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Who was St Barbara and why is she the patron saint of miners?

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

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

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

The Goldfields pub that served Australia’s first counter meals

‘Most people never see this’: mapping and snapping WA’s unique wilderness

The electric plane revolution may already be upon us

When your planned elopement goes underground

Great open road beckons for Team CME

The WA mine with its own dedicated (and decorated) fire brigade

Another new frontier for company chasing ‘mining’s impossible dream’

Entire old mining town up for sale…including its pub!

‘We want to dig a bloody great pit’: key Super Pit figure fondly remembered

How a child soldier found a new life in mining in Australia

Mark’s love of the environment led him somewhere you might not expect

Eggy went to Port Hedland as a kid, stayed and now has a street named after him

‘We want to be the fence at the top of the cliff, not the ambulance at the bottom’

The exhibition giving the world a fresh look at Pilbara art

Like father, like daughter as first Rail Academy intake graduates

Dockers hi-vis finds its way to….Kentucky?

Miners from all walks of life find success in emergency response action

Mining volunteers step up to help one of their own in snake bite emergency

Sisters aren’t just doing it for themselves

The program bringing an extra sense of family to WA mine sites

‘I didn’t know what I was applying for…I just wanted a job’

Yvette navigates the path less travelled to success in the resources sector

‘Ghosts of the Goldfields’ no apparition for mine site miscreants

Mining break helps Kyle chase his dreams and provide for his daughter

Food at Tropicana mine site

How much food do you need to keep a mining camp going?

Andy Barnes

From a Michelin-starred restaurant to cooking in the middle of a WA desert

WA’s Solar MacGyver won’t stop pushing the boundaries

Pilbara Ports’ first female marine cadets to set sail on giant iron ore carrier

‘We can help anywhere’: why mine rescue training extends beyond site

Lego life turns out to be a gold mine for Alexander

‘You could hear the rumblings’: Adam built a business around mining’s big shift

Western Australia’s resources sector comes out in support of Breast Cancer awareness

Daniel Goss

‘Thousands of hours’: what goes into making a mine rescue competition happen

‘We love to fly and love to help’: the pilots many West Aussies can’t live without

How rangers in the WA desert found Australia’s most elusive bird

Seven days, 1170km and some unforgettable memories

AFL hi-vis is apparently a thing…and Freo’s might not be the worst!

Nicole Young De Grey Mining

‘Happy accident’ leads Nicole to golden opportunity at one of WA’s most exciting mining projects

From Perth to Laverton…with a difference

Alcoa trainees

Trainees from all walks of life find new opportunities in WA mining sector

‘I wanted to learn how to help’: Victoria embraces emergency response life on site

First recruits set to hit the tracks at new WA mining rail academy

Jeff Haworth

Geology takes Jeff from the ‘Wild West’ to one of WA’s best-kept secrets

Teenage WA ranger snaps ‘Holy Grail’ photo of Australia’s most elusive bird in flight

Perth geologist turns love for WA’s rugged rocks into make-up range