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Minerals exploration activity charging ahead across Victoria
19/06/2024The search for the materials needed to support the renewable energy transition and help make everyday technology products is hotting up across the state.
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Have your say on proposed planning controls for future quarries
02/10/2024Feedback is being sought on proposed planning controls aimed at protecting important quarry resources near Lang Lang and Trafalgar in the state’s south-east, and an existing stone quarry near Oaklands Junction in Melbourne’s north.
Mine from the past shows critical minerals potential
25/09/2024A new study by Resources Victoria’s geoscientists has found elevated levels of critical minerals vanadium and rhenium, along with low levels of rare earth elements, in rocks from historic phosphate mines in the state’s north and east.
Could you get lucky and strike gold these school holidays?
24/09/2024The school holidays are a great time to get out in nature and search for gold on the back of some recent amateur discoveries across western Victoria.
Field trip sets the scene for minerals conference
20/09/2024Earlier this month Resources Victoria contributed to a field trip that provided geoscientists with an opportunity to get close and personal with drill core from three of Victoria’s most exciting mineral deposits.
Quarry makes good on environment and gives Landcare a boost
19/09/2024Resources Victoria’s regulator has overseen the restoration of areas at a quarry in northern Victoria after the operator failed to maintain approved practices, resulting in environmental damage.
Resources regulator digs deep to enforce quarry compliance
17/09/2024Resources Victoria’s regulator has issued several remedial notices to quarry operators following a targeted blitz across the far west of the state.
