The ACTU congress has condemned BHP Billiton's safety record after company chairman Jac Nasser slammed Australian labour laws for being too restrictive.
The building of mines and related infrastructure will continue to underpin the non-home construction sector for the next two years, a survey says. But as the sector surges, skilled workers wil
Environmentalists are angry and commercial fishermen fearful after the federal government revealed plans for expanding oil and gas exploration in Australian waters.
Industry veteran Richard Cottee has taken up the reins as chief executive at conflict-ridden Central Petroleum, saying it's the company's massive exploration acreage that appeals to him.
The cost of a police operation to protect the interests of Woodside Petroleum against anti-gas hub protesters near Broome is expected to exceed six figures.
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman has taken the first tangible step towards his strategy of diversifying beyond the company’s big growth projects in Western Australia.
Explosives and fertiliser producer Incitec Pivot says it has no plans to drop its fertiliser business despite its lower earnings leading to a 13 per cent drop in first half profit.
More than 100 police officers have converged on James Price Point north of Broome to escort a convoy of equipment past protesters to a proposed gas hub development site.
Mount Gibson Iron has announced the permanent appointment of Jim Beyer as its chief executive.Mr Beyer has been acting chief executive since December 2011.
The federal government has opened up 27 new offshore petroleum acreages across nine basins in Commonwealth waters off five states, including 13 new areas off the coast of Western Australia.
Up to half of all new jobs created in the next few years will be in sectors related to the booming mining industry, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
Australia has identified gas reserves that could keep up the rate of current production for nearly two centuries, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says.
Oil and gas companies operating in Australian waters tend to fail to recognise at a corporate level the occupational health and safety risks posed by ageing facilities, a report says.
Some of the activists who have flown to Broome to picket against Woodside Petroleum's controversial Browse gas hub development are "professional protesters", West Australian Premier Colin Barnett s
Southern Cross Goldfields says it is set to join the ranks of Western Australia’s gold producers, after releasing a study that confirms the viability of its Marda project, north of Southern Cross.
Iron ore miner Mineral Resources has secured approval from the town of Port Hedland to construct a 500-700 room camp to house workers from its Pilbara projects.
BHP Billiton has pledged its support for its aluminium and nickel businesses, after announcing plans to consolidate its Stainless Steel Materials and Aluminium business units into a single unit tha
Gina Rinehart's children can now claim their share of the family's multimillion-dollar trust, after Australia's richest person unexpectedly brought forward the vesting date of the disputed fund.
The state government has moved to acquire the necessary land required to build the Pilbara’s next deepwater port, Anketell, 30 kilometres east of Karratha.
The mining tax will fund family payments and not company tax cuts under Treasurer Wayne Swan's plan to bring the budget back to surplus, and redistribute the wealth of Australia's Asia-fuelled reso
Leighton Holdings insists that its portfolio of projects is performing well despite its two big ticket developments costing the construction giant $254 million in pre-tax earnings.
Monadelphous Engineering subsidiary KT Pipelines has appointed civil construction and services firm Central Systems for construction works at Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barro
