The Northern Territory Minerals Council Summit on Thursday will be met with a large contingent of protesters calling for the immediate closure and clean up of the Territory’s riskiest mining and gas...
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A mine worker who was caught smoking underground, sleeping underground, and was repeatedly late for shift has (unsurprisingly) lost his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission. Despite...
Western Australia had a growth spurt overnight and is now officially larger than before with State Parliament approving legislation to extend WA territorial waters to include three rocky outcrops in...
The South Australian Government has released a major package of geoscientific data in one of the State’s most under-explored provinces. Speaking today at the 8th annual Mining South Australia...
Two of Australia’s biggest miners, Glencore and Rio Tinto, could merge and create a super-miner as early as mid next year, according to a Bernsteins analyst. Speaking to the Australian...
Clive Palmer has lost his nut at Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett for taking the side of a Chinese resources company who allege he funneled their money into his own political campaign fund...
Scientists from Curtin University claim they have developed a technique that can drill mineral exploration boreholes with only two workers instead of the industry standard of six. Currently, the...
A surprising joint venture has been struck between Peabody’s Wambo open cut coal mine and Glencore’s United mine in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. In a statement released by...
Gobsmacking photos have been released of a massive sinkhole, 30-40 meters in diameter, that has given locals living near a potash mine near the Ural Mountains in Russia a nasty surprise...
Mining investment in Australia will slump 40 per cent over next four years according to a new report by industry analysts. “In terms of the mining investment bust, we have hardly begun – this has a...
