Rio Tinto to proceed with $2.6B iron ore mine in Western Australia

The biggest Australian iron ore mine to emerge in decades would not employ any of the 1,700 foreign construction workers it had been allowed to import.

Chairman of mining group Hanlong, Liu Han's disappearance also highlights the dangers faced by Western firms trying to do business with Chinese tycoons.

Central bank warns the national economy is also threatened.

The largest wage gap was in construction.

"If your name isn't on the list, you can't come in"

MINING.com's first 'Twitter Mining Top Ten' list.

The communist country's influential economic planning agency predicts oversupply of iron ore and moderate 4% steel production growth in 2013.

Companies want to reduce costs and protect profits against future price dips.

Both good and bad for Canadian mining in the 2013 federal budget.