In a fossil-rich pocket of northern New South Wales, two pioneering palaeontologists have spent decades digging up rare ...

Mr Stutley and Mr Saunders are mining a patch of land 15 miles north of the South Australian town of Coober Pedy, which is known as "the opal capital of the world". South Australia supplies 80% of ...

“They are gifts from Mother Earth and are, fittingly, Australia’s national gemstone ... chose to return home to try her own ...

But mining black opal isn't easy ... But over 90% of the world's opal comes from Australia. And a lot of the black opal is found here, at Lightning Ridge. It's located on the edge of the Outback ...

Read on to learn more about Australia's role in the uranium industry with a focus on its operating mines and future producers. Mine information and data is sourced from the mining database MDO ...

Australia’s Cooper Pedy is one of the ... Today, Cooper Pedy supplies the majority of the world’s opals, despite no large ...

Coober Pedy is at the centre of Australia's opal mining industry. Now the town, where 60% of its residents live underground, is becoming a leader in sustainable living. Video by Clare Richardson ...

The equipment needed to mine and cost to register your claim ... Over 90% of black opals come from Australia, but they aren't easy to find. Miners start by drilling a vertical shaft in an area ...

Australia is home to 25 million people and ... It’s a cool spring evening in White Cliffs, a quirky opal-mining town in New South Wales. Locals live like hobbits here, in ventilated holes.

Trout in Mine-Polluted Rivers Are Genetically 'Isolated' May 30, 2024 — Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically 'isolated' from other ...

The pair’s sisters, Tess Madgen and Izzy Borlase, are part of the 12-player Australian women’s basketball team and will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, beginning this month. Tess - a ...

But mining black opal isn't easy ... But over 90% of the world's opal comes from Australia. And a lot of the black opal is found here, at Lightning Ridge. It's located on the edge of the Outback ...