Mining

Resource Development Group has won an engineering and project management contract at Norton Gold Fields’ $40 million Enterprise project.

Kingsgate Consolidated is to become the largest shareholder in gold and base metals explorer Caravel Minerals after agreeing to sell a package of exploration tenements for a loss of $15 millio

Subiaco-based Balamara Resources has secured listed West Perth phosphate company Minemakers and Indian fertiliser producer Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation as strategic partners in

Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has foreshadowed a 70 per cent increase in half-year net profit and says its outlook has been buoyed by developments in the Pilbara ion ore sector. 

The mining industry is worried a potential slowdown in China and is making less effort to attract the most qualified workers, a report shows.

Perth-based gold miner Northern Star has signed a joint venture agreement with Fortescue Metals Group to acquire non-iron ore mineral rights to what it described as "barely explored" acreage near s

Mount Gibson Iron said today it was on track to meet its full year sales target, prompting a lift in the miner's share price.

Iron ore remains Western Australia’s most valuable sector despite ongoing price volatility and uncertainty, accounting for almost two-thirds of total resources sales in 2011-12, a new report has fo

Perth-based exploration company MOD Resources has appointed former managing director of nickel miner Western Areas Julian Hanna as a non-executive director and technical consultant.

Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has announced plans to develop a $2.2 billion gas liquefaction plant in the United States, in addition to its long-running but slow-moving plan to build a

Iron ore has been BHP Billiton's highest-earning commodity for a while but the continued resurgence of the petroleum division is expected to be displayed this week.

Subiaco-based gold explorer Perseus Mining has announced the appointment of Jeff Quartermaine as its new managing director and chief executive officer.

Perth-based miner Strike Resources has announced the retirement of its managing director, Ken Hellsten, effective immediately, with non-executive director William Johnson to take the helm as execut

Perth-based mineral drilling firm Swick Mining Services has announced a record unaudited half-year revenue of $75.6 million as it prepares to expand further into North America.

A major shareholder, and one-time suitor, of BC Iron has disposed its stake in the miner nearly a month after it flagged the move.

A blast and subsequent shutdown of Galaxy Resources’ Chinese processing plant has cost the miner a potential $66.2 million cornerstone investment from the East China Mineral Exploration & Devel

Shares in Centaurus Metals were higher after the company said it would gain tax concessions at its Jambreiro iron ore project from a framework agreement with a state government in Brazil.

The last time I saw Sam Walsh, it was just before Christmas and he was shopping with his wife at David Jones in Claremont.  As always, he had time to stop for a chat.

Sam Walsh has been promoted to the top job at Rio Tinto, effective immediately, taking over from Tom Albanese who has quit as chief executive after the miner revealed a $US14 billion writedown.

Paladin Energy's efforts to make its operations more efficient has put the uranium miner in a good position to meet its full year production forecast.

Norton Gold Fields has committed $40 million for the development of its Enterprise open pit project, which will be the next base load operation for the company’s Paddington mill near Kalgoorlie.

Silver Lake Resources has made two dozen positions redundant at its gold operation in the Eastern Goldfields that will result in $3.5 million in savings each year.

Mineral sands miner Iluka will cut production resulting in job losses after tough trading conditions led to a loss of nearly one-third in revenue in 2012 compared to the previous year.

Santos's production costs blew out by up to $50 million in 2012, highlighting the risks to its massive Queensland Gladstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Woodside Petroleum has achieved a record 2012 production result and hopes to do even better this year as it develops more projects overseas.

One week after being ordered to halt its gold mining activities in Indonesia, Straits Resources has restarted part of its Mt Muro mine as talks continue over a disputed boundary lines.

Federal and state authorities would be "nuts" to allow Woodside to replace the gas hub proposed for James Price Point with a floating processing plant, Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett has

WITH a sharp slump last year in the number and value of stock market floats, and little sign of a recovery, more emerging companies will likely pursue a backdoor listing.

The WA government has told Sandfire Resources it intends to lift the royalty rate for some of the output from its DeGrussa copper mine to 7.5 per cent, which could mean an extra $7 million the mine

A second worker has died following a blast at a Chinese plant owned by West Australian-based miner Galaxy Resources.

The Western Australian government has sparked immediate protests after allowing resources giant Woodside to perform feasibility work at sacred Aboriginal burial sites as part of the proposed gas hu

Rio Tinto has signalled that predictions of falls in iron ore prices hold no fear for it as it posts record annual production, and says its massive expansion plans are on track.