All articles by Giles Crosse

Giles Crosse

New recruits: the hiring challenges of Australian mining

Many industries have been disrupted in recent years, and Australian mining is no different. Giles Crosse speaks to Zenith Energy COO Graham Cooper about both the challenges and the opportunities this new world presents.

Wealth in the water: the face-off over deep-sea mining in Oceania

The deepest oceans remain untouched, for now, by large-scale industrial development, but that could be about to change. Giles Crosse investigates.

What does the aborted Williams Bay exploration mean for Australian mining?

United Funds’ sudden application for and withdrawal from exploration permits in Western Australia has shone a spotlight on permitting law.

A diplomatic incident: inside the US lawsuit against Vale over Brumadinho

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a lawsuit against Vale. Could this set a precedent for the international mining industry?

The past, present, and future of the Queensland Resource Council

Rio Tinto has announced plans to leave the influential Queensland Resource Council. We look into the council’s history.

It came from the sky: drones, machine learning and exploring meteorites for mining

Could techniques used to track a falling meteorite catalyse future mining among the stars?

Law, sand, order: inside South African sand mining

Mining industry group ASPASA wants a crack down on artisanal sand mining. With sand extraction a critical part of the country’s construction industry, what happens next?