Mining

  1. ASIC clarifies disclosure

    ASIC says it's working with mining industry over misreading of information sheet 214.

  1. Equipment sales sign of upturn in mining industry
  2. Maritime unions in High Court win over foreign oil and gas worker visas
  3. Resolute Resources offers dividends in gold as local bullion price soars
  4. Victorian farmers welcome fracking ban, miners warn of higher electricity bills

In depth and analysis

  1. Gas price squeeze

    A lack of domestic supply and poorly regulated pipeline monopolies are pushing Australian gas prices beyond the reach of many major users.

  2. Oil creating unlikely allies

    That the Saudis and Russians are exploring ways to stabilise the oil market gives some idea about the carnage being wrought on big producers by the collapse in prices.

  3. Shooting the trucks

    A truck accident inspired this photographer to document the nation's road transport industry.

  4. BHP's wealth destruction

    BHP Billiton posts Australia's second worst corporate loss, blowing up billions of dollars in shareholder funds and billions more in lost tax revenue.

Opinion

  1. Exposed to China

    On any conventional reading, Australia's economic development has gone backwards and is too reliant on shipping iron ore to China. This at a time when the Middle Kingdom's debt bomb is set to detonate.

  2. Real choice

    Voters often complain they are offered no choice, but in this election campaign there are already fundamental differences between the policies of the major parties.

  1. Contribute your opinion

    Have you got something to say?

    ABC Rural wants the expertise and ideas of rural innovators and industry leaders. Share your insights.

Audio

  1. Coal industry boss says coal will be critical for power supplies for decades yet
  2. Coal moratorium would be just a blip for the economy: report
  3. Clive Palmer pursues injunction over Federal Court questioning into QNI
  4. Clive Palmer remains evasive on Federal Court witness stand
  5. Families, colleagues commemorate 20th anniversary of Gretley mine disaster
  6. Kimberley diamond and pearl sales boosted by economic climate
  7. National Women in Resources Award winner Kelly Down talks about her career
  8. 'Black lung' victims demand industry funded levy

Photos

  1. Xstrata defends its Mangoola mine against complaints from residents about noise and dust
  2. Lake Cowal with the nearby gold mine
  3. Ken Vowles
  4. Women in Resources National Award winner Kelly Down
  5. Delirra
  6. Underground Truck 65 tonne
  7. Drilling in progress sign
  8. Cecile Wake Women in Resources winner 2016

Videos

  1. BP renews its bid to explore for oil in the Great Australian Bight
  2. Can drilling and whale tourism coexist in the Great Australian Bight?
  3. Warnings of gas price hikes as campaigners celebrate the end of fracking in Victoria
  4. Asbestos questions

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