Gina Rinehart invests more than US$1b in SpaceX

By Chloe Coutinho

Monday, 15 June 2026

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Gina Rinehart has secured a more-than US$1b stake in SpaceX following the company’s record initial public offering last week.

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.

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) and Curtin University have advanced research into environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring, building on their three-year collaboration to demonstrate the technology’s potential to support biodiversity surveying in remote and sensitive environments.

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MinRes and Curtin advance eDNA research for biodiversity monitoring

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) and Curtin University have advanced research into environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring, building on their three-year collaboration to demonstrate the technology’s potential to support biodiversity surveying in remote and sensitive environments.

Independence Day – The time for a proven, alternative autonomous haulage system is at hand

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Independence Day – The time for a proven, alternative autonomous haulage system is at hand

Independence Day - The time for a proven, alternative autonomous haulage system is at hand The Roy Hill project in Western Australia, is about to become the site of the world's largest single autonomous haulage fleet, once all of its 96 trucks are converted to operate within this revolutionary new system. This globally significant autonomous control system is the result of a collaboration between ASI Mining in the USA, Epiroc in Australia and the Roy Hill mine itself. Each partner has brought a significant contribution to the whole and the end result is a scalable autonomous solution that is OEM agnostic (ie: it can be applied to most OEM brands and models of mobile mining equipment). It has now been...

Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

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Weir Minerals announces new partnership with XMPro

Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a leading digital twin platform. The partnership will enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations. The XMPro platform – as a part of the Synertrex digital ecosystem – will facilitate the delivery of event intelligence, predictive analytics, and real-time insights. It allows for data orchestration and value creation from multiple sources, including sensors, miners’ digital ecosystems, and data only available to Weir Minerals as an OEM, like maintenance data and 3D engineering models. The platform identifies critical events by applying AI and predictive analytics, which will provide Weir Minerals’ customers with the next generation of predictive services...

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Liontown expects to capture to $100m in savings and deferrals through its Business Optimisation Program.

Liontown sets its sights on long-term lithium

Liontown sets its sights on long-term lithium Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR) has updated its Kathleen Valley production guidance for H2 FY25 in an attempt to better adapt to a low-price lithium environment. The company’s revised mine plan is designed to deliver 2.8mtpa production rate from the end of FY27, with a focus on high margin tonnes and expected reduction in development and fixed costs. Liontown managing director and chief executive Tony Ottaviano says when market conditions change, companies need to quickly adapt to meet the market. “Through the business optimisation work done by our team, the revised mine plan and guidance...

The FWC's most common lodgment type in FY24 was unfair dismissal applications which were 37% of the total lodgments. General protections involving dismissal applications made up 14% of lodgments and Supported Wage System Agreements were 13%.

AREEA calls for FWC reform amid surge in workplace claims

AREEA calls for FWC reform amid surge in workplace claims Australia’s resources and energy employer group has urged the Federal Government to take urgent action to reform the Fair Work Commission (FWC), citing performance concerns amid a surge in workplace claims. This follows significant increases in case load for the FWC in recent years. In an address to the Tattersalls Club Workplace Relations Group in Brisbane, AREEA chief executive Steve Knott warned that the Commission is ‘drowning in employee claims,’...

The Filo acquisition was approved by Filo Corp. shareholders on September 26, 2024, and the final court order for the plan of arrangement has been obtained.

BHP, Lundin Mining acquire Filo Corp

BHP, Lundin Mining acquire Filo Corp BHP Canada (ASX: BHP) and Lundin Mining have formed a joint venture (JV) company, Vicuña, following their acquisition of Filo Corp that finalised today. The 50:50 JV will hold the Filo del Sol (FDS) copper project and the Josemaria copper project located in the Vicuña district of Argentina and Chile. Prior to completion, Lundin Mining owned 100% of the Josemaria project. At completion, BHP Canada acquired a 50% interest in the Josemaria copper project from Lundin Mining. BHP Canada and Lundin Mining then contributed...

In February, Newmont announced the intent to divest its non-core assets, including six operations and two projects from its Australian, Ghanaian and North American business units.

Newmont to sell Musselwhite for $1.3b

Newmont to sell Musselwhite for $1.3b CANADA — Newmont (ASX: NEM) has agreed to sell its Musselwhite operation in Ontario, Canada, to Orla Mining for up to $1.3b (US$850m) as part of its push to divest from non-core assets. Under the terms of the agreement, Newmont will receive cash consideration of about $1.2b (US$810m) upon closing and up to about $61m (US$40m) in contingent payments. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 CY25, subject to certain conditions being satisfied. Upon closing the announced transactions, Newmont will have surpassed its...