Cretaceous treasures In north-west New South Wales, the opal mining town of Lighting Ridge sits atop a Cretaceous coastal flood plain. The dry, eucalypt and acacia-covered landscape around here is ...

PERTH (mininweekly.com) – New South Wales Minister for Natural Resources Courtney Houssos has introduced an amendment to the Mining Bill to Parliament to address issues regarding the invalidity of ...

Eric the plesiosaur was found in an opal mine in the south of Australia in 1987. Abram Powell The Australian National University Millions of years ago, Eric the plesiosaur swam through the waters of ...

In the dry, desolate landscape of the Australian Outback 500 miles north of Adelaide stands Coober Pedy, a seemingly unremarkable town of 2,500 people. But all is not what it seems here. That is ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - After Deane Clee ventured to Coober Pedy in the Australian desert to run a church, he struggled to eke out a living until he found himself drawn to the outback town's main ...

Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But ...