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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs, disputes over consultation and executive shakeups have some major projects facing uncertainty […]

Northern Miner Staff | December 4, 2025 | 1:02 pm

Interactive: Global uranium demand

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Anthony Vaccaro, with files from Ali Ravaghi | Creative design: James Alafriz | November 14, 2025 | 9:00 am

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to fuel the gold price…

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

Metso Outotec to supply hydrogen-based concentrate technology in Australia

Metso Outotec has been engaged by TNG Ltd., an Australian resource company, to conduct a study on reducing Mount Peake titanium-vanadium-magnetite concentrates […]

Jackson Chen | September 15, 2022 | 10:41 am

Strange diamonds from ancient dwarf planet could be key for next-gen machinery

A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences states that strange diamonds from an ancient dwarf […]

Staff Writer | September 13, 2022 | 6:06 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

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Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Interactive: Global uranium demand

Spotlight: Global gold and silver projects in view

Opinion: Clearing Australia’s debt with unmined gold

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

Metso Outotec to supply hydrogen-based concentrate technology in Australia

Strange diamonds from ancient dwarf planet could be key for next-gen machinery

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

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