Metal Detective
METAL DETECTIVE
The best of Metal Detective
Stephen Bell is having a break from metal detecting for a while, so MNN is looking back on his best columns
06 March 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
The earth is patient for the OZ
It's back to the future for OZ , so let's hope the wheels of fate turn more favourably than last time
27 February 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
Big miners, big problems
Australia's biggest miners are caught in a trap of their own making, writes Metal Detective Stephen Bell
20 February 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
Yellow blast from the past
It looks like WA about to suffer a new outbreak of yellow fever in the wilds of the Kimberley, writes
13 February 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
Abracadabra for lead … and zinc
Lead is not dead. In fact the oft-maligned metal is defying gravity and could even inspire a new $180M
30 January 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
The Day of the Crickets
What happens after the lithium boom and the gold boom inevitably kick their respective buckets?
23 January 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
Clean Wars: The old empire strikes back
Will we see the birth and death of nuclear power and uranium mining within a human lifetime?
16 January 2018
METAL DETECTIVE
Will Beament get the band back together?
Bill Beament went looking for an echo of past glories in one of WA's most famous gold belts and found
19 December 2017
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