As seen in the map above, using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, Australia benefits from a substantial mineral endowment. Australia is home to numerous deposits of rare earths like xenotime ...

Map: 5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Australia By William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe, Joey K. Lee and Bea Malsky Updated April 28, 2025 at 10:07 p.m. E.T.

Australia has released a map of sites containing mine waste that could be reprocessed to source minerals critical to the global energy transition, the government said on Wednesday.