From the public viewing platform overlooking Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine, Greg Hewitt reflects on a four-decade career as an underground miner. He spent 25 years lugging around a heavy rock drill ...

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), $431 million was spent on gold exploration in the September quarter, up from $297 million a year ago. As more capital flows to junior ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside the ...