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In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -First-quarter revenue at Australia's Lynas Rare Earths rose by 66% from a year earlier, the company said on Thursday, but missed market expectations, though it flagged strong ...

SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Two workers were killed and another injured in an explosion at the recently reopened Polymetals Resources-owned (POL.AX), opens new tab Endeavor silver, zinc and lead mine ...

Anglo American's third-quarter copper output was broadly flat. However, production from its steelmaking coal division more than halved following a fire at its Moranbah North mine in Australia. The ...