Regional Focus

Image: Jorunn Lorenzen.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  THE regional centre of Emerald is back on its feet, with a fresh round of coal projects crying out for...

  All images: City of Karratha    BY: JESSICA CUMMINS  The Pilbara support service hubs of Port Hedland and Karratha are preparing for a new wave of growth,...

Kwinana Industries Council director Chris Oughton. Image: KIC.   BY REUBEN ADAMS  TIANQI'S decision to establish a lithium downstream processing facility at the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA)...

Image: Chalice Gold.   BY ELIZABETH FABRI   RECENT success at Kirkland Lake’s Fosterville gold mine has sparked a new wave of activity in regional Victoria. But it’s...

Mt Marion mine. Image: Neometals.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  GOLD and nickel have been the lifeblood of WA’s Goldfields region for 125 years. But this is about...

Image: Grange Resources.   BY CAMERON DRUMMOND  GROWTH projects are underway across many of Tasmania’s larger operations, but greenfields exploration has remained stagnant. Now, the State Growth...

Vitrinite team members with a core sample taken from their Karin deposit. Image: Vitrinite.  BY ELIZABETH FABRI  BOWEN Basin locals may be quick to talk down another...

An operator stands next to plant machinery on a bauxite plateau at Rio’s Amrun project, Far North QLD. Image: Rio Tinto.  BY CAMERON DRUMMOND  GROWING Chinese...

MMG’s Dugald River zinc mine near Cloncurry, QLD. Image: MMG.  BY CAMERON DRUMMOND  INITIATIVES by the Queensland Government to boost exploration and support employment diversification aim to...

Southern Nights discovery. Image: Peel Mining.   BY ELIZABETH FABRI  IN the outback town of Cobar rising commodity prices are restoring confidence at existing operations, as fresh...