Mining

Focus Minerals’ is aiming to expand output to more 500,000 ounces of gold per year after one of China’s top gold producers, Shandong Mining, agreed to take a 51 per cent stake in the Perth-based mi

Alicanto Minerals has become the fifth Perth listing on the Australian Securities Exchange this financial year.

Privately-owned firms Thistle Fabrication and Primero Group, as well as Geraldton's Lenane Holdings, have won construction contracts for the Empire Oil & Gas-led Red Gully processing facility n

Exco Resources has accepted a sweetened takeover offer from Washington H Soul Pattinson worth about $95 million.

An energy conference in Darwin has heard conflicting accounts of whether Australia's tax system deters companies seeking to invest in Australian resources projects.

The mining industry has welcomed the strengthening of environmental conditions for the state's proposed first uranium mine after an independent review of appeals.

Energy giant ConocoPhillips coud become the second company, after Japan's Inpex, to transport gas from a field off the Western Australian coast to an LNG processing plant at Darwin.

Australia's economy has adjusted well to the impact of the mining boom - which is likely to continue to for some years, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

France-based oil and gas engineering company Technip has won a €210 million ($262 million) works deal at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project off the Western Australian coast.

Export earnings from resources and energy commodities are expected to fall this financial year as commodity prices ease, a federal government forecaster says.

BHP Billiton will freeze the salaries of its top executives as it continues to manage costs due to an uncertain global economic environment.

Ginadalbie Metals shares have jumped by more than 10 per cent after the Perth-based miner officially opened its dedicated port terminal for the Karara iron ore project in Geraldton this mornin

Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has warned there may be more east coast mine closures as global commodity prices soften and mining royalties rise.

Mining companies should pay to offset the damage their developments cause to the nation's coastal environment, the federal government says.

Two Leighton subsidiaries have won new contracts worth a total of $437 million.

Thermal coal miner New Hope says it is reviewing the pace at which it is developing new projects because of falling coal prices and the strong Australian dollar.

Fortescue Metals Group has resolved its short-term funding problems after securing the backing of global banking groups Credit Suisse and JP Morgan for a new US$4.5 billion credit facility.

Brazilian authorities say they are fining US oil firm Chevron $US17.5 million ($A16.64 million), and likely will impose further penalties, over a major spill off Rio de Janeiro state last year.

Apex Minerals is set to go to market for more funds, with its Wiluna operation expected to become cash-flow positive next month as it ramps up production to between 12,000 and 13,000 ounces of gold

Engineering and construction contractor LogiCamms has won $10 million worth of contracts for the Wiggins Island Export Terminal in Queensland and Australia-Pacific LNG.

Doray Minerals shares have risen after the gold miner announced it had finalised a $55 million funding arrangement for its Andy Well gold mine in the Murchison region.

Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco has received a notice of award for a $70 million engineering and procurement contract at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas and Brockman iron ore mines in the Pilbara.

Northern Iron has cut jobs and suspended its exploration program to help offset the effects of falling iron ore prices.

Engineering and construction group Clough has won a key contract at Tap Oil’s Manora oil development in the Gulf of Thailand, adding a $US60 million package of works with Pearl Oil to its growing o

Macmahon Holdings is poised to cut its earnings guidance, only a month after the mining services and construction group forecast 20 per cent profit growth for fiscal 2013.

Gold futures have eked out a new six-month high as optimism for demand remained strong in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's newest monetary-easing initiative.

Fortescue Metals Group has had a High Court win that opens the way for a further review of its access to Pilbara rail lines owned by mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

Mobile accomodation manufacturer Desert Plains has gone into voluntary administration after racking up debts of more than $3 million.

NRW Holdings has announced a $133 million contract win, for works at Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert port expansion in the Pilbara.

Production at Newcrest's Cadia Valley underground gold and copper mine in central western NSW has been suspended due to an equipment failure.