Australia

April 1, 2012

Coal blockade stops Newcastle harbour

Hundreds of people took to Australia's Port of Newcastle in kayaks and canoes on Sunday when protest group Rising Tide held its seventh annual blockade of the harbour.

April 1, 2012

Miner in a hole as project binned

A small-time Queensland resources company whose plans to mine the fertile farming soils of the state's Darling Downs region were rejected by the incoming state government is at risk of…

March 30, 2012

BHP iron ore chief quits

Ian Ashby, BHP Billiton's Iron Ore President, is stepping aside after 25 years with the world's biggest miner.

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