The environmental impact of mineral mining

From humble beginnings in England in the 12th century, to landmark civil rights court cases in the US in the 1960s, class actions are now rarely out of the headlines.They’re a means of bringing together large groups of people – sometimes millions – under the umbrella of a collect ...  Show more

250 years ago, on the 9th of March 1776, a book was published that didn’t just explain the economy, it changed it. The Wealth of Nations, written by "the father of economics" Adam Smith, sparked debates that still rage today, shaping everything from global trade to how much you e ...  Show more

The clean energy transition has a dirty underside. To move away from fossil fuels and toward solar, wind, batteries, and other alternative sources of energy, we have to intensify mining operations for critical minerals like lithium, copper, and cobalt.

Magna Mining has signed a toll mining agreement for their 109 FW Zone at Crean Hill. Drill results from Brunswick Exploration, Fury gold Mines and Strikepoint Gold. Talon Metals have extended the Raptor Zone. Sierra metals is refinancing their debt facility.

We wanted to learn more about diamonds, so we brought on the expert.

Paul Zimnisky has been an independent consultant analysing the diamond for over a decade, so we used the chance to learn about lab grown diamonds, the viability of the diamond mining industry, ...

This week, we hit the Fin’s Mining Summit and rubbedshoulders with the who’s who of Australia’s mining elite.We decide to break down the big themes everyone’s debating — who’s really top dog in iron ore, which miners should do a copper deal, how to make Australia #1 in mining as ...  Show more