Mining and Metals Industry

Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.

The specialist coroner will seek to hold outstanding inquests as soon as possible. The appointment comes ahead of a review into the resources sector's regulator.

At this year's state election, WA Labor revealed plans for a $150 million, 50-megawatt vanadium flow battery to be built in Kalgoorlie-Boulder by 2029. But can the government deliver on its promise?

Australian mining companies could benefit from the US-China trade war, but they are walking a tightrope between their biggest export market in China and Australia's greatest ally in the US.

Scientists and legal experts warn against commercial deep-sea mining as US President Donald Trump signs an executive order opening up both US and international waters.

A record payout from a mining company — that drained millions of litres of Sydney surface water without a permit — will fund the rehabilitation of a heritage-listed swamp.

A delegation of Pilbara traditional owners has accused Rio Tinto of not giving investors the full story about the environmental and social impacts of its WA mines.

A mural painted at a gold mine near Kalgoorlie has opened up a conversation about the relationship between loneliness and suicide in FIFO and DIDO workers.

Toolmaking and engineering pattern-making was once a thriving industry and is still a critical part of the supply chain in Australia, but the sector has shrunk, leaving the remaining tradies struggling to keep up with demand.

A home restored to its original 1960s look is part of a project documenting the history of a West Australian iron ore town.

China now dominates the entire rare earths ecosystem, refining around 90 per cent of all coveted elements. It leaves Trump's America particularly vulnerable, as the Albanese government proposes a national stockpile. 

A Canadian-owned mining company has pleaded guilty to sacred site damage after accidentally tipping off the regulator about its unlawful drilling at a Northern Territory sacred site.

Hunter Valley Operations has been granted an approval extension just two months before it was due to close.

Australia is joining the European Union and the United States in establishing strategic reserves of critical minerals, but what do they actually do, and why are they so important?

A partnership between a Broken Hill family and a mining company is attempting to re-inject life into an old mine where drilling samples have revealed promising signs for the future.

NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes says the decision not to confiscate the money was one he did not want to make.

The phrase "critical minerals" reflects the demand for them around the world, but China's market dominance means there are traps for new players such as Australia.

Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea that holds one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.

As a storm brews over federal industrial relations changes, government critics say increased worker power will take the resource-rich Pilbara region back to the "bad old days" of union power. But how bad were they?

The comment went largely unnoticed in the fast-paced environment of a federal election campaign, but in New South Wales coal-country it could cost the Coalition crucial seats.