The accommodation squeeze in the north-west appears to be over with at least one Pilbara hotel shutting temporarily amid industry claims construction camps close to major population centres are competing with traditional hospitality providers.
The enormous gas supply deal Russia recently struck with China reduces Australia’s advantage as a major liquefied natural gas exporter, according to Australian advisory firm EnergyQuest.
Perth-based potash exploration company Reward Minerals has been served a $33,000 penalty by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and has complied with the infringement notice.
Rio Tinto has committed to plans to develop the $US20 billion Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, signing a deal with the West African nation's government and development partners.
The Gina Rinehart-backed Sun Resources has purchased a stake in oil and gas leases in the prospective Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk shale formations in the American state of Texas.
Shares in Subiaco-based explorer Resource and Investment have closed higher on the back of strong drilling results at the company's Grosvenor copper-gold project in the Bryah Basin.
Engineering and consulting services company Logicamms has signed contracts with Samsung C&T Corporation, Chevron Australia and Oil Search for a combined contract value of about $15 million.
Engineering contractor Sedgman says it expects to post a full-year net loss because it is unlikely to complete the sale of surplus assets in time to bolster its results.
Eric Streitberg has taken charge of Buru Energy after chairman Graham Riley resigned, on the same day that shareholders delivered a massive protest vote at the company’s annual meeting.
Engineering contractor Lycopodium has slashed its full-year net profit forecast and announced a raft of redundancies as it battles to combat strong headwinds in the mining services sector.
Gold miner Regis Resources has taken a hit on the ASX after it announced significantly lower production forecasts on the back of flooding at two of its mines.
Subiaco-based explorer TNG has flagged a potential financing and construction deal with South Korean steel giant POSCO for its Mount Peake vanadium project.
Perth-based mineral testing company SGS Australia has been fined $5,500 for failing to properly identify the presence and location of asbestos at one of its worksites.
Padbury Mining has appointed Steinepreis Paganin to review the company's corporate governance policies in the wake of its failed equity funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.
Perth-based mining explorer MZI Resources says development and operational costs at its Keysbrook mineral sands project will be higher than initially expected.
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman says he needs time to consider options for excess cash after the company's exit from the $US2.5 billion Leviathan project.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore president Jimmy Wilson says the mining giant is likely to request government intervention to prevent a "devastating" proposed strike at Port Hedland which could cost miners up to $100 million a day.
Mining contractor Byrnecut has been awarded a $200 million contract for underground mining at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper-gold mine near Meekatharra.
Sirius Resources says it is close to securing consent to mine at its Nova nickel deposit from the the traditional custodians of land covering the project in the Goldfields.
Oil prices have been mixed amid escalating violence in crude producer Libya following a revolt by a rogue general that has raised concerns about potential supply disruptions.
EXCLUSIVE: Western Australia could lose a major economic development opportunity in the South West if the $3.7 billion Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers urea project is forced to look east for vital coal feedstock, its boss Vikas Rambal has warned.
Mining giant Rio Tinto expects to sign an agreement to push ahead with the troubled $US20 billion ($A21.64 billion) Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
