Mining

South Africa’s Sibanye Gold is poised to acquire Aquarius Platinum, which has been struggling for several years to deal with weak commodity prices.

NRW Holdings has had a legal win over Samsung C&T, with the Supreme Court upholding a $17 million adjudication in favour of the Perth-based contractor.

A subsidiary of Mineral Resources has been fined $90,000 in a Western Australian court after a worker was injured three years ago while unloading pipes from a truck at Consolidated Minerals' manganese mine in the Pilbara.

Shares in Perth-based junior explorer Walkabout Resources have surged on the release of promising drilling results at its Lindi Jumbo graphite project in Tanzania.

Struggling steel and mining group Arrium says it is shortlisting parties to undertake due diligence for its mining consumables business, and has embarked on a fresh round of cost cuts.

Oil and gas producer Buru Energy has fallen on news its Praslin 1 well in the Canning Basin had come up dry.

Dacian Gold's share price hit a three-year high today after the explorer said the scoping study for its Mt Morgans mine project showed it would be "an outstanding WA gold project at every level".

A local exploration company led by Perth Glory owner Tony Sage is looking to join the wave of backdoor listings and become a gambling platforms provider, while technology company Velpic’s reverse takeover of International Coal has reached another milestone.

Rio Tinto has struck a $865 million deal to sell its 40 per cent stake in the Bengalla open cut coal mine in NSW to New Hope Corporation.

Construction giant CIMIC Group has won a $300 million contract for gas field development works in the Surat Basin in Queensland for Australia Pacific LNG.

Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre has entered into a development agreement with drilling services company Imdex for its Lab-at-Rig product, which aims to improve efficiency and reduce costs when drilling exploration holes.

Perth companies Neometals and Mineral Resources have marked the start of construction at the Mt Marion lithium project, with first production targeted for mid-2016.

Alkane Resources has hired Finnish technology services supplier Outotec to provide early contractor involvement work at its Dubbo zirconia project in New South Wales.

Nickel miner Western Areas is moving forward with plans to increase its holding in South Australian tenements held by Monax Mining and Strandline Resources, and will begin a new drilling campaign in the coming weeks.

Phoenix Gold shareholders will be hoping for an improved takeover offer from Evolution Mining, after a proposal to acquire the business was knocked back by Phoenix directors today.

Former Sirius Resources managing director Mark Bennett said there has been a “tidal wave” of offers from other groups wanting to work with his new exploration company, as he seeks to replicate the

Struggling miner Mirabela Nickel has been placed in the hands of administrators, 15 months after the company completed an innovative restructuring to emerge from its first stint in administration.

Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA-Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.

Flinders Mines stakeholders have voted against selling the Pilbara iron ore project to private New Zealand company Todd Corporation for $65 million.

Balcatta-based drilling services company Imdex has lined up a new debt funding deal after cancelling a $21.5 million placement just hours before today’s shareholders meeting.

A joint venture between Civmec and Sedgman has won a $145 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract at BHP Billiton’s Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Santos shares have gained ground after the oil and gas producer said it had started production at its flagship GLNG liquefied natural gas project in Queensland.

The timing couldn't be worse for Gina Rinehart's $10 billion Roy Hill project, which is on track to ship its first iron ore to China next month.

Junior explorers Azure Minerals and Metals of Africa have tapped investors to raise a combined $4.5 million to bolster their respective projects.

Quadrant Energy will pay $10 million to withdraw from a joint venture with Buru Energy and Mitsubishi Corporation, which together own oil and gas exploration permits in the Canning Basin.

BHP Billiton boss Andrew Mackenzie's remuneration has fallen more than 40 per cent as the resources giant faces up to a global commodities slump.

Local explorers Encounter Resources, Horseshoe Metals and RNI have announced plans to raise a combined $9.8 million to fund ongoing work at their respective projects.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum needs to raise its bid for Papua New Guinea-focused Oil Search to have any chance of success, according to analysts at investment bank UBS.

The slowdown in mining project work has resulted in a 26 per cent fall in the number of environmental professionals employed at the state’s biggest consulting firms over the past year.

BHP Billiton's spin-off South32 has raised the mineral resources estimate for its Cannington silver and lead mine in Queensland by 21 per cent.

Fortescue Metals Group has set an ambitious target of having Aboriginal workers fill 20 per cent of all trades positions in its workforce, on the back of an apprenticeship program launched today.

Private equity groups are on track to gain control of two mining operations, after Aditya Birla Minerals sold its mothballed Mt Gordon operation, while Atherton Resources looks set to be acquired in a takeover valued at about $56 million.