What’s killing our mining industry?
Many of our regional areas are in semi-recession or heading towards it. This is puzzling when so many of these regions are so rich in...
Category : Mining
Waihi’s Gold goes on sale
After many years of trying and a number of false starts, gold and silver produced in Waihi is now available for purchase in Waihi, thanks...
Coal industry death greatly exaggerated
Demand for coal will continue to grow globally because there is no shortage of it and it is cheaper than other alternative energy sources. By...
AusIMM 2015 bright spots
A couple of bright spots in an otherwise subdued AusIMM conference were presentations by OGC and Waikaia Gold. By Peter Owens. Oceana Gold Corporation is...
More calls for RMA reform
Current legislation is killing the development of mining in this country unless central government fulfils its promise to modernise the increasingly anachronistic Resource Management Act....
Gold dream moves closer
OceanaGold’s long dreamed of goal of reopening the rich Blackwater mine on the Reefton goldfield has moved a step nearer with an extensive report advocating...
Time to remember them
KIT WILSON, external affairs coordinator for Newmont, explains a new memorial dedicated to the tunnellers of WW1 who were miners from Waihi. Go to...
Tungsten-gold project mooted for Macraes
A possible tungsten-gold mine at the Macraes gold mine in east Otago is being investigated by OceanaGold. BY LINDSAY CLARK. The mine is targeting the...
Todd invests in Aussie mining
Todd Corporation, the wealthy private Wellington firm best known for its large stake in oil and gas, has set up a minerals arm, which...
BPM readies for mineral expansion
The second part of our story on catching up with Paul Tidmarsh and Blue Pacific Minerals, his unique minerals business, features the new $10...