Karma Barndon

Alcoa's expansion plans for its 60-year-old mining operations in Western Australia's Darling Ranges have been released for public comment by Western Australia's...

The global energy transition is reliant on the mineral resources sector, with growing demand for things such as solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage underscoring...

If a cyber criminal were to take out Western Australia's mining sector, Australia's annual revenue could be cut in half, a cybersecurity expert has warned. According to Edith Cowan University professor Helge Janicke, there is a pressing need for robust cybersecurity measures and for mining to be classified as critical infrastructure in Australia, which would impact regulatory requirements.

Mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with San Francisco-based company Ouster under which Komatsu's autonomous equipment will...

Hitachi Construction Machinery has teamed with fellow Japanese company HMS and Germany's Hololight to develop extended-reality smart glasses that could digitally...

Cadia Valley locals will be able to access the same noise monitoring data used by Newmont at the Cadia gold mine in real time, thanks to the installation of a state-of-the-art...

Western Australian mining trailblazer Gina Rinehart, the executive chair of Hancock Prospecting, is no stranger to challenges, with Australia's richest woman successfully rebuilding late father Lang Hancock's financially troubled company from the ground up after taking the reins in 1992.

Mining contractor NRW Holdings' subsidiary Golding Contractors is still providing mining services to failed company One Steel at the Whyalla's steel works in South...

An external progress review of Rio Tinto's work on a long-term cultural change program reveals mixed results, with promising signs of improved culture, innovation and performance offset by some concerning persistent behaviours.

Resources Victoria is remotely pinpointing historical mining sites in the high country that have all but disappeared under dense vegetation, with an airborne light...

Industry group anger over rising costs and lengthier processes has forced Western Australia's government to review the state's Aboriginal heritage approvals regime....

Irrigation of the leach pad at the solvent extraction plant at True North Copper's project at Cloncurry, Queensland has begun. About 8300 tonnes of copper oxide...

Fifty-fifty joint venture partners Wright Prospecting and Rio Tinto have removed the Giles Mini deposit and decreased the disturbance footprint at the Rhodes Ridge...

The International Council on Mining and Metals has released a suite of tools to help miners and metal companies minimise waste and maximise value in every stage...

NRW Holdings has secured a $360 million contract with gold major Evolution Mining to conduct surface mining at Castle Hill, part of Evolution's greater Mungari gold...

Mining company Mineral Resources is funding a TAFE course in Geraldton that will upskill Yamatji Traditional Owners as heritage advisors and create a business arm...

Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive officer Simon Trott reckons Western Australia can be the Silicon Valley of the global mining industry, thanks to the opening of...

NETWORK services provider Service Stream will carry out station maintenance at the Loy Yang power site in the Latrobe Valley under one of two contracts it has won that are expected to bring in about $340 million in revenue.

ROBOTS are roaming WesTrac's Tomago parts distribution warehouse in New South Wales. The Caterpillar dealer has installed the Autostore system, which uses robots with memory technology powered by artificial intelligence to pick up orders there.

ROBOTS are roaming WesTrac's Tomago parts distribution warehouse in New South Wales. The Caterpillar dealer has installed the Autostore system, which uses robots with memory technology powered by artificial intelligence to pick up orders there.