Mining & Materials

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (431+ words) September 14, 2026 — 6:44pm Hundreds of workers at the collapsed Whyalla steelworks will lose their jobs after the site’s administrators abandoned efforts to restart its ageing blast furnace, despite more than $1 billion in taxpayer support being on the table for a potential buyer....

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (248+ words) House Republicans are reportedly discussing removing tax provisions related to mining and staking from a digital assets tax bill. Ahead of the bill's scheduled review this Wednesday, Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee are weighing whether to…...

11+ hour, 52+ min ago   (933+ words) House tax writers have reportedly scheduled a Sept. 16 review of two bills that could change how U.S. miners, stakers and traders calculate federal taxes. The House Ways and Means Committee plans to consider H.R. 9175 and H.R. 9172 on Wednesday. The committee’s public calendar had…...

7+ hour, 36+ min ago   (426+ words) It’s not often a company strikes paydirt by simply kicking the tyres on some old drill core. Still, Elk Range Mining has done just that, unearthing coarse visible gold in historical core from its Friday gold project 15 kilometres southwest of…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1347+ words) New­ly elect­ed Bank­ing, In­sur­ance and Gen­er­al Work­ers Union (BIG­WU) pres­i­dent Deb­bie-Ann Ot­t­ley says the union will not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly ac­cept the…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (456+ words) The red metal just delivered a masterclass in market volatility—surging to all-time highs before …...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago   (138+ words) PILBARA Ports has reported a solid August result, moving a combined 65.9 million tonnes across its ports as iron‑ore demand continued to underpin Western Australia’s export performance. Allen is DCN's WA correspondent. He is one of WA's most experienced journalists…...

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (462+ words) Mexican authorities raided a covert crypto mining facility in the mountainous municipality of Tlaola, Puebla, seizing around 300 graphics processing units along with industrial electrical equipment and satellite antennas. Stolen Power and Crypto Mining Emerge as New Tools for Latin American…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (563+ words) Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero speaks at the opening day of the National Association of Conservation Districts 2026 Pacific Southwest Region Meeting on Aug. 25, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Guam in Tumon Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero intends to have Guam considered an adjacent…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (295+ words) September 14, 2026 - 5.06am Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs due to a decision to permanently shut down the blast furnace at South Australia’s Whyalla steelworks. The key piece of infrastructure, which helps convert iron ore into steel, has been deemed beyond…...