Latest Mining News
'Beggars belief': Three wall collapses and 17 complaints made before a mine worker was buried alive
December 12 2019
Workplace safety inspectors didn't attend the mine site where a worker was buried alive, despite multiple complaints and wall collapses over 12 months.
Read MoreMining town locals reject environment department's 'wood fire' theory for dangerous dust levels
December 12 2019
The environment department suggests wood smoke might have caused a spike in airborne pollution in Moranbah in central Queensland in August, but locals say nearby coal mines are the more likely culprit, prompting the State Opposition to back a call for chemical testing.
Read MoreLandholders launch court case against Clive Palmer's Galilee mine, but water not a legal avenue
December 12 2019
Lawyers representing landholders in the footprint of Clive Palmer's proposed Galilee Basin mine say a recent court decision has stopped them from objecting to it in the Land Court on the basis of the mine's groundwater use.
Read MoreOutback mine, one of only five of its kind in the world, shuts for second time in three years
December 12 2019
Nearly 50 people have lost their jobs after the owner of a central Australian garnet mine is placed in administration for the second time in two and a half years.
Read MoreAustralia's biggest new gold mine Gruyere officially opens
December 12 2019
The $621m Gruyere mine has opened up a new golden frontier in the WA outback as the country prospers from near-record gold prices.
Read MoreA drilling campaign gets underway at Nolans Bore Rare Earths Project in central Australia
December 12 2019
What the US-Australian rare earths deal could mean for the outback
December 12 2019
A US-Australian deal focusing on critical minerals, including rare earths, could mean big things for the industry in central Australia.
Read More'It should have been a wedding, not a funeral': Jack Gerdes went to work at a coal mine and never came home
November 11 2019
Jack Gerdes went to work one day and never came home, now his family are cautiously welcoming laws that could put mining bosses in jail for 20 years in cases where they've been negligent in a workplace death.
Read MoreBusiness investment falls again despite tumbling borrowing costs
November 11 2019
RBA governor Philip Lowe's suggestion to business to take advantage of record-low interest rates appears to have been ignored, with only the miners showing enough confidence to significantly boost investing in their operations.
Read MoreMining, agriculture and bushfires are some factors currently contributing to the Upper Hunter's poor air quality.
November 11 2019
