Silicon for solar panels and batteries will be part of a green precinct for high-tech manufacturing to kickstart new supply chains and end China's dominance.
Two climate companies are teaming up to put thousands more electric vehicles into Australian mines, with forecasts thousands will be in use by 2026.
The federal government has been accused of putting workplace diversity at risk through its labour loophole laws, but unions beg to differ.
Net debt has shrunk and the budget surplus has boomed, a report into the Queensland government's finances has revealed.
Super funds and other climate investors have released a plan to help bankroll new industries so workers facing job losses do not shoulder the burden alone.
An extra $2 billion for the critical minerals supply chain will form part of the Albanese government's plan to support allies and overhaul the economy.
Whitehaven will pay up to $6.4 billion for BHP's Daunia and Blackwater coking coal mines in Queensland, transforming itself into a metallurgical coal player.
The impact of Glencore's plan to close its Queensland copper mine in 2025 will ripple across the state's northwest.
The federal government has been granted leave to appeal late Gumatj leader Yunupingu's final case regarding compensation for mining in northeast Arnhem Land.
About 1200 workers are in limbo and a Queensland town is reeling after Glencore announced one of the world's biggest copper mines would close in 2025.
The Big Australian says it is on track to meet full-year production guidance across all assets and the integration of OZ Minerals' mines has gone well.
Carbon offsets should be used as a last resort and limited to Australia's heaviest polluters, conservationists warn the federal government.
A report has found India will reduce its dependence on Aussie coal in steel furnaces as the price of green hydrogen comes down and carbon penalties go up.
Mining companies are among big energy users bankrolling wind farms and other renewable energy projects to offset carbon emissions.
As the Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy and Exploration conference gets under way in Cairns, looking after heritage is high on the agenda.
Mining is more than playing its part in the economy's decarbonisation, according to a progress report issued by the Minerals Council of Australia.
The mining industry has warned the prime minister against taking the sector for granted and pushing investment elsewhere with "extreme" workplace laws.
Green groups have lashed the federal government and questioned its climate credentials after it approved its fourth coal project this year.
Fortescue Metals Group has booked a lower full-year profit after a writedown, slashed the final dividend and shocked investors with another new CEO.
Imdex says while short-term conditions are subdued the tech firm continues positioning for stronger battery minerals demand requiring miners to dig deeper.
Pilbara Minerals reports a 326 per cent surge in net profit to $2.4 billion as the world rapidly electrifies and demands a secure supply of sustainable lithium.
A Queensland court has ruled against a family claiming $5 million from Mount Isa Mines alleging a teenager suffers brain damage as a result of lead poisoning.
Government ministers are making their way to Western Australia for cabinet deliberations as the prime minister prepares to tour a mining port.
Cabinet will meet in Western Australia as the prime minister looks to the state's booming resource sector and pushes ahead with his referendum campaign.
Fortescue Metals Group has booked a lower full-year profit after a writedown, appointed a new CEO and added former CSIRO head Larry Marshall to the board.
Profits and dividends are down at BHP on lower commodity prices, but the mining giant says it is managing inflationary pressures better than its rivals.
BHP has been warned to "use or lose" its Queensland mining leases as the treasurer continues his stoush with miners over the government's royalties regime.
A nickel explorer has industrial giants from Japan queuing for future supplies from under the red dirt out west as the battery minerals race accelerates.
Gina Rinehart's father, mining pioneer Lang Hancock, wrote to his daughter in a bid to sever their ties amid a bitter dispute in the years before he died.
Gina Rinehart allegedly tasked the forerunner to PricewaterhouseCoopers with a "special project" to undo her father's legacy at the expense of her children.
Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has been accused of making threats, intimidation and lying during a bitter family dispute over Lang Hancock's legacy.
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