Tasmania

Turning tailings into treasure at Kara Mine as innovative TSF design proves waste can build stability capacity and cut costs in one smart move

When most miners think about tailings, they think about storage, risk management, and rehabilitation, but at the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings Conference 2025 in Brisbane, Clem Cahill, technical director - tailings at GHD, showed how the Kara Mine flipped that thinking on its head - turning its own waste stream into a high-performance construction material.

Underground gold producer ramps up output, upgrades infrastructure and eyes near-mine drilling to unlock high-grade ounces and drive production growth

Kaiser Reef’s Managing Director Jonathan Downes took to the stage at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up in May with a confident message: the company has transformed into a multi-asset, cash-generative gold producer – and it’s just getting started.

Tasmania’s next big tin thing combines green power, high grade and smart tech to shake up the global supply chain and put old-school miners on notice

A high-grade underground tin project in Tasmania is shaping up to be one of the most technically efficient and METS-driven developments in the sector, combining smart drilling, ore sorting technology, and a 100 percent renewable power supply to redefine what "green mining" looks like in the post-carbon economy.