Ballarat Gold Mine operators charged over 2024 rockfall that killed miner Kurt Hourigan
The owner and operator of a Victorian gold mine has been charged following a 20-month investigation into a…
How shipwrecks and ancient Roman lead help physicists search for dark matter
When a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck was found off the Sardinian coast in 1988, it didn’t just thrill archaeologists…
Federal government approves expansion of Victoria’s largest gold mine near Bendigo
The federal government has given the go-ahead for Fosterville Gold Mine near Bendigo to continue operating until 2045,…
Australia aims to search for dark matter with SABRE South experiment
Following over a decade of planning, construction of a new dark matter detection experiment is almost complete. The…
Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit aims to reclaim crown as Australia’s biggest-producing gold mine
From the public viewing platform overlooking Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit gold mine, Greg Hewitt reflects on a four-decade career…
Court hears Fosterville Gold Mine noise ‘torturing’ Axedale neighbours
Victoria’s Supreme Court has heard noise from the state’s biggest gold mine has turned a country home into…