The Mammoth underground mine. The Mammoth underground mine.
SAFETY

Mining restarts at Mammoth almost 6 weeks after tragedy

Dual investigations into the tragedy, by the MEU and RSHQ, are ongoing

16 February 2026
The Middlemount mine's life has been extended to 2053.
ENVIRONMENT

Middlemount Southern Extension gets federal approval

Clears the way for the Peabody-Yancoal JV to access another 24Mt of RoM coal

16 February 2026
Employment in the mining sector is crying out for structural change.
MANAGEMENT

Mining's talent crunch a hot boardroom topic

MPI Recruitment’s Steve Heather says structural change is needed

13 February 2026
A coal miner at work.
SAFETY

Report shows coal mining poses high risk to health

Coal mining is typified by extreme work environments and high levels of night and shift work

16 February 2026
Albemarle CEO Kent Masters
PROCESSING

Digging deeper into the Kemerton closure

Price difference of US$4-5/kg between Chinese and Western lithium hydroxide refiners

13 February 2026
The Middlemount mine's life has been extended to 2053.
ENVIRONMENT

Middlemount Southern Extension gets federal approval

Clears the way for the Peabody-Yancoal JV to access another 24Mt of RoM coal

16 February 2026
Employment in the mining sector is crying out for structural change.
MANAGEMENT

Mining's talent crunch a hot boardroom topic

MPI Recruitment’s Steve Heather says structural change is needed

13 February 2026
SAFETY

Report shows coal mining poses high risk to health

16 February 2026
PROCESSING

Digging deeper into the Kemerton closure

13 February 2026
The Lihir mine.
PROCESSING

PNG lime maker lands Newmont deal

Lihir to take about one-third of Pacific Lime and Cement's Central Lime project output

16 February 2026
PROCESSING

Digging deeper into the Kemerton closure

Price difference of US$4-5/kg between Chinese and Western lithium hydroxide refiners

13 February 2026
UNDERGROUND

Worker cops poly pipe spring-back

As the basket was lowered the pipe moved unexpectedly and broke free from the bull horn attachment

13 February 2026
PROCESSING

MACA Interquip Mintrex to build Rox's Youanmi plant

Construction to begin following FID

13 February 2026
POWER

Fortescue unveils its battery-electric locos

The two machines are expected to save 1 million litres of diesel each year

13 February 2026
Coal game starting to get Darwinian
OPINION

Coal game starting to get Darwinian

As the energy transition continues pressure rises on coal miners

04 February 2026
OPINION

On Greenland and Australia's critical minerals hopes

Interest shown in Australia's critical minerals encouraging

22 January 2026
OPINION

Eraring extension shows there's life in coal yet

Also proves the renewable transition timeline is broken

21 January 2026
OPINION

RioCore is all well and good but think of the coal miners

Coal a hurdle to getting Rio Tinto-Glencore deal off the ground

14 January 2026
OPINION

What to watch for in '26

Hogsback considers what the New Year might bring

06 January 2026
Molyhil sits next to Tivan's Sandover fluorite project in the Northern Territory.
OPERATIONS

Tivan dishes out contracts for Molyhil scoping study

SRK Consulting and GR Engineering Services saddle up

16 February 2026
MANAGEMENT

Austral locks down Lady Loretta

Aims to shed roughly $21.5 million in debt

16 February 2026
MANAGEMENT

M Critical Minerals expands Qld copper footprint

Matt Latimore rides the copper price surge

16 February 2026
MANAGEMENT

Civmec wins praise for BHP car dumpers

The company has a strong pipeline of works on the books

13 February 2026
MANAGEMENT

Mining's talent crunch a hot boardroom topic

MPI Recruitment’s Steve Heather says structural change is needed

13 February 2026

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Tracking assets by satellite.
TECHNOLOGY

AssetHawk, an eye in the sky for tracking fleet

AssetHawk integrates with third-party visualisation and analytics platforms

11 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

TG Metals wants patent for Burmeister spodumene recovery technology

TG Metals CEO David Selfe calls the breakthrough a "game-changer" for Burmeister

09 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

Queensland graphite for Japan

A new supply chain linking Australia and Japan is brewing

05 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

CorePlan lands $5M injection from Sydney venture firm EVP

Eyes expanded operations in Australia and the Americas

04 February 2026
TECHNOLOGY

Livium eyes Australia's mounting solar panel waste

End-of-life solar panels represent a potential $110 million opportunity

04 February 2026
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The Mammoth underground mine.
SAFETY

Mining restarts at Mammoth almost 6 weeks after tragedy

Dual investigations into the tragedy, by the MEU and RSHQ, are ongoing

16 February 2026
SAFETY

Report shows coal mining poses high risk to health

Coal mining is typified by extreme work environments and high levels of night and shift work

16 February 2026
ENVIRONMENT

Middlemount Southern Extension gets federal approval

Clears the way for the Peabody-Yancoal JV to access another 24Mt of RoM coal

16 February 2026
ENVIRONMENT

Thiess goes full circle at Muswellbrook

Started mining at the site in 1944

12 February 2026
COMMUNITY

'We've got your back' fed gov tells Mount Isa

Transformation study an integral part of the funding package

12 February 2026