Asia Pacific

An underground gas explosion at the Xingyun Colliery in China has killed at least ten mine workers.   According to reports from state-run Xinhua news agency, the explosion occurred at the mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and the...

BHP Billiton has proposed to name its demerged company as South32, which will hold its non-core assets worth about $15bn.   The company plans to bring its aluminium, nickel, silver and coal divisions into a separate entity to improve...

New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating the state-owned Cobbora Holding Company (CHC) over improper asbestos storage at four sites in the state's central-west area.   Following the demolition of houses on land near Dunedoo owned by...

Mining company Rio Tinto and the University of Sydney have announced a five-year extension to their autonomous mining research partnership.   The two groups have been operating the Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA) based at the University's...

Sandvik Mining has announced plans to relocate its various global mining equipment facilities to India and China from the US and Europe.   The company's latest move is said to be part of a two year business reorganisation plan...

Jellinbah Resources has awarded a $250m contract to Thiess to operate the company's Jellinbah Plains' coal mine in Central Queensland.   Effective from 1 January 2015, the 39-month agreement will start once the existing contract with Leighton Contractors ends....

A new survey has revealed that between 2013 and 2014 the minerals and energy sector contributed $37.5bn to the Queensland state of Australia.   According to the report by the Queensland Resources Council, mining companies invested $5.6bn in wages...