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"Diesel makes up about 70% of the total carbon emissions from our Pilbara iron ore operations." Energy leader transforms ...
Australia is establishing a critical metals stockpile as well as underwriting the supply of rare earth metals to aid local ...
Local historian Lisa Rickert has spent more than a decade documenting the story of Newman, one of Western Australia's key iron-ore towns. Her latest project is the "retro house", a home built in the ...
In the April 2025 issue of MINE Australia, we look at industry progress on decarbonisation through both renewables implementation and electrification initiatives. The mining sector’s transition ...
Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as ...
It has some of the world’s largest deposits of critical minerals, but China dominates processing. Read more at ...
Challenges raising capital following the falling coal price has meant some of the groups that had been looking at Sanjeev Gupta’s Tahmoor Coal Mine have now walked away.
In March 2024, South African mining company Gold Fields approved a landmark renewables project at the St Ives mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia (WA). The initiative – Gold Fields ...
China seized mines and built factories. Japan took note and invested in Australia. But the United States did little despite concerns about control of supplies. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher ...
The project has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade.
And now, other countries, from Finland to Australia, are getting on board. Repurposing old mine shafts into gravity batteries is more than just a clever use of existing infrastructure—it’s a ...