The Rock Wrangler

SA budget throws steel a bone but leaves explorers with no strategy, no funding, and no reason to stick around

The 2025 South Australian State Budget has landed with all the fanfare of a damp squib for the state’s mineral exploration and mining sector.

By The Rock Wrangler on June 8, 2025
Costs, Budgeting, ESG, Legislative Updates, Risk, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Exploration
Australia, South Australia, Gawler Craton, Roxby Downs
Iron ore, Dysprosium, Strategic Minerals, Lithium, Tantalum, Niobium, Base Metals, Copper, Rare Earth Elements, Neodymium

When dust breaches trigger reports even with PPE, mine sites need more than masks—NSW's new guide means serious changes are in the air

It’s not often that a guidance document—rather than an actual regulation—sends shockwaves through the mining sector.

By The Rock Wrangler on June 8, 2025
Safety, Occupational Health, Safety Training, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), ESG, Water and Air Quality Monitoring, Regulatory Adherence, Legislative Updates, Audit and Inspection, Workforce, Training and Development, Health and Well-being Programs, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Illawarra Region, Central West Region
Coal (Thermal and Metallurgical), Industrial Minerals, Silica Sand, Asbestos (Chrysotile, Amosite, Crocidolite), Energy Minerals