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How goes the gold sector maintain its record surge in 2026?
Things have rarely looked brighter for Australian gold companies, but the sector for the sector in 2026 will be maintaining the momentum. Here’s a look at what matters most to the different sections of the industry over the next 12 months: The juniors Last year...
Metals and minerals set to continue rollercoaster ride
As we ride towards the end of the year, it is safe to say there have been few more tumultuous periods in metals and minerals markets than 2025. Previous decades have seen bigger booms and market crashes, more controversies and success stories, but I can think of no...
Are we at the beginning of a boom or the start of a bust?
It is a question which, in the mining sector, is always under interpretation. The Hedley Widdup Lion Selection clock is a great visualisation of the mining sector’s boom-bust cycle – the problem is there is no telling just how quickly the hands are moving. In the...
A contrarian viewpoint on the rising gold price
Given I regularly wrote about the greenshoots emerging for juniors during the long downturn, it is only fair that I take a contrarian standpoint while the sector enjoys the greatest period in its history Don’t get me wrong, I am not predicting the end of the gold...
From Colorado to Perth: The Global Pulse of Mining and Investment
I’m filing this editorial from Denver; Colorado having spent the last few days at the Mining Americas Forum in the US state There were plenty of Australian companies at the event, and even more at the preceding Beaver Creek Precious Metals Summit, also in Colorado....
Economic reform roundtable: Productivity, approvals and the impact of AI
The September issue of Paydirt went to print as the Australian Federal Government launched into its economic reform roundtable in Canberra, billed as the most important meeting since the Hawke Government’s National Economic Summit in 1983. The Hawke summit is now...
Ball in Australia’s court to strengthen ties with Africa
As old alliances and economic ties are redrawn or torn up, Australia has a chance to improve relations with Africa. And the Federal Government could do worse than lean on its mining sector to provide support. Australian-African relations have never been described as...
Brownfields exploration continuing to reap the best returns for gold diggers
I don’t want to sound dramatic, but there have been times over the last few years when I wondered if the exploration industry model as we know it is broken and set for the biggest change in a generation. Commodity prices have rarely been higher. Gold is the obvious...
Are we on the cusp of a golden age of discovery?
I don’t want to sound dramatic, but there have been times over the last few years when I wondered if the exploration industry model as we know it is broken and set for the biggest change in a generation. Commodity prices have rarely been higher. Gold is the obvious...
Labor wins just the tonic for Australia’s resources industry
It might feel counterintuitive to say, but the resounding victories for the ALP in state and federal elections this year may be the best outcome the Australian mining industry could’ve hoped for At the West Australian level, the Cook Government and its Minister of...
Much of Paydirt’s editorial focus this year has been on the copper sector
This hasn’t been a deliberate strategy, merely following where the news is and there have been few times in living memory when the Australian copper space has been so busy. While some of the steam has come out of the price, there remains confidence in the longer-term...