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Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to fuel the gold price rally in 2025, while industrial demand is lifting silver prices. Here’s a […]

Blair McBride | June 6, 2025 | 2:56 pm

Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold

According to the U.S. government’s financial statements, the country owns…

James Cooper | June 6, 2025 | 12:06 pm

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries…

Blair McBride | June 3, 2025 | 1:38 pm

Uranium juniors grapple with spot price whiplash

Junior uranium miners are considering alternative strategies to attract investors…

Andrew Seale | May 2, 2025 | 2:05 pm

JV article: Novo explores three projects for earn-ins

Novo Resources (TSX, ASX: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF), a Vancouver and…

Northern Miner Staff | March 10, 2025 | 10:16 am

Gold mine plays key role in proving dark matter’s existence

One kilometre below ground, at the bottom of the Stawell gold mine in Victoria, Australia, lies the only underground physics laboratory in […]

Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 5:05 am

CSIRO snapshot: seven megatrends shaping our future

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, recently released a once-in-a-decade report, Our Future World, highlighting seven global megatrends that could hold the key […]

Jackson Chen | August 24, 2022 | 11:29 am

New Australia-based think-tank aims to broker enterprise relationships between miners, Aboriginal peoples

The Ian Kowalick Aboriginal Enterprise Institute aims to broker enterprise relationships and facilitate capacity building to assist remote communities.

Staff Writer | August 14, 2022 | 7:48 am

Scientists figure out how to produce metallic iron on Mars

Researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology are developing a process that would take processed air, dirt and sunlight on Mars to […]

Staff Writer | August 7, 2022 | 5:44 am

Micromine to provide fleet management solution to AngloGold’s Australian operations

Micromine has entered into a three-year software agreement with AngloGold Ashanti to deliver its industry-leading mine control and fleet management solution, Micromine […]

Jackson Chen | August 4, 2022 | 11:13 am

The Australian diamonds that no one can see

Researchers working at the Clarke River Fault, west of Paluma in north Queensland, found the first metamorphic diamonds in rocks in Australia. […]

Staff Writer | August 3, 2022 | 6:06 am

BHP’s Q4 iron ore, coal production pulled down by labour constraints

Global miner BHP Group (NYSE: BHP ASX: BHP) has seen its iron ore and coal production decline in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 […]

Jackson Chen | July 19, 2022 | 11:14 am

Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

Researchers at Curtin University have found evidence of an almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth’s crust that lies beneath the southwestern […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am

Cost reductions for renewables may stall in Australia – report

Cost reductions for renewable energy are likely to be put on hold for the next year in Australia due to inflation and […]

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 6:06 am

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Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

Uranium juniors grapple with spot price whiplash

JV article: Novo explores three projects for earn-ins

Gold mine plays key role in proving dark matter’s existence

CSIRO snapshot: seven megatrends shaping our future

New Australia-based think-tank aims to broker enterprise relationships between miners, Aboriginal peoples

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