The Pike River Coal mine, where 29 men perished in November, will formally be put on the market next week.
31/03/2011 |
The two men who escaped the Pike River Coal disaster say there was a window of time when rescuers could have entered the mine and possibly retrieved the 29 men inside.
29/03/2011 |
Families of the Pike River Coal victims say the receivers are more concerned with selling the mine than recovering the bodies of those killed in the disaster.
17/03/2011 |
Anglo American’s Queensland operations are under investigation following dangerous incidents including the sudden flooding of part of the Grasstree coal mine.
16/03/2011 |
The Queensland mines inspectorate has put a hold on blasting at BMA’s Saraji and Peak Downs coal mines.
15/03/2011 |
Solid Energy’s bid for the devastated Pike River Coal mine has come with a warning from the company that is prepared to spend up to $100 million drawing up plans for the project and it could cost hundreds of millions more to mine.
15/03/2011 |
The people of Greymouth are “tickled pink”, according to Mayor Tony Kokshoorn, about the impending visit of Prince William.
10/03/2011 |
Pike River Coal receivers have announced they have resumed control of the mine stabilisation at the underground mine where 29 men were killed in November.
09/03/2011 |
Twenty four miners from BMA’s Peak Downs and Saraji mines have been taken hospital following two separate blasts.
09/03/2011 |
Death certificates will be issued to the families of the Pike River underground coal victims, following an inquest into the tragedy today.
27/01/2011 |
The Pike River inquest has been told that the 29 workers most likely died within three to five minutes of the initial explosion inside the mine.
27/01/2011 |
Twenty people have been killed and a further six injured following a mine explosion in north east Colombia.
27/01/2011 |
The inquest into the explosions that killed 29 men inside the Pike River coal mine will begin today.
27/01/2011 |
The families of the Pike River coal victims have been shown footage from inside the mine.
25/01/2011 |
An investigation is underway by mining company Anglo American to determine why water inundated part of an underground coal mine near Middlemount, north-west of Rockhampton in central Queensland.
24/01/2011 |
Daniel Rodriguez, “the voice that consoled a nation” delivered a moving performance for the victims of the Pike River coal tragedy at the weekend.
24/01/2011 |
A mining expert says the Pike River Coal tragedy could have been avoided, if New Zealand still used a mining inspector program it threw out years ago.
21/01/2011 |
A free concert will be performed this weekend for the family and friends of the 29 Pike River victims.
21/01/2011 |
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has defended the decision by police to end recovery efforts at the Pike Rover Coal mine.
21/01/2011 |
Greens Senator Bob Brown continues to draw widespread criticism for accusing the mining industry of having a hand in the devastating floods across the country.
20/01/2011 |