Mine, tunnel front, silhouette of a standing worker

What mining means to Australians: a national survey

A new national survey of 8,020 citizens reveals what mining means to Australians. While most Australians accept mining and think it makes an important contribution to our economy, they hold low levels of trust in in the industry and don’t feel they have a voice in shaping the industry’s practices.

Quest to explain the Pilbara’s unusual ‘watermelon-seed’ gold nuggets

Hundreds of unusual gold nuggets shaped like watermelon seeds were discovered in the Pilbara goldfields last year. We’re now getting to the bottom of how and why these gold nuggets exist.

Female in blue overalls staining in a field holding a tablet device

Mining the Internet of Things

Exploration and mining companies are just at the beginning of a digital transformation through the Internet of Things. Accurate and fast data is driving decision-making more and more across the whole mineral value chain. Issue 13 of resourceful takes a look at some of the new technologies unpinning this change.

Exploration needs to get smart if we’re to remain a leading gold producer

It’s a bleak outlook for the future of Australian gold production and revenue unless we rapidly innovate the exploration sector to improve discovery rates.

Multicoloured images showing moelcular structures

Creating 3D digital rocks using x-ray data

Superman had the power to see through solid objects with his x-ray vision and now we’re using a similar approach to see ‘inside’ solid rock.

Graphite up close: A 3D graphite sample structure merging into a colourful 2D x-ray map highlighting the chemistry within a graphite deposit.

What to know about graphite: the mineral of extremes

With the rise of electric cars and energy storage, graphite – a mineral made of carbon – is poised to be hot on the commodity market to meet demand for lithium-ion batteries.

Contour map showing Coompana Anomaly as deep blue/low magnetic signal against backdrop of red/higher magnetic signal.

Magnetic mystery on the Nullarbor

Underneath the barren landscape of the Nullarbor Plains in South Australia lurks a mysterious magnetic anomaly which has intrigued geologists for decades. New data is helping to explain what is it and how it may have formed.

The hype about HyLogger

Our new deal with Australian METS company Corescan will see our exploration tool and mineral analysis technology - HyLogger- launched into new global markets.

Mined iron ore

From big data to robotics: growth opportunities for METS

Our Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) Roadmap looks to the future and identifies five key growth opportunities for the mining industry and its suppliers.

We're leading future science to find the earth's deep and hidden mineral, energy and water resources.

Exploration: Towards building an accurate picture of the deep earth

New Deep Earth Imaging research aims to enable the exploration industry to 'see' and unlock the earth's deep mineral, energy and water resources.

The Russian town of Norilsk contains the world’s most valuable source of mined nickel. Norilsk mine and town, 2014., Author provided.

Death metal: how nickel played a role in the world’s worst mass extinction

The Norilsk nickel deposits in Russia are unique: giant volcanic eruptions 250 million years ago released colossal amounts of nickel into the atmosphere, kickstarting the Great Dying.

Our new partnership with Chrysos will help us use x-ray vision to find gold.

Finding gold in a rush

New x-ray technology will bombard rock samples to help us locate gold and other metals.