The Australian Mining Review
Budget Breakdown
The mining industry managed to dodge any new taxes in the 2026– 27 Budget, but a battle has ensued over net zero, approvals, commodity revenue and the future of coal. The Federal Government outlined a plan to put money behind faster approvals,...
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Danger as a condition of work
At 2pm on July 31, 1902, Mount Kembla Colliery exploded. The blast killed 96 workers, shattering families across the Illawarra region of NSW. The Mount Kembla explosion remains the worst recorded mining disaster in Australian history. No one knew...
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Coal: the reliable fallback
War in the Middle East has pushed energy security back to the centre of the market, with disruptions to Qatar’s LNG sector raising fresh concerns about global fuel supply. Across three days in early March, stateowned energy giant QatarEnergy ceased...
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An African ascension
Africa is one of the world’s most dynamic mining frontiers. And one of the most contested. The continent is widely estimated to hold about 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, spanning gold, base metals and critical minerals. It is a potential engine...
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A future without Mount Isa
North-west Queensland was rocked when Glencore closed the doors at its Mount Isa mine in 2025. Depleting deposits and aging infrastructure at the more than 70-year-old site brought the region’s future into question — leaving thousands of workers in...
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Profits up, jobs down: the resources sector paradox
Site wind downs and job cuts dominated headlines in 2025. In November, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) placed its Saraji South coal mine, which employed more than 750 workers, into care and maintenance. In a second culling, the company announced it...
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Deep sea mining will happen whether we like it or not
Virtue-based legislation comes with a storied history. In 1927, Al Capone’s liquor operations were generating an estimated US$60m per year in revenue, roughly US$873m in today’s dollars. The secret to his success? The fact that the operations were...
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