Industry News

Venture Minerals has set a pathway for iron ore production at the Riley mine in Tasmania by next quarter after completing construction of the wet screening plant. Australian Mining.

New Century Resources has secured a $14 million cost reduction for the rehabilitation of the Century zinc mine in Queensland. Australian Mining.

In what will come as welcome news in the mining sector, Western Australia’s largest marquee supply company is now providing industrial grade temporary shelters for hire with a promise to install at any location within the state. Australian Mining.

Civmec has won contracts with BHP, Rio Tinto, Roy Hill and Alcoa of Australia across Western Australia worth a combined value of more than $100 million. Australian Mining.

Alkane Resources is finalising feasibility plans for the Roswell and San Antonio underground mines in New South Wales in the coming months after increasing its gold production guidance by 2000 ounces. Australian Mining.

Inside a nondescript shed in a Hobart suburb sit shelves upon shelves of rocks and core samples that could reveal the mineral riches of the future.

The OECD is set to investigate alleged human rights abuses and serious environmental pollution at Cerrejon, one of the world's biggest coal mines.

After days without signs of life, rescuers hear knocking sounds and later receive a hand-written note from the gold miners trapped underground in China, who ask for medication and warn they are surround by water.

Port Augusta hasn't had a working port in half a century, but that's set to change now that the SA Government has approved a development on the site of a demolished power station.

Despite China's ban on Australian coal, exports from Australia's busiest port of Newcastle have seen only a slight dip with a cold northern winter driving up global demand.

Shareholders have approved a $16 billion merger between the co-owners of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Super Pit gold mine, consolidating it under one owner for the first time since mining began there 128 years ago.

The Federal Government accelerates plans to develop the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory, investing a further $173 million dollars into a gas reserve its own strategy says could face "serious challenges".

Secret documents accessed by the ABC show a massive uranium mine planned for a remote part of WA — which experts say will cause the extinction of a species — was approved just days before the 2019 election after relentless pressure from the foreign mining company.

Strike Energy unveils plans for a new fertiliser project in WA, capable of manufacturing three-quarters of Australia's current urea demand.

Newman in Western Australia's Pilbara is described as a "dome of dust" by some of its residents because of emissions from mining giant BHP.

A buyback of dust-affected home in the Pilbara town of Port Hedland will be funded through a levy on every iron ore export out of the town.

Pilbara haulage driver Heather Jones reluctantly traverses a 1,260-kilometre sewage run every two days. It's a tough gig, specially if you're a germophobe.

An Aboriginal corporation in Kakadu National Park calls for the rehabilitation timeline for a newly decommissioned uranium mine near Jabiru to be extended by more than a quarter of a century.

The future performance of commodities this year will be driven by the success or failure of coronavirus vaccines, analysts say, with some predicting a new mining boom as the global economy improves. This is what 2021 has in store for Australia's most lucrative exports.

A report released under freedom of information doesn't fully explain why a Wollongong coal mine's sediment dam collapsed in heavy rain, a Greens member says.

Nearby brine ponds are believed to be leaking hypersaline water into the St Kilda mangroves ecosystem — threatening not only their existence, but that of several fish and migratory bird species.

As Australians reel from COVID-created uncertainty, the number of people trying to make their own luck by panning for gold in one Queensland town has leapt by 40 per cent.

The South Australian Premier has approved an exploration company to "damage, disturb or interfere" with Lake Torrens, saying he is confident the company will minimise disturbance to Aboriginal heritage.

The Mica Creek Power Station near Mount Isa will shut down early New Year's Day after commencing operations in the 1960s.

Port Pirie's smelter will exceed its lowered annual lead emissions limit, Nyrstar admits, but the region's mayor says he is comfortable the company is "tracking well" towards achieving the lower figure.

The mother of Paige Taylor Counsell pays tribute to her daughter who left a career in childcare to become a miner and died after being struck by a truck just before Christmas.

Recent samples tests on Port Pirie's aquatic species taken from the town's waters causes the State Government to keep its recreational fishing ban firmly in place.

A controversial coal seam gas project in regional New South Wales faces a new legal challenge, after farmers file papers alleging the State Government's approval didn't properly consider the impacts the project would have on climate change.

An Australian company is planning to mine mineral sands on an island still recovering from decades of war. But locals say they've been kept in the dark — and they fear for their island's fragile ecology.

Mount Isa Mines has faced some serious challenges over the years to bring workers to the region — decades ago they did it differently.