The state government has attempted to smooth the road to commitment for a new mine near Cloncurry, an area nearly 100 kilometres north-east of Mount Isa known for its large copper and gold deposits.

More than 1000 jobs are in limbo as Glencore announces Mount Isa Mines’ underground copper operations will close in the second half of 2025. Read Today's Paper Tributes Rewards ...

Red Metal is poised to unlock its potentially massive Queensland copper-gold projects, thanks to $400,000 in grants from the ...

A seismic change has struck Mount Isa after the state government announced it’ll reduce rail charges for new phosphate mines ... requests to move Harmony Gold’s Eva Copper project towards ...

“We want to see mines opening, not closing,” Mr Last said. “That’s why we’re incentivising phosphate on the Mount Isa rail line ... to move Harmony Gold’s Eva Copper project towards ...