Arsenikakis built an extraordinary legacy as a pioneer of Australia’s opal industry, championing innovation, resilience and ...

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South Africa’s first new underground gold mine in 15 years opened on Thursday, aiming to capitalize on bullion’s record-breaking rally. West Wits Mining Ltd. held a ceremony at the firm’s Qala ...

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The Queensland Government is proposing a major expansion of the Opalton Mayneside Restricted Area to revitalise opportunities for small-scale miners.

The Crisafulli Government proposed 155,000 hectare expansion to the Opalton-Mayneside Restriced Area. Consultation underway with opal miners and local ...

Three lawmakers who represent Piedmont, South Dakota, hope to change weak state mining laws that allowed a proposed limestone mine to be sited without notification or input by any local officials or ...

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In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, four years after it was forcibly shut down. Mintabie is about 1120km north ...

Just three days after two workers were killed and another was seriously injured in an explosion at Endeavor Mine, north of Cobar in far-west New South Wales (NSW), Polymetals Resources Ltd has ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --Two people were killed and at least one was injured Tuesday in an underground blast at a silver mine in New South Wales, Australian authorities said. NSW Police, in a news update, said ...