Mining

Gold futures have fallen in after-market trading after the latest US Federal Open Market Committee minutes showed few hints of imminent monetary stimulus.

Nexus Energy has selected a new chief executive, appointing former Woodside Energy executive Lucio Della Martina to head up its operations.

Transfield Services shareholders are bracing themselves for a possible profit downgrade from the construction and maintenance company.

GR Engineering has won a $12 million contract at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper-gold project near Meekatharra.

Andrew Forrest will underwite a $20 million capital raising to help fund development of Poseidon Nickel's Windarra project near Laverton.

Ampella Mining shares have bounced off their two-year lows this week, after the Africa-focused gold miner announced it had commenced a targeted sales process.

Aquila Resources says it has secured nearly all of the funding required for the development of its West Pilbara iron ore project, after selling its main coal asset to Japan's Sumitomo Corporation.

Reed Resources plans a fully underwritten $40 million capital raising to fund development of its Meekatharra gold project.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured construction and maintenance contracts in Western Australia and Queensland worth a combined $220 million.

Tens of thousands of Aboriginal rock art treasures in the Pilbara region will be researched, catalogued and promoted under an agreement between the University of Western Australia an

Aquila Resources says court action surrounding the sale of its stake in a Queensland coal project was a waste of time and money.

Debt-laden Bass Metals is in talks to sell assets as it strives to reduce liabilities.

Western Australia-based lithium miner Galaxy Resources has announced it will acquire Canada's Lithium One to create the largest pure-play lithium company in the world, with a market capitalisation

Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon LNG project is proceeding on budget and on track for completion by the end of 2014, the project director said today.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest will have a nervous wait until the High Court hands down a judgment next month on claims he misled investors.

It's time to put an end to "billionaire welfare" in Australia by slashing multi-billion dollar subsidies handed to the mining industry, GetUp says.

Western Australia-focused iron ore explorer Flinders Mines will soon be in the hands of a Russian steel company after shareholders approved the friendly takeover.

A consortium featuring Japan's Marubeni and Korea's POSCO has confirmed it will take a 30 per cent equity stake in Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara, in a deal that val

BHP Billiton's head of iron ore Ian Ashby will stand down in July after 25 years with the resources giant.

Chinese demand is driving the resources boom, but Australian companies should consider operating in China itself, says the head of Swedish engineering giant Sandvik.

Mines minister Norman Moore said today he is “extraordinarily frustrated” after the state government withdrew its prosecution against US petroleum company Apache and its joint venture partners over

Perth-based energy junior FAR has announced a $15 million capital raising to fund oil and gas exploration off the Kenya coast.

Phoenix Gold has announced it will acquire Carrick Gold's West Kalgoorlie gold tenements in a cash and scrip deal worth just over $700,000.

Resources giant Rio Tinto's decision to scrap plans for a $US2 billion ($A1.92 billion) aluminium smelter in Malaysia has been blamed in part on China over-supplying the market.

Strike Energy has completed a $20 million share placement to fund further drilling programs at its Cooper Basin fields and demonstrate the commercial potential of its Eagle Ford shale gas assets.

Australia's gas fields should be harnessed for domestic consumption to keep the nation's manufacturing sector competitive, an adviser to the US President says.

Large numbers of short-term mining industry workers in the Pilbara region are causing havoc in some communities, leading to fights in overcrowded taverns, public urination and more rubbish on

Oklo Resources says the military coup in Mali is not expected to affect the gold explorer as it has been asked by the new administration to continue operations.

Success hasn't dimmed the enthusiasm of Terry Streeter, Miles Kennedy and a host of others for the challenges of new mining ventures.

Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco has won a $125 million civil and concrete works contract at Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Magnetite hopeful Mindax' $115 million tie-up with Japan's Sumitomo could be in jeopardy, after one of its board members lodged paperwork to block the deal by ousting two company directors, includi

Talks for the sale of liquefied natural gas from the $29 billion Wheatstone project in Western Australia are under way, operator Chevron says.