Mining news headlines

Mount Isa's copper mine is set to close after 60 years in operation, its owners, Glenore, has announced.

Sources have told 9News the Mt Isa copper mining operation has reached "end of life" but the copper smelter and refinery operations will not be effected.

Jen Walsh knew almost nothing about gold when she first picked up a metal detector - but last month she dug up $5000 worth of the precious metal.

A multibillion-dollar legal battle between Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart, her children and two rival mining dynasties over iron ore riches from a project half owned by Rio Tinto is a step closer to a verdict.

The mining giant has apologised and paused work at a mining site in the Pilbara region.

A lucky youngster got the birthday gift of a lifetime when she discovered a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond in Arkansas.

The mining magnate pressured the lawyer of her son John Hancock, a court was told.

Australia's richest person devised an "egregious" seven-step scheme to defraud her children and lie about it, a trial over billions of dollars in iron ore riches has been told.

Premier Roger Cook has confirmed he'll be repealing laws rushed through two years ago in an attempt to protect Aboriginal cultural sites.

A former BHP worker has been jailed for more than five years after raping a colleague at a mining camp after a night of heavy drinking.

Hope Rinehart forwarded one email to her sister Bianca Rinehart, who then sent it to her mother, Gina Rinehart, the court heard.

Hundreds of homes in a small Queensland town could be bulldozed as the local mine closes up operations.

The children of Gina Rinehart have no claim over lucrative iron ore tenements and fraud allegations against their mother have no relevance, a court has been told.

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart knew an iron ore-rich tenement from which her company has made billions was jointly owned by another company before she signed a deal with Rio Tinto to mine it, a trial has been told.

A court battle over billions in iron ore riches is under way, as Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart defends her fortune amid a bitter legal dispute over her father's legacy.

Mining giant BHP wants the country's highest court to overturn requirements for staff to be asked if they want to work on public holidays before they are rostered on.

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Andrew and Nicola Forrest, believed to be Australia's richest couple, have announced their separation.

WorkSafe is investigating the death of a man at a Mineral Resources work site in the Pilbara yesterday.

Thousands of employees were underpaid by the company after a leave bungle.

The richest people in the country have been revealed, and there's a familiar feeling about the 2023 rich list.

His victim told Perth's District Court she woke up to find him raping her after she passed out inside her donga.

A BHP worker says she woke up to find a colleague raping her after night of heavy drinking at a mining camp in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

At least 27 people have died following a fire in a gold mine in Peru - the deadliest mining accident in the country for decades.

A 25-year-old man died at the scene in South Australia's far north.

Employers could land in hot water if they make their staff work on public holidays without giving them the option to take it off.

Rivet Mining Services, chaired by ex-Toll executive Mark Rowsthorn, entered administration on Wednesday, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) documents.

A West Australian mining company is reinventing FIFO working by building two new luxury accomodation precincts to attract female workers and "prioritise health and wellbeing."

Mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group is set to shed over 100 workers in the coming days, with lay-offs already being rolled out this week.

The two men who were trapped 125 metres underground in a collapsed outback Queensland mine have been found dead.

The collective wealth of Australia's top 50 richest people in 2023 is $308 billion, according to Forbes.

From old mining towns, to settlements destroyed by vermin; these are the tragic, and fascinating tales, of Australia's crumbling ruins.

The government on Wednesday turned down a proposal for a new open-cut coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef, invoking environmental laws and the risk of "irreversible damage."

BHP, one of Australia's biggest mining corporations, suspended mining operations for 24 hours following the death of a rail worker.

The mining billionaire will celebrate her 69th birthday by giving 41 lucky Hancock Prospecting workers $100,000 each, as part of a $4.1 million raffle.

The team who worked on the successful recovery of a highly radioactive capsule lost on the side of a road by a mining company says there was never any doubt the tiny but dangerous item would be found.

The discovery of a tiny lost radioactive capsule beside a remote highway in Western Australia raises many questions - not least how it escaped layers of radiation-proof packaging loaded onto a moving truck.

The entire stretch of a 1,400kms-long road may have to be searched for the small device.

The diplomatic crisis between Australia and France triggered by the AUKUS submarine spat appears to be pardoned but not forgotten.

A radioactive capsule the size of a 10-cent coin is lost on a staggering 1200 kilometres of outback Western Australian highway.

WA's state's emergency department is conducting a search for the missing device using gauges to measure radiation along long stretch of freeway between Pilbara region and Perth.

Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell wants to secure a "fair deal" with the European Union "early next year".

Mineral Resources, based in Perth, are particularly trying to attract Kiwi applicants with "great pay packages" and "amazing incentives" to join the company.

Hundreds of workers have been evacuated from a mine site in Western Australia after its power station burnt down.

Perth-based Mineral Resources has launched an advertising campaign targetting Kiwi tradies.

"It is unthinkable that any culture would knowingly destroy Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids or the Lascaux caves in France," Tanya Plibersek told Parliament.

Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has been spotted in the crowd at former US president Donald Trump's 2024 presidential announcement.

The former defence minister says the West risks becoming too dependent on the Asian superpower.

Galarrwuy Yunupingu is representing the Gumatj clan in a $700 million mining compensation claim.

Mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's court case against Facebook parent Meta will proceed after overcoming an argument about legal jurisdiction.