Subiaco-based Liberty Resources has signed an agreement with private company Clean Global Energy to develop an underground coal gasification project in Queensland.
Emergency waiting time worst in nation; Iron ore spot price poised to jump 12%; Power pressure - business battles soaring energy bills; Harvey says signs are good after sales boost; Last rate cut for some time
BHP Billiton Iron Ore and World Vision have teamed up to form a $5 million partnership to boost care and health activities for pre-school aged children in the east Pilbara.
China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) is poised to kick off its first major drilling program in Australian waters as it seeks to match Japanese rival Inpex by establishing its own Australian production base.
Mining services company Imdex and drilling specialist Coretrack have agreed to a $28.4 million merger that will create an entity focused on the burgeoning oil and gas sector.
Labor defector gives Nationals more power; Dioro set for tie-up, blocking Avoca bid; Bank results boost shares; Produce prices lowest in 10 years; Coalition torn over climate
Western Australia appears to have weathered the global economic downturn but the resource-rich state must still rely on China's appetite for bulk commodities to stay in the clear, according to Access Economics.
The competition watchdog has proposed that the Retail Energy Market Company continue operating the market rules in Western Australia and South Australia.
Premier Colin Barnett is hopeful of strengthening the state's relationship with China, particularly in the iron and gas sectors, as he prepares to visit the country amidst a political storm.
The Economic Regulation Authority has knocked back Western Power's request to allow big increases in the price it charges for access to the state's main electricity grid for the next three years.
Opposition energy spokesman Mark McGowan today called on the state government to end 10 months of uncertainty surrounding the possible re-merger of Verve Energy and Synergy.
SHELL'S upstream Australian production unit will have greater say in plotting the energy giant's international growth strategy under a dramatic group-wide overhaul being implemented by the company's new global chief, Peter Voser.
STATE Energy Minister Peter Collier has denied the government is preparing to abandon Premier Colin Barnett's mooted re-amalgamation of Verve Energy with Synergy.
Rio Tinto has posted record quarterly iron ore production at its Pilbara operations amid speculation of further bribery claims against the company in the Chinese media.
A $12 million solar power station to be built in Kalgoorlie has been scrapped after the company behind the operation, Solar Systems, could not get federal funding.
Two Perth-based resource companies have today entered deals to acquire assets in South Africa with Continental Capital acquiring a coal mine for $24 million while Coal of Africa will buy the remain
VDM Group has sold the surplus assets of its subsidiary Civmec, including the name, for more than $2 million as part of the group's restructure and consolidation strategy.
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Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has upgraded its long- and short-term corporate credit rating for Rio Tinto following the completion of the $US15.2 billion ($A19.5 billion) rights issue.
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West Perth-based oil and gas explorer GB Energy has launched legal action against wave energy developer Protean Power and two of its directors over an earn in agreement.
West Perth-based Range Resources will go ahead with plans to raise $2.5 million which will be used to fund a new deal with a UK company over two oil and gas blocks in Georgia.
