Mining

The head of takeover target Integra Mining says a multi-million dollar deal with WA gold miner Silver Lake Resources should be finalised by the end of the year.

Global construction company Leighton Holdings has announced a net profit after tax of $115 million for the six months to June 2012 and still expects it to reach $400 million to $450 million for the

Traditional owners will meet former Greens leader Bob Brown in a bid to sway opposition to Woodside Petroleum's proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub.

Iron ore and vanadium miner Atlantic has lined up a new $50 million finance facility to boost its working capital as it ramps up production at its Windimurra development in the Mid West.

Fortescue Metals has taken on higher than expected debt to fund its massive iron ore expansion plans, announcing $US1.5 billion ($A1.4 billion) in new funding.

Integra Mining has agreed to a $426 million takeover by fellow gold miner Silver Lake Resources in a move that will create one of the nation's larger producers of the precious metal.

Engineering and construction company Forge Group is expecting a jump in earnings, releasing a forecast today for a full-year profit of around $70 million, up nearly 25 per cent on the previous year

The responsible entity for takeover target Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund has stuck by its recommendation that securityholders accept an offer from Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA).

Oil Search's loading operations in Papua New Guinea remain suspended after an oil spill that occurred more than a week ago.

BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has agreed to forgo his annual bonus after announcing US$3.29 billion in write-downs, mostly on one of its American shale gas assets but also its Nickel

Allied Gold has revealed that its claim against GR Engineering Services is actually for $47 million, up from the figure of $25 million disclosed in June by the engineering contractor.

Resource sector engineering firm Calibre Group has made a disappointing debut on the share market, with its value slumping by nearly eight per cent.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has dismissed suggestions it has already decided to delay its $19 billion Port Hedland harbour expansion for at least two years.

Activists campaigning against Woodside's planned gas hub at James Price Point in Western Australia's Kimberley region say they have blocked access to the project site.

Fortescue Metals Group's High Court challenge against the federal government's mining tax has been adjourned for a month.

A union call for a nationwide gas reservation policy is mere protectionism, the oil and gas sector's peak body says.

Australian iron ore company Sundance Resources says its suitor Hanlong Mining has received provisional approval from Chinese regulators for a takeover.

Embattled gold miner Navigator Resources says it has received a non-binding takeover proposal from an unnamed publicly-listed entity.

Wayne Swan has every right to attack rich mining magnates for acting in their own interests, Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes says.

Global miner Rio Tinto will soon start cutting office jobs in Melbourne and Sydney to deal with falling commodity prices and soaring costs.

BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has defended the global mining giant's track record, saying it has outperformed its peers over the past six months, as rumours spread of BHP contractors

A Western Australia-style gas reservation policy should be adopted by the rest of the nation, one of the country's biggest trade unions says.

Intrepid Mines shares have surged 27 per cent after the company agreed to allocate around five per cent of its shares to Indonesian media mogul Surya Paloh.

Northern Star Resources has capped a bumper year with a solid lift in earnings, with its full year profit before tax jumping to $31.4 million, up from $20 million in financial year 2011.

Shares in Campbell Brothers have slumped after the chemicals company warned its earnings growth was expected to slow in the second half of its financial year.

Investors in Sundance Resources face a nervous wait of at least 24 hours to find out if the company's sole project has crucial financial backing from China.

Former CSIRO chief executive Roy Green has been appointed by the state government to investigate more than 200 appeals received regarding the environmental watchdog's recommendation to approve the

Oil refiner Caltex Australia plans to raise $300 million through capital markets to help fund changes to its operations.

The Australian sharemarket has opened higher as investors increase their exposure to risk while waiting to see if stimulus measures in Europe and the US will spark growth.

Miner Ivanhoe Australia's tumultuous year continued as it announced plans to slash exploration spending by half.

Flinders Mines says it can now start developing its flagship $1.1 billion Pilbara iron ore project with no commercial impediments after a takeover bid for the miner by a Russian steel-maker fell th