Industry News

A stunning 15.2 carat heart-shaped pink diamond has been cut from the biggest gem discovered by an Australian mining company in Africa.

Vehicle collisions and rollaways are a worrying cause of workplace injuries or fatalities in Australia. Australian Mining speaks with Hummingbird about how its 16-channel audio alert system is helping to prevent vehicle accidents on mine sites. Australian Mining.

Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has credited upgrades in infrastructure and technology for growing iron ore shipments from its ports. Australian Mining.

To enhance its standing as a leading Australian supplier of Cat equipment, Hastings Deering has developed an asset performance management platform to unlock the full potential of a mine. Australian Mining.

Resources exports are guiding Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with iron ore continuing to set new highs as prices reach lucrative levels. Australian Mining.

OZ Minerals has increased the production rate at the Carrapateena copper-gold mine in South Australia, achieving a planned ramp up ahead of schedule. Australian Mining.

Two teenagers from north Queensland are urging one of the biggest banks in India to reject a mining company's request for a $1 billion loan for the Carmichael mine.

South32 is seeking to expand its Dendrobium mine to extract 78 million tonnes of coal over nearly 30 more years, a development Professor Flannery says poses an "extreme risk" for all.

Larrakia man Nigel Browne fondly remembers catching fish and mud crabs in the little-known pockets of Darwin Harbour as a boy. He says it is a "different place now".

The steelmaker tells NSW's Independent Planning Commission that it supports plans to extend the life of the Dendrobium colliery, west of Wollongong, until 2048.

Mining giant Peabody will temporarily close its Metropolitan Mine on the Illawarra Coast for eight weeks starting January 4 due to "intense pressure" on coal demand and pricing.

Mining company Adani pays a $26,000 fine for "misinterpreting" environmental approval conditions at its Carmichael coal mine in central Queensland.

The Palaszczuk Government promised a "no surprises" Budget, and it delivered it, but there might be one surprise beyond its control — China.

East Gippsland Shire Council rejects a proposed mineral sands mine east of Melbourne, but the final decision rests with the Planning Minister.

A Uni SA evaluation of more than 400 public reports by mining companies in Australia finds fewer than 36 policy mentions relating to Indigenous Australians.

After six months of meetings in which hundreds of ideas were pitched and pondered, the Northern Territory Government unveils its blueprint for post-coronavirus economic recovery.

Mark McGowan is concerned the state's multi-billion dollar iron ore industry will be next on China's tariff hit list as Australia's relationship with Beijing deteriorates further, calling for "discussion and not confrontation".

As part of the mission, scientists will collect samples of organisms as well as other "deep-sea materials" as China further explores the potential of harvesting resources from the ocean floor.

Sovereign Hill, where boiled lollies, gold panning, horse poo — and nation-defining history — have become a rite of passage for generations of schoolchildren, is turning 50. But what of its future?

In the Kakadu region surrounding the Ranger Uranium Mine, cancer rates are almost double that of other Aboriginal populations in the NT. A six-year investigation found no link to radiation from the mine, so what's causing it?

Northern Territory senator Malarndirri McCarthy questions the NT Government's processes after the approval of a large expansion of the McArthur River Mine — a development the sacred sites authority warns could end up like WA's Juukan Gorge disaster.

The Country Fire Authority's efforts to recover the cost of putting out the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire in eastern Victoria will be considered at a Supreme Court trial starting next year.

Documents leaked to the ABC estimate the economic losses caused by an oil spill near a world heritage-listed area of Solomon Islands last year could be as high as $50 million.

China suggests almost $700 million worth of Australian coal is being held up at ports due to "environmental quality" problems.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack receives a lecture on the sustainability of the coal industry by a local mayor on a tour through the Hunter Valley.

The WA Government records a victory in its legal fight with Clive Palmer over the development of a Pilbara iron ore project, with a court ruling in favour of legislation terminating the mining billionaire's massive compensation claim.

Opposition flares up in the wake of the contentious Narrabri Gas Project clearing its final regulatory hurdle and securing environmental approval from the Federal Government.

A controversial multi-billion-dollar coal seam gas project in north-west NSW, which has been touted to meet half the state's gas needs, has cleared its final hurdle and work will commence in 2021.

Karl Kachami got away from the heist with more than $700,000 in cash and gold worth $2.5 million, but failed to realise his accomplice in the elaborate inside job had been gesturing him to another safe containing goods worth $4 million.

New SA Health data shows lead levels in Port Pirie toddlers have not decreased, despite promises new clean technology would halve lead smelter emissions.