Asia Pacific

China has declared the deaths of 21 miners who had been trapped inside the collapsed Dongfang mine in Huainan City.   Confirmation has come two and half months after the accident ocurred in the eastern part of the country,...

BHP Billiton has cancelled plans to sell its Nickel West business in Western Australia, as the company has failed to find a buyer willing to pay its price.   The decision follows a review by BHP on Nickel West,...

The largest foreign producer of gold in China Eldorado Gold is planning to sell its Chinese mines for $1.5bn.   China National Gold Group, the country's biggest producer of the commodity, is reportedly interested in the deal, as well...

Mining major BHP Billiton has announced that 150 miners from the Mount Arthur coal mine in Australia will be made redundant in the next four months.   The proposed plans will affect full-time and contract workers in the production...

Aditya Birla Minerals copper mining company is negotiating with a third party to sell its Mt Gordon copper mine in Australia.   Mt Gordon mine is located in north-west Queensland, approximately 120km north of Mt Isa, which was targeted...

Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy (DoE) is seeking $200m from the Australian Government to rehabilitate the sites around the decommissioned Rum Jungle uranium mine.   From the 1950s to 1971, uranium and copper were mined from Rum...

A UN report calling for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is being challenged by Australia due to the continual growth of its coal mining industry.   The UN wants countries to end electricity generation using coal in order to...