President Donald Trump speaks before signing the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House ...

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Australian Opal Direct has announced its natural Australian opal ring collection featuring rare gemstones from Queensland, ...

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The NSW Government will update the regulatory framework for small-scale mining titles to deliver a safe and strong opal industry for miners, farmers ...

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It started as a single-room dugout in the local postman's garage. Now a three-bedroom attraction with local-legend status, ...

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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, ...

Whereas, the United States of America (the “United States” or “U.S.”) and the Commonwealth of Australia (“Australia”, and together, the “Participants”) intend to support the supply of raw and ...

Australia’s uranium sector remains shaped by state-based rules, with Western Australia maintaining a ban on new uranium mining licenses since 2017. While projects approved before the ban were allowed ...

BHP Group will invest more than 840 million Australian dollars, equivalent to US$555 million, in new projects at its Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia. The move comes as the miner seeks to ...