Base Metals
An historic tin camp in New South Wales is getting a second life — and this time, it’s riding shotgun with a next-gen XRT sorter that’s doing the heavy lifting.
A polymetallic deposit in the heart of Queensland’s North West Minerals Province is shaping up as a future supplier of high-grade lead-silver and copper-gold concentrates, with resource confidence, metallurgy, and mine planning advancing in lockstep.
As underground mining continues to push the limits of depth, temperature, and stress environments, traditional geotechnical design tools are being pushed just as hard.
If you thought commodities were dull, the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025 would’ve shaken that notion like a jackhammer in Kalgoorlie.
At the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide, one of the most compelling conversations wasn’t about new technologies or production targets—it was about rethinking how safety is integrated into mine design from the ground up.
For underground mining professionals, the AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide delivered no shortage of technical insights—but it was a keynote from one of the industry’s most accomplished leaders that left the deepest impression.
Three serious workplace incidents involving mining operations in New South Wales have prompted fresh calls for vigilance, with the state’s Resources Regulator issuing its latest Weekly Incident Summary for the week ending 28 March 2025.
The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals a mixed landscape for mineral exploration in Australia during the December 2024 quarter.
Global mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a $1.
