BHP is shutting its Mackay FutureFit Academy. BHP is shutting its Mackay FutureFit Academy.
COMMUNITY

BHP shutting Mackay FutureFit Academy over royalty rates

'Difficult but necessary' decision driven by Queensland's royalty regime

04 March 2026
Queensland's parliament.
SAFETY

Qld govt bucks advice, cuts mine safety commissioner

Resources safety bill tabled in Queensland's parliament

04 March 2026
The 6Mtpa Dartbrook CHPP is covered by the development consent extension.
MANAGEMENT

Dartbrook gets six-year extension

Keeps the mine development consent valid to 2033

03 March 2026
The Browns Range project sits 145km southeast of Halls Creek in Western Australia.
MANAGEMENT

Chinese investor drops bid to remove Northern Minerals chairman

Executive chairman Adam Handley lives to fight another day

03 March 2026
Mader is looking at acquisitions.
OPERATIONS

Mader on the acquisition hunt?

With its global footprint growing, maintenance specialist Mader is mulling acquisitions

03 March 2026
Queensland's parliament.
SAFETY

Qld govt bucks advice, cuts mine safety commissioner

Resources safety bill tabled in Queensland's parliament

04 March 2026
The 6Mtpa Dartbrook CHPP is covered by the development consent extension.
MANAGEMENT

Dartbrook gets six-year extension

Keeps the mine development consent valid to 2033

03 March 2026
MANAGEMENT

Chinese investor drops bid to remove Northern Minerals chairman

03 March 2026
OPERATIONS

Mader on the acquisition hunt?

03 March 2026
The Broken Hill Technology Centre was originally built to validate the Broken Hill cobalt project.
PROCESSING

Cobalt Blue adds graphite to black mass processing plan

Embarks on a co-development program with the CSIRO

04 March 2026
PROCESSING

Tartana rides the copper wave to upgraded processing

Six-week program will cost about $435,000

04 March 2026
PROCESSING

Kingfisher hitches its processing wagon to Broken Hill's Rasp plant

Third-party processing remains subject to a final agreement

04 March 2026
POWER

Myuna to mine on with Eraring contract secured

Mine to continue operating under a three-year framework

03 March 2026
SURFACE

Study shows Syerston scandium potential

FS completion of FS marks pivotal moment, not just for Sunrise but possibly the Western world too

03 March 2026
Queensland coal cracks widening
OPINION

Queensland coal cracks widening

Yet another nail in the Queensland industry's coffin?

04 March 2026
OPINION

Coal crisis looming, particularly in Qld

Coal prices down, costs up and then there's those royalties

25 February 2026
OPINION

Miners need a mascot

Adopting the koala may not be the worst idea for coal miners

18 February 2026
OPINION

Coal game starting to get Darwinian

As the energy transition continues pressure rises on coal miners

04 February 2026
OPINION

On Greenland and Australia's critical minerals hopes

Interest shown in Australia's critical minerals encouraging

22 January 2026
Dampier seawater desalination plant.
OPERATIONS

Rio Tinto, WA govt to go halves on Dampier desalination plant

The plant will deliver desalinated water to the West Pilbara water supply scheme

04 March 2026
MANAGEMENT

Chinese investor drops bid to remove Northern Minerals chairman

Executive chairman Adam Handley lives to fight another day

03 March 2026
MANAGEMENT

Dartbrook gets six-year extension

Keeps the mine development consent valid to 2033

03 March 2026
OPERATIONS

Ausenco heads to Generation's Marathon project in Ontario

Contractor’s Canadian subsidiary tapped for EPCM work

03 March 2026
OPERATIONS

Mader on the acquisition hunt?

With its global footprint growing, maintenance specialist Mader is mulling acquisitions

03 March 2026

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Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador.
TECHNOLOGY

Fleet Space delivers for Lundin Gold

Project a case study on developing “blind” mineral systems

26 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

Imdex getting ready for things to swing

Exploration is on the up, which is good news for an exploration-focused tech business

23 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

Newmont deploying Jevons' explosives robot

Marks Jevons second commercial deployment of its ARTEV platform

18 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

AssetHawk, an eye in the sky for tracking fleet

AssetHawk integrates with third-party visualisation and analytics platforms

11 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

TG Metals wants patent for Burmeister spodumene recovery technology

TG Metals CEO David Selfe calls the breakthrough a "game-changer" for Burmeister

09 February 2026
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BHP is shutting its Mackay FutureFit Academy.
COMMUNITY

BHP shutting Mackay FutureFit Academy over royalty rates

'Difficult but necessary' decision driven by Queensland's royalty regime

04 March 2026
SAFETY

Qld govt bucks advice, cuts mine safety commissioner

Resources safety bill tabled in Queensland's parliament

04 March 2026
COMMUNITY

Mining gender pay gap narrowing slightly, slowly

Data also confirms mining is the best paid industry in Australia

03 March 2026
SAFETY

Key FIFO sexual harassment problem still unsolved

Opposition parties claim the government is not moving fast enough

02 March 2026
COMMUNITY

NT TOs win $54M compensation over McArthur River

The after-the-fact determination of compensation on ‘just terms’ a first in Australia

27 February 2026