Mining

Premier Colin Barnett is pressing ahead with plans to acquire land at James Price Point for a gas processing precinct – without having a proponent lined up to build one.

Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has announced the appointment of Decmil Group chairman Giles Everist as a non-executive director.

Rio Tinto has signed a new native title agreement with traditional owners the Yindjibarndi people, covering two of its Pilbara railways and a number of mineral deposits.

Shares in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in Nigeria.

Fast-growing Geraldton business Bhagwan Marine has expanded its service offering and geographical presence through the acquisition of a Northern Territory marine services business.

The Australian Greens want Aboriginal rock art on the Burrup Peninsula to be protected and are pushing for the area to be given world heritage status.

Resource industry groups have expressed concern about federal laws that will result in coal seam gas and large coal mine developments facing greater scrutiny under changes designed to ensure new pr

Gold has settled at its lowest price in a month as investors prepared for the gradual end of the Federal Reserve's stimulus efforts, which have been a catalyst for the market since 2008.

The $339 million in federal funding allocated for the stalled Oakajee port project cannot be used by the state government for other purposes.

Metals X has become the latest Western Australian exploration play to down tools because of prevailing pessimism in the sector, suspending work on a definitive feasibility study at its Wingella nic

Engineering contractor Calibre Group announced late today the resignation of managing director Rod Baxter, following a series of damaging profit downgrades that have shattered its stock price.

Perth company director Neil Hamilton intends to resign from the board of Miclyn Express Offshore, after a heated dispute with the company's two major shareholders over their governance practices.

Gold miner Lachlan Star has pressed pause on its plans to move its corporate office out of Perth, after a subscriber to its $C12.9 million ($13.2 million) non-brokered private placement failed to c

Cleveland Mining Company has secured a $10 million finance facility to fund further exploration of its Brazilian portfolio of mining assets.

Forge Resources' plan to construct a new six million tonne per year iron ore export facility in the Pilbara has been recommended for approval by the state Environmental Protection Authority.

AusGroup's scaffolding subsidiary has won a $34.5 million contract for works on Chevron's $52 billion Gorgon LNG development.

Find a fault in the earth's crust and you could find some gold, Western Australian researchers say.

German minerals processing giant Haver & Tyler has opened a Western Australian outpost, its first branch to be established in Australia.

Mining services firm Allmine Group has elected Robert Wilde to chair its board of directors, just over a month after installing a new chief executive.

BOC has secured a $10 million grant funded from the federal government's carbon tax revenue to upgrade its Kwinana facility.

Phoenix Gold and Aphrodite Gold have delivered some rare good news for the sector, with Aphrodite announcing plans to build a new processing plant near Kalgoorlie and Phoenix to develop a new mine.

Engineering and project services group Clough has announced an earnings upgrade, despite a drop-off in resources sector investment.

Iron Road has shrugged off uncertainty in the iron ore sector, going ahead with plans to raise $50.7 million to complete a feasibility study at its Central Eyre iron ore development in South Austra

Many fly-in, fly-out mine workers want a cap on rostered stints away from home, more support to maintain family obligations, and a loosening of accommodation camp rules.

Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its Eagle project in the US to Lundin Mining Corporation for an estimated $US35 million ($A37 million) in cash.

Junior resources plays have shared in $7.2 million in grants in the latest round of a state government exploration subsidy scheme.

Lynas Corporation is worried that it is giving away its rare earths products and has decided to draw a line in the sand for its own prices.

Iron ore miner BC Iron is on track to hit its 2014 full production target as the price of iron ore hovers just above $US110 per tonne.

Contracting group GR Engineering says the start of a $123 million works package at Wolf Minerals' Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in England is a welcome boost in a murky mining services market.

Gold miner Newcrest has defended the timing of its major restructure announcement and says it has not breached any share market rules.

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources is on the lookout for a new boss, after Iggy Tan announced his resignation today.

The state government is inviting bids for six petroleum exploration leases on and offshore with its 2013 acreage releases.