Safer, healthier, more productive — the promise of wearables for miners

Whether the men were wearing safety harnesses is a significant part of the investigation that could take several months.

The collapse of a leach tank at Australia’s Ranger uranium mine, operated by Rio’s subsidiary Energy Resources of Australia, was the second such incident for the mining giant in less than a week.

Chief Andrew Mackenzie highlighted he will base future decisions on BHP's "four key pillars": coal, iron ore, petroleum and copper.

Canadian mining companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to add employees to their payrolls and are reporting the weakest hiring intentions since Q3 2009.

The three key metals that struggled to find footing in 2013, however, are expected to stabilize, says the report.

Anthony Roberts.

Mt Lyell operations are carried out at 1000 m.

A crane attempted to block the hole, but was toppled when the tank gave way.

Resource industry employment expected to grow 11% in the next five years.