Since the modern gold rushes of the 1970s and 1980s, gold has been one of Australia's major exports. Australia is the second-largest gold producer globally behind China and holds the second largest ...

Scientists at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have developed a new process designed to improve gold recovery and recycle toxic cyanide used in mining. The method, called ‘Sustainable Gold ...

Copper smelting dust, a by‐product of the copper refining industry, contains not only hazardous arsenic but also valuable metals such as copper, zinc, lead, bismuth and others. The effective treatment ...