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Australia's Paydirt, Issue 332 The November issue of Paydirt is usually dedicated to a full review of the Australian Nickel Conference but the eagle-eyed among our readers will notice this year’s coverage only extends to eight pages This is not because we are getting...

Gold Mining Journal, Issue 157 Regular readers will know I’ve been anticipating this revival for some time and like any broken clock, I will eventually end up correct, even if just for a minute. But several movements of the last few months point to a genuine changing...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 331 Ironically, given the current sentiment towards the sector on capital markets, exploration remains the lifeblood of the entire mining industry Without a thriving exploration sector, the entire mining ecosystem comes under threat. For...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 330 Diggers & Dealers, to which we dedicate much of this edition, is usually a good measure of the state of Australia’s mining industry and where it is headed. The problem this year was the barometer reading was so blurred nobody came...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 329 As is traditional with our August edition, we dedicate the larger part of this edition to previewing Africa Down Under (ADU), to be held in Perth on September 4-6 As long-time readers will know, ADU has been at the vanguard of not just...

Gold Mining Journal, Issue 156 There is any amount of rumour swirling around the gold sector at the moment but as we go to print, it is very difficult to get a read on exactly what is true, what is conjecture and what is simple fantasy The merry-go-round kicked off...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 328 As we head into a new financial year, it feels like the entire Australian mining sector is waiting for the next major trend to emerge In the gold sector, the rampant price has everyone is still anticipating another big M&A deal...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 327 I feel like after three successive editorials waxing on critical minerals, I should move onto something else, but with every gold miner simply enjoying sky-high prices and iron ore in a flat, uncontroversial period, there is little...

Australia's Paydirt, Issue 326 The Australian Federal Government’s response to the global dynamics in the critical minerals space continues to develop, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing related funding programmes would come under one new policy umbrella,...

  When putting this issue together, it felt inevitable that the discussion we charted last month – the turbulence being experienced by the Australian critical minerals sector – would also be at the heart of this month’s conversation. And, so it has proven, but...