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AMY Nominees takes the wheel at Prominent Hill
Four months into the largest standalone contract BHP has awarded to a Traditiona...
Reece Harley 26 Oct 2026
Argyle mine handback ‘a long way down the track’ as pink diamond controversy draws attention
The group representing Traditional Owners of the Argyle diamond mine in Western...
Phoebe Solon 24 Oct 2026
Yindjibarndi’s biggest project yet faces final hurdle
First Nations energy developer Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC) has lodged...
David Prestipino 13 Oct 2026
Djarindjin on board for industry expansion
The Indigenous owner of the only airport in the Southern Hemishphere which opera...
David Prestipino 12 Oct 2026
Sacred Bears Ears lands face 72 mining claims following Trump's cuts
Mining claims on land removed from Bears Ears National Monument have risen to 72...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Oct 2026
Environmentalists sue Trump administration to prevent deep-sea mining in American Samoan waters

Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administration over its plans to deep-sea mine in American Samoa territorial waters.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 6, 2026
Sacred Bears Ears lands face mining claims after Trump cuts protections

Mining claims have been lodged across land removed from Bears Ears National Monument just two months after Tribal leaders warned President Donald Trump's cuts could expose sacred lands in Utah to reso...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 24, 2026
Chinese miner pays exorbitant price to take control of PNG mines

A Chinese state-backed company has spent more than $A1 billion to acquire the mines and port facilities on three of Papua New Guinea's islands.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 22, 2026
Aboriginal corporation calls for pause in Tasmanian sand mine proposal

Regional Aboriginal communities in Tasmania are calling on the Dorset Council to reject a development application which would see 770 hectares of the state's North-East coastline mined over the next 4...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 10, 2026
'Poison ground and poison wind' - Traditional Owners reaffirm uranium mining opposition at national gathering

The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance recently held its national gathering on Nukunu Country in South Australia's Flinders Ranges, "strongly" reaffirming its opposition to all uranium projects nationwi...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 7, 2026
US, NZ to fund Cook Islands port for deep sea mining

The US and New Zealand will jointly fund a port development in the Cook Islands that's expected to pave the way for deep sea mining. The $US60 million ($A84 million) project is both a rebuke to China'...

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Ben McKay (AAP) Sep 1, 2026
Organised Crime and Corruption inquiry finds Bougainville's president accepted gift before signing mine deal

A probe into Bougainville's President has found Ishmael Toroama accepted an offer from an Indian company to cover the cost of his wife's life-saving kidney surgery before signing a lucrative mining de...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 31, 2026
Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians mark five years at Waddananggu

Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians will mark five years of the Waddananggu cultural ceremony with a three-day gathering on their homelands within the Adani/Bravus Carmichael mining lease in Cen...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 26, 2026
Fears unregulated mining could imperil Pacific nations

Commercial deep-sea mining in the Pacific could begin in months without policy guardrails due to increasing rivalry between the US and China over critical minerals, a new report warns.

Badimia Barna strikes gold with Native Title mining deal

Badimia people and businesses are set to share in employment, training, contracting and financial benefits from the proposed Youanmi gold mine in Western Australia after a new Native Title mining agre...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 19, 2026
Miners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

"Just say yes."That was the callout to Australia's company leaders at the start of the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie on Monday.

Yanyuwa artist paints Coober Pedy Country for annual art awards

Yanyuwa artist George Cooley has painted the desert landscape around Coober Pedy in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 2, 2026
Evidence of ancient Aboriginal mining discovered in South Australia's Riverland

Evidence has been uncovered which points to Aboriginal mining of stones at Sugarloaf Hill in South Australia's Riverland. The first detailed investigation into an Aboriginal chert and silcrete quarry...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jul 1, 2026
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