5-23-18 update: This year’s NASA Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center turned out to be a proof-of-concept run for Cyclone Space Mining. And, despite some disappointments in the ...

Copper/gold miner Sandfire Resources on Friday confirmed that underground mining at its DeGrussa operation, in Western Australia, was temporarily suspended earlier this week after rainwater ...

Rio’s export terminal at East Intercourse Island remains out of action and under repair in the wake of Cyclone Sean, which dumped a record 274mm of rain on parts of the Pilbara in a 24-hour ...

The cyclone was likely to land near Port Hedland – about 17 hours’ drive north of state capital Perth – before tracking inland across sparsely populated mining and cattle country.

sydney — Category 5 Cyclone Zelia swirled toward Australia's minerals-rich western coast Friday, with predicted gusts of up to 290 kilometers per hour sparking emergency warnings and port closures.