Mining

BHP Billiton expects its Queensland coking coal production capacity to grow by 50 per cent by the end of 2014.

Subsea engineering services provider Neptune Marine has received a $59.6 million takeover proposal from Singapore-listed MTQ Corporation.

Junior mining companies’ desperation for cash is paving the way for a flurry of mergers and acquisitions.

Woodside Petroleum has signed a preliminary agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to help finance future liquefied natural gas projects.

Miles Kennedy's Lucapa Diamond Company is seeking to raise $5.7 million to expand its exploration programme at its Lulo diamond concession in Angola.

Mozambique-focused Metals of Africa has made a successful debut on the Australian Securities Exchange, its shares closing 3 cents above their issue price after their first day of trade.

The state government is pressing ahead with plans for a gas pipeline to Albany, despite the project losing its largest potential customer and facing projected operating losses.

Sirius Resources’ Nova nickel discovery keeps on giving – helping the company raise more than $8 million in the past month alone.

Ramelius Resources expects to reach full production at its flagship Mt Magnet operation by the end of the year after boosting gold production by 15 per cent in the quarter.

Engineering and construction contractor VDM Group has become the latest in a lengthening list of resources-related firms to revise its profit guidance and cut jobs this month, with more than 40 ful

The world's largest private sector coal miner Peabody Energy has become the latest global giant to attack Australian governments for policies they say threaten the industry.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has announced it has cut 46 jobs in manufacturing and administration this month as part of a wide-ranging strategy to slash costs.

Mining giant BHP Billiton admits some jobs are likely to go at its Nickel West operations near Leinster.

Noble Minerals Resources has labelled an unsolicited offer from Resolute Mining as inferior, uncertain and unequitable and held firm on its preference for Chinese investment.

The state government has dismissed claims that the state's resources-sector regulator has formed an unhealthy relationship with new-style gas miners.

Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings says it still expects to increase earnings this financial year despite weaker economic conditions impacting some of its businesses.

Buru Energy says it has stopped work at its Ungani oil project in Western Australia after traditional owners claimed it had destroyed a significant Aboriginal archaeological site.

BHP Billiton has called for government collaboration in a bid to ease regulatory pressure on the mining sector amid continued volatile global markets.

The first indigenous woman elected to an Australian parliament has come out swinging against Browse gas hub opponents, saying the Broome community is not divided over the proposal and it's only a s

Alkane Resources has appointed a syndicate of banks to secure a $1 billion finance package for its Dubbo Zirconia project in New South Wales.

New Standard Energy has sold off its stake in Perth-based oil and gas play Buru Energy.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is under pressure from the Labor caucus to make mining companies contribute more to local communities and review the government's plan to allow more foreign mine worker

Gold miner Resolute Mining has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Noble Mineral Resources, while at the same time making an $85 million financing proposal designed to trump a similar offer from China’

Indian company Lanco Infratech has released details of the planned expansion of its Griffin Coal business, in which it will invest an estimated $1.2 billion to underpin annual exports of 12 million

The federal government is playing down reports its new mining tax has failed to raise a single cent of revenue in its first three months.

Gold miner Newcrest says it expects to produce more than three million ounces of the precious metal annually within a few years.

Mineral Commodities has announced plans to raise $14.5 million through a placement a, to fund the development of its Tormin mineral sands project on the west coast of South Africa.

Engineering and construction contractor Forge Group has outlined a new divisional structure to support a planned diversification of its business into the process infrastructure and oil & gas se

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced a $100 million contract with Rio Tinto as part of its Cape Lambert port expansion.

Mining productivity is expected to turn around and post big gains over the next decade, but the sector is unlikely to enjoy the same rate of growth in employment, a central banker says.

Engineering firm WorleyParsons has bought South Africa-based company TWP Holdings for $100 million and extended a contract with BP in Iraq.

Perth's local government structure badly needs to be overhauled and reduced to no more than 20 metropolitan councils, Premier Colin Barnett says.