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- 11 May 2026The Nickel That Sank: The Kambalda Komatiite FlowsIn Western Australia's Kambalda Dome, 2.7-billion-year-old lava flows—komatiites—carried nickel from the mantle and deposited it in channels that still define the world's richest nickel province.
- 11 May 2026The Copper That Melted: The Olympic Dam Breccia ComplexBeneath the South Australian desert, the Olympic Dam deposit—the world's largest uranium and fourth-largest copper resource—formed 1.6 billion years ago when hydrothermal fluids explosively shattered