Exploration spending nears $1b

By Samantha Bawden

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Exploration & DiscoveryNews

New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the Australian mineral exploration sector experienced a 16.3% year-on-year expenditure increase to $949.3m during Q3 FY26.

The MOU supports Metallium’s plan to develop a national network of e-waste processing facilities, strategically located near major e-waste collection hubs, rapidly expanding U.S. data centre industrial parks and regional industrial corridors with strong logistics and waste generation.

Regis reassesses ‘unviable’ $1b gold mine

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Regis reassesses ‘unviable’ $1b gold mine

Regis Resources (ASX: RRL) is proposing a new development approach for its McPhillamys mine in NSW, which was derailed in 2024 by an Indigenous heritage ruling.

Archaeologists discover prehistoric copper mining camp

InternationalNews

Archaeologists discover prehistoric copper mining camp

High in the Freser Valley of the eastern Pyrenees, archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric cave full of hearths containing fragments of green rock that may represent some of humanities earliest copper mining activities.

BHP takes ‘same job, same pay’ fight to High Court

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BHP takes ‘same job, same pay’ fight to High Court

BHP (ASX: BHP) is escalating its ‘same job, same pay’ case against the Mining and Energy Union to the High Court after the Federal Court dismissed the case in December.

Super Pit sees arrival of new Liebherr fleet

Super Pit sees arrival of new Liebherr fleet

Super Pit sees arrival of new Liebherr fleet In February of this year, Leibherr-Australia, on behalf of Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST), commissioned five PR 776 dozers. These five dozers are the first of thirteen brand-new Liebherr machines to be acquired by Northern Star at their notorious Super Pit gold mine located near Kalgoorlie, WA. Liebherr-Australia will also supply two more PR 776 dozers, five R 9150 excavators and an R 9400 excavator to the company. This commissioning of these machines grows the number of existing Lieberr machines in Northern Star’s current fleet to seventeen. Northern Star began...