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More gold jackpots lurking in WA dirt, top miner says

The mining industry's "Dealer of the Year", Simon Lill, says there are more gold deposits of the scale of his huge Hemi find out there for prospectors.

AAP · Aug 6, 2025

Price floor sends rare earths shares through the roof

Shares in rare earths miners are soaring as the federal government indicates its support for a taxpayer-funded minimum price for the electronics ingredients.

AAP · Aug 4, 2025

Superpower potential: advocates urge uranium rule redo

The coalition's election loss has not dimmed the enthusiasm for nuclear energy among attendees at a major mining conference, and support for net zero is scarce.

AAP · Aug 4, 2025

Diggers and Dealers organisers distance event from alleged groping of Kalgoorlie journalist

The company at the centre of an alleged sexual assault has distanced itself from a Goldfields mining event that saw 23-year-old journalist Amber Lilley allegedly groped.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Kalgoorlie journalist Amber Lilley allegedly groped at a bar after Diggers and Dealers Forum

The Goldfields' largest newspaper says reform in the mining industry is needed after its 23-year-old deputy editor was allegedly groped at a bar after this year's Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Climate, inflation hang over mining forum

Renowned for gold mining larrikins, tended by 'Skimpies' at Kalgoorlie's bars, lithium firms are making their mark this year at Australia's top industry event.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Miners, bankers head west to strike deals

The Diggers and Dealers forum may be the highlight of the mining industry's social calendar, but this year's event also brings an agenda of challenging issues.

AAP · Jul 30, 2022