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Mining giant Mineral Resources, which received a five-year royalty holiday from the WA government to keep an iron ore mine open, says further taxpayer assistance would not have affected its decision to close.

With Australia holding the biggest share of the world's silver reserves, an 18 per cent price rise over the past six months has people talking — especially when it comes to the silver lining of technology.

Wars, currency concerns and inflation pressures are driving up the price of physical gold and Australian mining stocks are finally seeing the upside. 

DFES says limited truck escorts will take place tonight, with the key freight link set to remain closed into Saturday.

Firefighters in a rural community have spent years trying to secure a water supply. But a series of inexplicable government decisions have left them without the vital resource.

When John Watson was bitten by a crocodile, he knew exactly which plant would help his wound. Scientists now think that plant could lead to a powerful pain relief gel.

The Australian dollar gold price hit an all-time record high this week, briefly reaching $3,130 an ounce.

A review of Gold Fields, which runs four mines in Australia, has found that 47 per cent of its global workforce had experienced some form of inappropriate behaviour at work.

A resources industry veteran says Australia’s mining industry has an image problem and many agree with him.

After seven years on the run, a sheep on Western Australia’s south-east coast has been captured and shorn for just the second time in his life, netting a fleece more than five times the average weight for a merino.