Mining

The widespread slowdown in exploration spending has driven down drilling fluids and equipment supplier Imdex's earnings, with the company lodging a 59 per cent drop in net profit for the 2013 finan

Gold miner Reed Resources has launched a full review of its operations after seeking a voluntary suspension of its shares, one trading day after its Meekatharra gold project was placed into adminis

The state government has been dealt an embarrassing blow to a planned multi-billion dollar gas hub in the Kimberley, with the state's chief justice ruling the environmental approval for the project

Minerals explorer Metals X has acquired Rio Tinto's interest in the Mt Davies joint venture in South Australia, which it hopes will add value to its Wingellina nickel project.

Australia's largest freight rail operator Aurizon has flagged more job cuts as it deals with a growth slowdown in China.

Federal Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray says it was "inappropriate" for Premier Colin Barnett to make public a letter the minister sent to him about the Browse Basin.

Two new oil and gas research initiatives have received promises of federal funding, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talking up the future of the sector in Western Australia today.

Neptune Marine has announced it will consolidate its Australian operations into a single purpose-built location in Welshpool.

Battling vanadium miner Atlantic has secured an additional $20 million in high interest debt to fund continued development at its Windimurra mine in the Mid West.

Engineering and construction contractor Calibre Group says it is poised to maintain its earnings in financial year 2014 after reporting a 34 per cent fall in net profit in FY2013.

Fortescue Metals Group has attracted an investment of up to $US1.15 billion ($A1.27 billion) fom Taiwan's largest private company, Formosa Plastics Group, to underpin the development of a new iron

Santos' half year net profit has risen three per cent due to increased sales revenue from higher gas prices.

Shares in Elemental Minerals jumped by more than 10 per cent on the Australian Securities Exhange today, after the explorer announced it had won a mining licence for its Sintoukola potash project i

Rio Tinto's dispute with the Mongolian government has intensified after the mining giant said it would sack up to 1,700 mostly local workers.

Nickel miner Mincor says it is well placed to capitalise on a turnaround in the nickel market, even as the miner slumped to a loss of more than $20 million for the 2013 financial year.

The coalition has refused to commit to reducing application fees for 457 visa workers if elected to government, despite flagging plans to make the scheme more “user-friendly”.

Vanadium hopeful TNG has moved to cut costs, slashing all directors' fees and management salaries by between 10 and 20 per cent, and cutting five jobs in Western Australia and the Northern Territor

Fortescue Metals Group has vowed to focus on reducing its debt by 30 or 40 per cent following the official completion of its $US2.4 billion port expansion at Port Hedland.

Matrix Composites & Engineering says the worst is behind it after recording a $2.9 million loss for the year ended June 30, a significant improvement on the previous year.

Chilean workers have gone on strike at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, over demands for an annual bonus and better working conditions.

A 10-year old commitment by Fortescue Metals Group to the state government has come back to bite the iron ore miner, after it was told it must commence negotiations for third-party access to its Pi

Tox Free Solutions' full-year profit has dropped by 13 per cent, with a series of one-off impairments souring an otherwise solid year of growth for the Perth-based waste management firm.

The mining sector's slowdown and fewer construction projects have caused a nine per cent fall in annual profit for services and engineering firm WorleyParsons.

Specialist workforce provider SKILLED Group has grown its profits by almost 14 per cent despite a weakening mining sector dragging business down.

The resources sector union has been granted leave to appeal a decision allowing workers at Woodside's Pluto gas plant to be denied accommodation during wage-related industrial action.

Oz Minerals has blamed lower production volumes at a South Australian gold and copper mine and big write-downs for a half-year loss of $268 million.

Toronto-based gold miner Alacer Gold has appointed a new chief executive and will place its Australian operations into care and maintenance over the next 18 months, as it continues to seek a buyer

Mining and construction equipment provider Hitachi will develop a $100 million facility at Forrestdale business park, providing a boost for several other commercial developments in the Armadale are

Diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers has announced it will pitch in to help construct the proposed ANZAC Interpretive Centre in Albany.

Pluton Resources shares leapt on the ASX today after the iron ore junior announced former Grange Resources boss Richard Mehan had been appointed chairman.

Base Metals miner Kagara has cancelled the sale of half its remaining Queensland assets after negotiations with the purchaser, which failed to come up with $6 million in deposits for the projects i

Range Resources has finalised the sale of its producing oil and gas assets in Texas for $US30 million.