Featured - Resourc.ly: mining stories from Western Australia

The 100-million-year-old deposit that could help shape a region

The Kimberley is known around the globe for many things - this probably isn't one of them...yet.

You’ve probably never seen a mine like this before

There are greenfields mining developments and there are “green fields” projects – and then there is the Tampia Gold Mine, which is one of the few in Western Australia that can lay claim to being both.

From France, via Russia and Colombia to the Pilbara, with love (and some great photos!)

If you ever wanted an indication of where a career in mining and resources can take you geographically, look no further than Laurent Trost.

Goldfields workers find new way to strike it rich

Mining is already pretty well regarded for providing healthy pay packets but a group of workers in the Goldfields has found a quite spectacular way to supplement their incomes.

Could going back-to-the-future help decarbonise mining exports?

When the Shofu Maru bulk carrier sailed into Newcastle Harbour earlier this week, it might not have appeared to be anything particularly out of the ordinary on first glance.

At one stage there were 2400 people, now there’s just a single pub

If you ever wanted a physical depiction of the way ‘gold fever’ gripped and then deserted areas of WA in years gone by, then you probably don’t need to look much further than Broad Arrow.

How the most leggy creature in history was found in a WA mining hole

It was a discovery that made headlines around the world - and even experienced scientists are still blown away by it.

‘The real Aussie outback’: how Aditi and Abhishek found a home far away from home

In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread across the world, Aditi Malik and her husband Abhishek Goel had plenty to think about.

The Goldfields pub that served Australia’s first counter meals

To the modern day consumer, the concept of eating a counter meal at a pub is hardly radical – in fact, we’re so spoiled for choice that you’d probably be disappointed if an establishment didn’t provide the option.

Kalgoorlie wakes to a shake for a different reason

Anyone who has ever lived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder – or even visited – can tell you that it’s not unusual to feel WA’s best-known gold mining town shaking. The iconic Super Pit blasts on a regular basis, with some of those being bigger and more spectacular than others. But pre-dawn on Tuesday morning, Kalgoorlie-Boulder residents had […]