
The Mines Minister Norman Moore says he would be very disappointed to see one of the world's biggest mineral sands miners pull out of Western Australia as a result of an Environmental Protection Authority ruling.
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Sunday, May 15th, 2011
Australian mining and energy companies have started looking overseas to Canada in an effort to find skilled workers for the booming resources sector.
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
Former miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell will today mark the fifth anniversary of their rescue from a northern Tasmanian mine.
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
An inquest into the deaths of 29 miners in New Zealand's Pike River coal mine disaster has found they probably died within minutes of the first explosion.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
The local share market kicked off the session in the black this morning, but the gains did not last long.
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Relatives of the miners killed in New Zealand's Pike River disaster last year say they are excited to hear the mine will not be sealed immediately.
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Strength in the major miners provided some relief to the share market today, even as worries about the impact of the Queensland floods remained.
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The Australian stock market has opened lower on the last day of the year, following a weaker Wall Street and a dip in prices for precious metals overnight.At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 7.1 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,783.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...
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Friday, December 31st, 2010
The Australian stock market has risen to an eight month high in early trade, led by the miners, following a strong offshore session for commodities.At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.2 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,796.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 19.9 ...
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
China's decision to cut exports of rare earths has sent local rare earth miners surging on the sharemarket.
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