While the price of gold wavered from its usual steadiness at the end of 2016 Australia has continued to explore and develop gold operations into the new year.

Australian Mining speaks with Delta Energy Systems’ regional manager (industrial automation) David Bolt about the advantages of medium voltage drives in the mining sector.

Exploration activity in Australia has been noticeably lower for the past five years, but there are signs of optimism.

Australian Mining spoke to Andrew Walters, data analysis lead at Hitachi Data Systems, on the importance of data management amid the growing shift towards automation in the mining industry.

Lithium Australia is edging closer to the commercialisation of its Sileach processing method after promising testing of the breakthrough technology in 2016.

A list of the 10 essential Australian mining conferences to attend this year that will provide key insights into the future of the industry.

David Hegarty, managing director of Rockwell Australia and New Zealand, outlines what the Internet of Things means for manufacturers in the Oceania region.

Senior analyst for The Morgan Report discusses which is best: owning physical precious metals or owning mining stocks.

Tony Brooks, director of Safety MITS (Mining Industrial Trade Suppliers), discusses the dangers of using timber to support heavy loads.

In Australia, the push for diverse workforces is a mining recruitment trend that looks like it is here to stay. However, don’t expect emerging technologies, like autonomous equipment, to heavily influence workforces just yet.

In the first week of January 2017, Alumina, one of Australia’s major mining companies, announced it is to permanently shut down the Suralco mine and refinery in Suriname.

It was an up and down year for commodities, but things ultimately finished in the black.

A new dust suppression technology has been developed to help tackle incidence of black lung.

Australian Mining speaks to Laserbond chairman Allan Morton about the company’s partnership with the University of South Australia and its vision for the future.

Australian Mining attended the opening of Cudeco’s Rocklands copper mine in Queensland.

The Arctic is experiencing an extraordinary heatwave… so does this mean the region’s fabled energy resources will finally be exploited?

The Carmichael coal mine planned in Queensland has cleared another legal hurdle, with the state’s Supreme Court dismissing a legal challenge to the validity of the state government’s decision to approve the project.

For many years Western Australia enjoyed solid economic growth, matched by business investment and an unemployment rate lower than the national average.

States like Tasmania have benefited from the end of the mining boom says Christopher Kent, speaking for the last time as the RBA Chief Economist.

Water produced when coal seam gas (CSG) is extracted from below ground can be safely re-injected hundreds of metres underground, according to new CSIRO research.