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ALP coal corruption ‘unexceeded since the days of the Rum Corps’

Factional power broker stood to receive $100 million via shady coal deals

Marc Howe | November 14, 2012 | 2:02 am

BHP still ‘very serious’ about Olympic Dam expansion

Diversified mining giant obtains four year extension on agreement

Marc Howe | November 14, 2012 | 1:21 am

Harry Winston buys BHP Billiton’s diamond assets for US$500 million

Ekati is Canada's first, and largest, diamond producer.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 13, 2012 | 7:16 pm

Renewables surpass coal by 2035, says IEA

As long as subsidies stay intact

Michael Allan McCrae | November 13, 2012 | 4:26 pm

BHP Billiton coal mine goes on a two-week strike

Supervisors at a BHP Billiton's subsidiary Illawarra Coal in the Australian state of New South Wales have voted to strike for up to two weeks over a pay dispute.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2012 | 12:32 pm

SEC rules against resource firms over Dodd-Frank

Oil, gas and mining companies' request to have transparency rules put on hold under 2010 financial reform act has been rejected.

Frik Els | November 10, 2012 | 8:23 pm

Aboriginal land council amenable to uranium mining in Western Australia

The chairwoman of the Broken Hill Aboriginal Land Council has declared that she is open to possibility of uranium mining in the region.

Marc Howe | November 9, 2012 | 2:48 am

Mitsubishi’s $6.7 billion Oakajee project scuppered by costs blowout and Chinese demurral

Mitsubishi's AUD$6.7 billion Oakajee port and rail project in Western Australia has been put on hold as the company cuts costs in the face of adverse economic conditions and struggles to obtain Chinese investment support.

Marc Howe | November 9, 2012 | 12:02 am

‘Mini gold rush’ hits Victoria

A "mini gold rush" of amateur prospectors has hit the Australian state of Victoria, with families and retirees from state capital Melbourne traveling to Bendigo in the hopes of striking it rich.

Marc Howe | November 8, 2012 | 11:49 pm

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