Union clashes with gold miner over pay rises

Union clashes with gold miner over pay rises

The Australian Workers Union WA said Gold Fields Australia attempted to rush through a “sub par” enterprise agreement that will impact 1800 employees.

  • byHolly Thompson

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‘Fear barometer’:Inside the vault where business booms in tough times

‘Fear barometer’:Inside the vault where business booms in tough times

As inflation rises,and the conflict in Ukraine intensifies,consumers are trying to get their hands on gold,a traditionally safe asset.

  • byHenrietta Cook
Thai Prime Minister under fire over reopening of Australian gold mine

Thai Prime Minister under fire over reopening of Australian gold mine

Australia’s Kingsgate Consolidated has been given the green light to restart operations five years after Thailand’s then military government shut it down.

  • byChris Barrett
He’s a gold digger,not that it means he’s taking all the money

He’s a gold digger,not that it means he’s taking all the money

Glenn Conroy has found plenty of pieces of gold over 40 years of metal detecting. These days he’s giving some of it away.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Modern-day ‘gold rush’ looms as Victoria awards new exploration areas

Modern-day ‘gold rush’ looms as Victoria awards new exploration areas

Two miners have won exploration rights to more than 15,000 square kilometres in north-central Victoria,where millions of ounces of gold are thought to remain.

  • byNick Toscano
Britain’s Royal Mint to turn rubbish to treasure by recovering gold from discarded phones,laptops

Britain’s Royal Mint to turn rubbish to treasure by recovering gold from discarded phones,laptops

There is 100 times more gold in a tonne of mobile phones than in a tonne of gold ore,according to 2019 report by the World Economic Forum.

  • byRachel Pannett
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Flash crash shows why there are many reasons to be gloomy about gold
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Flash crash shows why there are many reasons to be gloomy about gold

Gold’s swift drop to its lowest level since March has highlighted some tough truths for the precious metal.

  • byEddie Spence,Akshay Chinchalkar andYvonne Yue Li
Miners take Silicon Valley approach in pitching industry to investors

Miners take Silicon Valley approach in pitching industry to investors

How Aussie miners took the ‘clean’ and ‘green’ approach at the nation’s largest industry conference to try and sell gold,battery metals,and everything in between to create a new energy economy.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
‘Gold is not green’:New energy economy hopes floated at Diggers and Dealers

‘Gold is not green’:New energy economy hopes floated at Diggers and Dealers

Kalgoorlie may have been built on the back of gold but on day one of the regional city’s annual mining conference it was nickel,rare earths,and lithium threatening to take centre stage.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Pilbara gold find WA’s biggest since Gruyere and Tropicana

Pilbara gold find WA’s biggest since Gruyere and Tropicana

The scale of De Grey Mining’s Mallina Gold Project has exceeded the expectations of analysts and the company itself for what has become one of WA’s largest gold finds in a decade.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Michael Chaney to chair WA gold miner Northern Star Resources

Michael Chaney to chair WA gold miner Northern Star Resources

Chaney adds another prominent WA company name to his resume as Bill Beament takes his leave.

  • byTess Ingram