Up to 116 jobs are set to be cut at mining operations connected to GFG Alliance in regional SA in the latest wave of redundancies across mining and steelworks operations in the area.
I'll be the best friend you ever had, Peter Dutton promises miners
Peter Dutton and Resources Minister Madeleine King will make duelling pitches to the Minerals Council of Australia, with the opposition leader promising to "turbocharge" mining and energy projects and overturn or restrict environmental decisions.
Photo shows Raw vanadium rockSources raise alarm on 'pathetic' conditions and safety concerns at Whyalla Steelworks as owner says it is cutting costs amid steel price slump
A former steelworks employee says he fears someone will “get hurt” because not enough preventative maintenance work was being done at the Whyalla plant, but the company says it is committed to safety and its green iron and steel plans.
Photo shows A view of the Whyalla steelworks taken at sunset'Conflict has been brought upon us': Mining industry slams Albanese over industrial relations reform
Minerals Council chief executive Tania Constable has warned the industry is in a precarious state, blaming "reckless" federal government industrial relations reforms, state "royalty raids", "onerous" looming environmental rules, and high energy costs.
Photo shows A close up image of a woman with short brown hair against a black background.Why gold prices are a warning sign, and what it tells us about global stability
Gold has been relentlessly surging to new records. So what's behind the recent demand?
Photo shows Perth Mint gold'Threatened, harassed': Aboriginal elders break silence on Regis mine protection order
The Indigenous elders who were successful in their bid to protect a culturally important site from a proposed gold mine say they have been slandered.
Photo shows A man with a hat and beard, and a woman with glasses sitting next to each other looking at the camera.Mining company facing industrial manslaughter charge over worker's death at Crinum coal operation
Queensland's tougher industrial manslaughter laws are used against a mining company for the first time, over the death of worker Graham Dawson during a roof collapse in 2021.
Photo shows A several-storey high refining set-up at a mine at sunset, with orange lights illuminating stacked machinery.Coalition challenges Plibersek to explain decision stalling development of $1 billion gold mine
The opposition asks Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to reveal her reasons for granting an Aboriginal protection order over a site earmarked for a tailings dam at the McPhillamys Gold Mine development near Blayney in NSW.
'Nonsense': Plibersek downplays likelihood of major delays after her rejection of NSW gold mine proposal
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said a recent stock price rise in the company behind the gold mine that she blocked on Indigenous heritage grounds shows some shareholders still see a pathway.
Australian miners in damage control as the mineral once hailed to spark the next boom is in market freefall
Slowing EV sales and a flood of new supply have seen the price of lithium fall off a cliff, but Australian miners are confident in a lithium-fuelled future.
Photo shows an aerial view of a lithium ore crushing facilityPM offers to water down planned environmental watchdog to secure Coalition support
The federal government has signalled it is willing to make its proposed environmental protection agency more business-friendly, in a major concession designed to win Coalition support that environment groups have branded a "betrayal."
Photo shows Tanya Plibersek staring at an out of focus Anthony Albanese.This outback town has been a FIFO mining hub for years, but only now will it get a permanent airport
Laverton in WA's northern Goldfields is home to 907 people. More than 30 times that number used the mining town's airport last financial year.
Photo shows Two jet planes parked on tarmac at regional airport.Federal government freezes funding to NT land council as embattled chief executive flags resignation
The Anindilyakwa Land Council has been put "on notice" after an independent review found it failed to improve its governance amid claims millions of dollars of mining royalties were misused.
Photo shows An aerial photograph of the islandFuture of major new NSW gold mine project remains in limbo as miner commits to looking at alternatives
The head of an Australian mining company says he's committed to trying to get a gold mine built in central western New South Wales, despite federal intervention. However, it could take up to a decade to find and have an alternative site approved.
Closure of Australia's deepest copper mine threatens thousands of Queensland jobs
A game of cat and mouse is being played between the state and Swiss multinational Glencore in an outback town facing the closure of its historic copper mine.
Mining industry push to lower emissions gathers momentum with electric and hydrogen trucks
A diesel-powered haul truck has been converted to electric at a cost of $2.5 million as the mining industry pushes to lower emissions by the end of the decade.
Has Video Duration: 4 minutes 8 seconds.Mining industry trials large-scale electric, hydrogen trucks amid push to lower emissions
New mining technology is being put to the test in Western Australia with trials of "clean, green, cheaper" trucks now underway.
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Photo shows A large mining truck painted green after it was converted from diesel to electric.Is the golden age of outback opal hunters coming to an end?
Opal miners are concerned about the future of their industry as the Queensland government buys a former cattle property used for mining. With 50 per cent of the region's opals coming from this one property, it's raising alarm bells.
Photo shows A weathered hand holding a blue sparkly boulder opal.Silver prices rising sharply with miners hoping to reap the rewards
Australian companies are hoping to capitalise on the rising silver prices, with some analysts predicting the commodity could reach $US100 an ounce in coming years.
Photo shows Silver bullion barsASX rises for ninth-straight session to record longest winning streak since December 2015 — as it happened
The Australian share market has ended higher for the ninth-straight session, making it the longest winning streak since December 2015 after strong gains in technology and mining offset a slump in energy stocks.
BlueScope Steel warns a 'large volume of steel' is leaving China and flooding markets in Australia and overseas
A prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for the Australian government's finances and the local steel industry, economists warn.
Photo shows Two Chinese flags flutter in the wind at a shipping port.