Against a background of hope for job creation and concern for the environment, a proposal to turn the abandoned Mount Todd mine site into one of Australia’s largest gold operations is up in the...
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In an effort to quantify the criticality of the 62 metals on the Period Table of Elements, a group of Yale researchers has published a new paper providing key insights into how extracting the metals...
To ride out the current downturn in the oil and gas market, Queensland’s LNG industry needs to model itself on Swedish furniture giant, Ikea, according to a leading industry analyst. National...
Like many smaller, remote Queensland towns, Mount Isa in the Gulf Country region was born of the lead, silver, copper and zinc deposits it revealed to prospector John Campbell Miles in 1923. It has...
Diversification, efficiencies and innovation will be the best recipe for survival for mining services companies under ongoing pressure from a mining sector focused on productivity. EY’s latest annual...
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) is calling for nominations of individuals for its Prospector Award, Media Awards and Environment Award. The prestigious AMEC Prospector...
A Rio Tinto initiative to free up one of the world’s great wilderness areas marks an important step in supporting the West Australian Government’s plans to establish Australia’s largest national park...
For the first time in over 17 years, trains are again shipping iron ore from Iron Knob to the port at Whyalla in South Australia. Arrium Mining has announced this morning that the rail line has now...
The mental health of fly-in, fly-out employees across Australia’s resource industry has come increasingly into the spotlight in recent months, and the Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA)...
A name change is on the cards for Leighton Holdings after corruption allegations left the company in urgent need of a public relations make-over. According to Sydney Morning Herald, the company will...
