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From data to drill rigs: how Jupiter became Australia’s biggest clay rare earth discovery and a model for finding the next generation of critical minerals

When a geologist looks at a gravity anomaly and sees the future of Australia’s critical minerals, it’s worth paying attention.

Quarry and refinery hit with fines as WA records 338 mining safety incidents in June, including falls, burns, silica exposure and near-miss events

Western Australia’s mining safety watchdog has released its June incident report, revealing a combined 338 notifiable and reportable incidents across the state’s operations, including several serious occurrences resulting in injuries and substantial corporate penalties.

Back to basics: How Dyno Nobel cut development overbreak by 80 percent in North Queensland mine

At the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide, Dyno Nobel Senior Technical Consultant Ed Wargem delivered a message that cut through the noise of technical jargon and digital disruption: sometimes, the biggest improvements in underground development blasting come not from cutting-edge technology, but from going back to basics.

WA’s oldest rocks could fuel the future—natural hydrogen and helium might just be the clean energy surprise lurking below your drill bit

A new report from the Geological Survey of Western Australia shines a spotlight on some of Australia’s most underexplored frontiers—Neoproterozoic basins with the potential to reshape the future of clean energy and critical gases.

Hamelin turns up the heat in the Tanami with smart soil science and drill-ready gold targets across Australia’s most elusive undercover terrain

Western Australian gold explorer Hamelin Gold is taking a data-driven approach to cracking some of the state's most prospective but underexplored terrains, blending geoscience and tech in the hunt for multi-million-ounce deposits.

Underground grit meets goldfield ambition as Brightstar powers ahead with drills turning, mills reviving and a 200,000 ounce dream taking shape in WA

A gold developer in Western Australia is pushing ahead with a technically robust, multi-hub production strategy, leveraging its in-house underground mining capability, modular infrastructure design, and aggressive drilling to transform a fragmented portfolio into a scalable mid-tier platform.

Neometals fires up fast gold play at Barrambie as shallow ounces and old pits promise quick cash without the plant pain

With multi-style mineralisation, legacy workings and shallow high-grade hits, Neometals’ Barrambie Gold Project is shaping into a textbook short-cycle gold play.

WA’s quartz underdog aims for tech stardom with ultra-pure play and a two-mine comeback backed by China ties and savvy ore sorting science

A new player in Western Australia’s industrial minerals space is making a serious tilt at Asia’s booming demand for high-purity quartz (HPQ), with a dual-mine revival strategy backed by testwork breakthroughs, smart ore sorting, and a boots-on-ground presence in China’s quartz processing heartland.

Solar runs the gas, gas runs the grid, and Strike Energy runs the show in WA’s newest plug-and-play power play

In a corner of Western Australia traditionally known for iron ore, a quiet transformation is underway in gas.

Long-life sand project in WA nears final approvals as Asia’s industrial demand collides with critical shortage of high-grade supply

In the scrubby sands of Western Australia’s Mid West, a quietly ambitious mining development is nearing a final government tick — and it’s shaping up to be a masterclass in low-impact, high-efficiency industrial minerals extraction.