Pilbara home to five animal species most impacted by habitat loss, report finds
Western Australia’s Pilbara is home to the five animal species suffering the most heavily from habitat destruction, a…
Rio Tinto in merger talks with Glencore, takeover could create world’s biggest miner
Mining giant Rio Tinto is in talks to take over Swiss group Glencore, in a move that could…
Rescue operations continue for missing worker at Central Queensland mine following roof collapse
Specialist rescue services are working to reach a man trapped underground by a collapse at the Curragh mining…
One man missing, another in hospital after collapse at Curragh Coal Mine in Central Queensland
One man is in hospital and another remains missing after an industrial incident at Curragh Coal Mine in…
High seas hopes meet hard realities with 2026 set to become a pivotal year for world’s oceans
While 2025 saw tidal shifts in ocean governance, 2026 is the moment of reckoning, when promises to protect…
WA’s water regulator is probing South32’s impacts on neighbouring farmland
Drastic changes in salinity levels and water flows are being reported at farms neighbouring South32’s Worsley bauxite mine…
Victoria’s gold boom continues as two big exploration tunnels approved
A gold mining “renaissance” in Victoria has marked a major milestone with the approval of the state’s first…
Talison Lithium will not reopen historic rail line from world’s biggest lithium mine after finding it economically unviable
Sino–American company Talison Lithium has ruled out a rail link to the world’s biggest lithium mine in West…
Hitchhiking Pilbara mechanic Kevin Guiness recounts a lifetime on the road
Western Australia’s north is never short of a good yarn — if one knows where to look. Aboriginal…
Local consortium races to rescue Sanjeev Gupta’s Tahmoor mine
A local consortium says it is “hastily” working on a bid to take over the mothballed Tahmoor mine,…
EU plans looser environmental rules to allow more mining – POLITICO
Since the start of Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as European Commission president, the executive has put…
Environment Protection Authority to monitor Ballarat Gold Mine amid air pollution concerns
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will install air monitoring equipment in Ballarat this week over concerns about potentially…