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Western Australia has been removed from its top position in investment attractiveness, falling to fourth position, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual global survey of mining and exploration companies for 2020. Australian Mining.

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Coates Hire, Australia’s leading equipment hire and solutions company, has launched its investment into The Clontarf Foundation with a visit to Clontarf’s Endeavour Academy, part of Endeavour Sports High in Caringbah, New South Wales. Australian Mining.

Horizon Minerals has completed its final milling campaign from trial mining at the Boorara gold mine in Western Australia, with an updated mineral resource estimate to be released this year. Australian Mining.

Sandfire Resources has welcomed rising copper prices amid its transition towards becoming an international miner. Australian Mining.

Residents in the East Kimberley community of Doon Doon raise the alarm after a popular creek for swimming and fishing turns red from an iron ore spill.

A Central Queensland Council, known for supporting mining and its economic impact, says they have "lost patience with the behaviour" of Adani's Australian arm, Bravus.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt confirms the WA Government is "officially investigating" a breach of Section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act by iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group, as the company's CEO says she is "deeply sorry" about the incident.

An analysis of Australia's energy market has found a number of the nation's coal-fired power stations could be financially unviable by 2025 and at least one may be forced to close early.

A group of Queensland farmers calls for federal government intervention to ensure landholders are protected against future impacts of coal seam gas.

Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the former long-serving oil minister in Saudi Arabia who led the kingdom through the 1973 oil crisis, reportedly dies aged 90.

Mining giant BHP are investigating damage to a culturally significant Aboriginal site in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region.

An inquest into the death of Daniel Springer, killed in an incident at a central Queensland mine in 2017, finds it was unlikely the event could have been predicted.

The man who led the internal inquiry into the blasting of the Juukan Gorge caves was paid an extra 46 per cent on top of his annual director fees.

Three of the five people charged over an alleged million-dollar gold theft in WA's Goldfields appear in the Kalgoorlie Magistrate's Court.

A mining union representative calls for "real action" to protect coal miners' safety after increased gas levels close the Moranbah North mine in Queensland.

Smelter owner Nyrstar had promised a multi-million-dollar upgrade would halve the smelter's lead emissions, but they increased in the second half of last year.

As Australia's multi-billion-dollar metal mining industry aims to capitalise on strong prices, companies have become locked in a battle to attract professionals.

The artist behind the 8,000-square-metre mural in the south-west WA town of Collie says it's not just about the size of the art work, it's how well it was executed that matters.

Human Rights Watch accuses the Australian energy giant of sitting back and hedging its bets in its own self-interest instead of joining several Western governments in condemning the junta and its coup.

Scientists warn the discovery of a tiny, blind, predatory shrimp throughout a key aquifer underlying the rich Northern Territory gas reserve could have significant ramifications for plans to frack the area.

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce moves to change his own government's legislation to allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which invests in Australia's transition to lower emissions, to invest in coal-fired power.

Tronox Australia's plan to repurpose the jail in far west NSW has the support of many residents, although a senior figure at the local council has some concerns.

Liberal MP Nathaniel Smith tells the IPC he's the victim of a "whispering campaign" as a mining boss argues that extending the life of the Tahmoor colliery is "critical" for the transition to green steel.

A bipartisan coalition of politicians, miners, unions and manufacturers are working to overturn the Independent Planning Commission's rejection of South32's Dendrobium expansion under the Sydney water catchment.

The national petroleum titles administrator knocks back an oil and gas exploration company from extending its work program in the Great Australian Bight.

Residents of Borroloola launch legal action against the Northern Territory Government, arguing its decision to slash the environmental security bond paid by a massive lead and zinc mine was unlawful.

The Web family are rebuilding their home after it was destroyed in the Black Summer bushfires, but now fear their home could be threatened a second time by a proposed mine expansion under their property.

The Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt has given a strong indication he will be supporting an application to extend a gas exploration licence, known as PEP-11, off the NSW coast.

The Queensland Coordinator-General gives approval to a Sydney-based industrial-tech company to build an alumina plant in Gladstone.