Mark Beyer

An array of large and small projects will push WA's petroleum production to 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day for the first time next year.

With our state government battling to deal with its growing financial problems and a new federal government working with a blank canvas, it's instructive to look again at the model provided by Infr

A new drilling contractor in WA's onshore oil and gas sector has outlined plans to expand its fleet, with backing from a heavyweight US investor.

Brockman Mining would need to pay between 55 cents and $2.04 per tonne if it gains access to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara railway, following a ruling by the state's Economic Regulation Authorit

The certainty and stability that business craves from Canberra may not be delivered.

The dispute over access to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara rail line appears destined for arbitration after Economic Regulation Authority chairman Lyndon Rowe said there was little his agency coul

Status quo was the election headline in Western Australia - but there will still be several new voices on the state's political stage.

After a grim six months, Western Australia's gold mining sector is showing signs of flickering back to life.

Iron Ore Holdings has struck its fifth deal in the past 18 months, agreeing to sell its North Marillana tenements to private company Maiden Iron.

Perth ‘cashbox' Core Services Group has shown how hard it can be to complete a deal in the current market, announcing today a third iteration of its plan to buy a business that is already part-owne

Mutiny Gold has cut 32 per cent off the capital cost of its Deflector project as it seeks to revive interest in the development two weeks after its major funding partner walked away.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has released further details on growth options for its iron ore business, after loading the first shipment of iron ore from its expanded Pilbara operations.

The boardroom twists at cashed-up Moly Mines have taken another turn, with its Chinese shareholder moving to replace the independent directors with Perth veterans Bruno Camarri and Peter Mansell.

The $10 billion Roy Hill project remains on track to start mining next year and achieve its first iron ore exports in the third quarter of 2015, its project director said today.

OF all the listed companies looking to join the ranks of Western Australian iron ore producers, Iron Ore Holdings stands apart.

The nickel market is a tough place to be currently but that isn't stopping Poseidon Nickel and Sirius Resources from pursuing their mining plans.

Mining industry pundits bemoaning the end of the ‘boom' will be pleasantly surprised to know that up to a dozen major projects could go ahead over the coming year.

Former Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has been recruited by Hong Kong-based CITIC Pacific to help deal with problems at its trouble-plagued Sino Iron project.

Calibre Group has won a $23 million contract on the Roy Hill iron ore project, with the work proceeding ahead of the project's debt funding being finalised.

With Tony Abbott cruising towards The Lodge, it is imperative that he lays out the path forward.

South African miner Gold Fields will splash $US300 million purchasing Barrick Gold's Granny Smith, Lawlers and Darlot gold mines in the Yilgarn region, near Southern Cross, and plans to integrate t

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group says it remains focused on debt reduction, despite playing hardball on a proposed asset sale and lifting its annual dividend following a strong surge in profit

Atlas Iron has reported a significant improvement in earnings in the second half of the financial year, but it was not sufficient to offset big write-downs and weak operating profits carried over f

Doric chief executive Peter Iancov has resigned after the diversified contractor decided to defer some of its growth strategies.

Woodside has outlined plans to develop three floating LNG projects off the Kimberley coast, with each likely to be similar in scale to Shell's $12 billion Prelude development.

Government failures at James Price Point can teach us many lessons, around long-term planning, due process and adapting to change.

Global resources giant BHP Billiton's full-year profit has fallen by 29 per cent to $US10.9 billion ($A12.0 billion), as falling commodity prices outweighed efforts to cut costs.

Premier Colin Barnett's push to keep the Browse gas project onshore has suffered another blow, with lead proponent Woodside recommending, as expected, the construction of a floating offshore plant

Three years after completing a management buy-out, JSW Australia directors Jeff Branson and John Silverthorne have struck an agreement to sell their debt-laden drilling business; but they won't be

Fortescue Metals Group has attracted an investment of up to $US1.15 billion ($A1.27 billion) fom Taiwan's largest private company, Formosa Plastics Group, to underpin the development of a new iron

Fortescue Metals Group has vowed to focus on reducing its debt by 30 or 40 per cent following the official completion of its $US2.4 billion port expansion at Port Hedland.

Adapting to change is often considered one of the keys to business success, and yacht maker turned sculptor and builder, Glenn Swarbrick, has it in spades.