Mining

Transfield Services has won several new contracts worth $140 million, including work on two major energy projects.

Former Murchison Metals chairman Paul Kopejtka has joined the board of metals explorer Ascot Resources.

Uranium producer Peninsula Energy has secured $36 million in funding for the construction of the Lance uranium project in Wyoming.

Mining contractor Barminco says an initial public offering is off the agenda until at least 2014, as it aims to re-finance its debts over the current financial year.

Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings is poised for a capital raising as it battles to reverse a drop in earnings and tries to cut costs.

Iron ore miner Atlas Iron says it has completed a $US275 million financing package to put it on track to produce 12 million tonnes per annum by December 2013.

BC Iron has announced it will acquire an additional 25 per cent interest in the Nullagine iron ore project from joint venture partner Fortescue Metals Group for at least $190 million.

Woodside Petroleum has reached another joint venture agreement to expand its exploration interests in Myanmar (Burma).

Another mistake in acquiring land for Woodside's controversial Browse gas hub has made targeted timeframes "tight", Lands Minister Brendon Grylls concedes.

Perth-based mining company Talison Lithium has accepted a sweetened takeover proposal from China’s Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group, which trumped a competing proposal from an international chemicals

Wolf Minerals' major shareholder Resource Capital Funds has agreed to provide a 12-month funding package worth up to US$82 million (A$79 million) to support continued work on the Hemerdon tungsten

Suggestions Clive Palmer has transferred the registered address of his companies to Western Australia because of dissatisfaction with the Queensland government are overstated, the mining tycoon say

Resource companies operating in West Africa have been angered by the rise in resource nationalism.

A massive barge that has been grounded off the Western Australian coast for a week is not seriously damaged, but is still stranded on a limestone reef near Cervantes.

High domestic petrol prices are being influenced by international trends rather than price gouging by local fuel retailers, the competition watchdog says.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has begun raising debt to help fund its Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Shares in Sundance Resources fell sharply after the Africa-focused iron ore hopeful came out of a trading halt, amid investor concerns about its on-again, off-gain takeover by China's Hanlong Resou

Woodside and Shell have acknowledged the significant strain placed on the families of fly-in, fly-out workers.

Neptune Marine has signed a framework agreement to provide sub-sea engineering services for BP in the UK.

 Mining has been banned around a prime tourist attraction in the west Kimberley, the Horizontal Falls, but it's unclear which miners will be affected.

Forge Group has bucked the trend of mining services providers downgrading expectations, forecasting a profit improvement in FY2013 of between 28 and 43 per cent.

Rare earths miner Lynas is facing further court action against the operation of its new plant in Malaysia.

Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group have increased their resource estimate for their Tropicana gold joint venture by almost 1.5 million ounces.

Nickel miner Western Areas has launched a $65 million capital raising to provide greater fiscal flexibility as it continues to explore its opportunities in the state’s Forrestania region, south-eas

Goodrich Resources has entered a $14.4 million deal to purchase the Ellendale diamond mine in the Kimberley from UK-based Gem Diamonds.

Company profits are down for a fourth consecutive quarter, driven lower by a 12.2 per cent fall in mining profits.

Shares in Sundance Resources are expected come under downwards pressure when they resume trading, as the prospect of a takeover deal with Hanlong Mining appears even more remote.

The once-pristine Dirk Hartog Island off Western Australia is set to be restored with one of the most extensive feral animal eradications ever attempted worldwide.

Woodside Petroleum has struck a $US696 million ($A670 million) agreement confirming its role in a major gas prospect off the coast of Israel.

The mining sector's labour productivity is a disaster that will block much future job growth in the industry, says a new report.

Focus Minerals shareholders have resoundingly backed a $227.5 million investment in the gold miner by China’s Shandong Gold.

Base Resources has announced a plan to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market, in order to tap UK and European interest in its $US298 million Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.