Mining

FORTESCUE Metals Group has stepped up its backing of the Kookaburras Australian men’s hockey team with a two-year deal to become its major sponsor, signing up just weeks before the gold medal favou

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is believed to have lifted her stake in Fairfax Media, and questioned the abilities of the company's chairman Roger Corbett in the process.

The Australian market has opened higher despite weak leads from Wall Street, as buyers took advantage of cheaper resources stocks.

Engineering contractor Laing O’Rourke and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have been awarded a contract to deliver four cryogenic tanks for the $34 billion Ichthys LNG project, with Perth-based engineerin

Shares in iron ore miner Flinders Mining have plunged by almost 20 per cent after court delays pushed its proposed $554 million takeover by a Russian steel maker past the expiry date of the deal.

Shares in iron ore miner Flinders Mining have plunged by almost 20 per cent after court delays pushed its proposed $554 million takeover by a Russian steel maker past the expiry date of the deal.

Union leaders have lashed out at a federal government skilled migration plan that will allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring in 1700 foreign workers, saying it is a kick in the guts for Austr

The Roy Hill iron ore project will be able to bring up to 1715 overseas workers into Australia during its three-year construction phase under a new immigration program announced today.

Earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco has forecast full year profit growth of up to 41 per cent due to strong demand in Australia, Canada in Indonesia.

BC Iron has hit a milestone in the ramp up of its Nullagine iron ore joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group, with the mine achieving its targeted production rate of 5 million tonnes per year.

Resources giant Rio Tinto is pressing ahead with expanding its robust iron ore business despite concerns about a slowdown in China.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says mining magnate Gina Rinehart's new standing as the world's richest woman shows she doesn't need the tax relief promised by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Investment in the resources sector has hit a new record and will boost Australia's future supply of key commodities as the nation's commodities boom continues, a new government report shows.

Iron ore miner Flinders Mining has gone into a trading halt pending an announcement on the court hearing over its proposed $554 million takeover by a Russian steel maker.

The head of Rio Tinto's iron ore division has rejected the suggestion that the actions of miners were too quickly depleting the earth's resources.

Sundance Resources and its Chinese suitor Hanlong Mining have altered a $1.65 billion takeover agreement to ensure the deal is finalised by November.

More than 3,000 coalminers have started a week-long strike in Queensland's Bowen Basin as an 18-month dispute over working conditions rolls on.

Oil prices have slumped, falling to a six-month low under $US90 in New York as the US dollar rallied on eurozone debt tensions.

Gina Rinehart grows $1 million wealthier every half hour.Family financial squabbles have done nothing to stop her relentless rise as the richest woman in Australia, and now the world.

A fire at a platinum mine in Zimbabwe part owned by Australia's Aquarius Platinum could affect the company's production.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has backed away from earlier pledges to increase dividends but still predicts a decent increase in earnings this year.

Mount Gibson Iron has completed its upgrade of port and rail facilities at Geraldton.

Billionaire Stan Perron has had a win over fellow magnates Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett, with the parties agreeing to settle their stoush over Pilbara mining royalties outside of Western Austra

Leighton Holdings' board has met with angry shareholders at the company's annual general meeting as they were forced to explain recent downgrading of their profit forecasts.

The dispute between unions and miner BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at seven central Queensland mines could escalate.

Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Roy Hill Holdings has awarded a construction contract, believed to be worth $46 million, to Perkins Builders for a new corporate headquarters and remote operations ce

Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson hopes more Australian mining companies will set up operations in Latin America.

Industrial emissions are already threatening Western Australia's rock art-rich Burrup Peninsula, where a new $US800 million ($A815.87 million) ammonium nitrate plant will be built, Greens

Anti-gas hub protesters have allowed a Woodside Petroleum convoy to pass without incident in the Kimberley, as about 30 police stood guard.

One of the Margaret River region’s most prominent wineries, Cullen Wine, is spearheading local efforts to convince the state government to stop oil and gas exploration off the South West coast.

One of the state’s leading mining industry groups has kicked off a 13-day tour of Europe to promote the Australian rare earths and lithium sector.

Laboratory group Campbell Brothers' full year profit is up 68 per cent and the company expects more growth in the year ahead, on the back of its strong-performing minerals testing division.