Gold

An elders' group has told a Federal Court in Sydney that the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming story was not being kept "up its sleeve" three years after a protection bid was first made to the Commonwealth.

Lawyers for former federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek have defended the Commonwealth's acceptance of the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming to protect part of a gold mine site from development.

Regis Resources argues the federal environment department was "uncritical" in accepting evidence about a First Nations Dreaming story that led to its proposed gold project being halted.

WA gold miners are stockpiling millions of dollars worth of the precious metal, believing it is more valuable than cash in the current environment.  

The operators of Ballarat Gold Mine have been charged over a rockfall that killed 37-year-old miner Kurt Hourigan and seriously injured a 21-year-old workmate in March 2024.

Fosterville Gold Mine in central Victoria is approved to expand despite concerns from neighbours and environmental advocates.

The global price of gold has seen an unprecedented rise this year, reaching more than $6,000 an ounce in October for the first time in history.

As Mike Lorigan reports, the surge in price has many looking to find fortune in the precious metal.

A major investment bank says gold is following share markets higher. While the precious metal consistently pushes record highs, it suggests the gold price could continue to rise substantially. But what's really at stake?

Gold prospectors are being locked out of some fossicking areas by a new law that allows mining companies with pending leases to say no.

Precious metal prices have been pushing record highs and, as queues lengthened outside bullion traders, gold and silver prices suddenly fell back. But positive signs remain, analysts say.

The Perth Mint's John O'Donoghue explains what's behind gold's biggest decline in years. 

The price of gold has hit another record and is set to become Australia's second most valuable resource export after iron ore.

The gold-mining sector is set to boost WA's economy, with 2,400 new jobs forecast over the next five years compared to 1,200 in iron ore.  

The price of gold has risen by a third so far this year and central banks are selling US dollars and replacing them with the precious metal. The threat of rising global inflation is at the core of the economic concerns.

Tjiwarl Aboriginal Corporation meets with South African miner Gold Fields in Leinster to sign an agreement for one of the WA's oldest gold mines. 

Ausgold's deal includes an 860-hectare land acquisition, as well as compensation and relocation of the farming families involved.

Kalgoorlie's 4.5 kilometre-long Super Pit mine comes back from the brink, striving to reclaim its crown as Australia's biggest-producing gold mine. 

A Victorian prospector has literally struck gold while making a tutorial video on the subject in WA's Goldfields, unearthing a 7-ounce nugget.

A $65 million, 800-bed camp will be built in Kalgoorlie-Boulder to house construction workers for upcoming projects at Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine.  

A proposed goldmine in WA will bring with it hundreds of jobs, but conservation groups are concerned about the impact it will have on the endangered Carnaby's black cockatoo population.