Perth-based oil and gas explorer Zeta Petroleum has launched an $8 million IPO to fund the appraisal and development of its Romanian oil and gas assets.
Mining services company Ausdrill has signed on as the major sponsor of the Hockeyroos, Australia's women's hockey team, in a two-year deal that ends a long search for financial backing.
Arafura Resources expects to convert a rare earths sales deal with Germany's ThyssenKrupp into a formal agreement and expand the intended customer base in Europe.
Atlas Iron has signed an agreement to buy out its joint venture partner in the Daltons tenements at its Mt Webber iron ore project in the Pilbara, for $33 million in cash and shares.
India will eventually take over from China as the main engine of growth for the iron ore market but its consumption will be less intense, an analyst says.
Treasurer Wayne Swan believes a growing number of people agree with the sentiments in his recent essay that attacked "vested interest" and in particular three billionaire mining magnates.
Western Australia's work safety watchdog has lost its appeal against the dismissal of charges accusing Fortescue Metals Group of failing to provide a safe workplace at a Pilbara rail camp during Cy
Rail operator QR National has cuts its forecasts for full year earnings due to ongoing industrial action, weaker demand for coal transport and wet weather.
Coalition MPs have been trading mining and infrastructure shares as they rail against the impact of the minerals resource rent tax on the future of the industry.
Premier Colin Barnett has denied he is "obsessed" with industrialising the Kimberley, following a new move by his government to compulsorily acquire land for a $30 billion gas hub there.
Perth-based oil and gas junior WHL Energy says it is looking for farm-in partners after being awarded a 100 per cent working interest in a highly prospective gas exploration block in Victoria's Otw
The federal coalition says Labor is going to cut the diesel fuel rebate for miners in the May budget as part of a "cash grab" aimed at protecting the government's surplus.
The mining industry has lashed out at suggestions the federal government is considering a cut to the diesel fuel tax rebate to prop up its budget, saying a further reduction was the equivalent of i
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting continues to target a 30 per cent equity sale of its $9.5 billion Roy Hill iron ore project but won't confirm speculation about the breakdown of that interest.
The state government has re-advertised notices of intention to compulsorily acquire land in the Kimberley for a $30 billion gas hub after the original notices were ruled invalid by the Supreme Cour
Earnings from resources and energy exports are predicted to continue to grow at a strong pace for at least the next five years, but economic growth more generally looks set to remain sluggish in th
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described as "recklessly irresponsible" Clive Palmer's claim that the CIA is sponsoring green groups in a bid to wreck the Australian economy.
The state government should not waste taxpayers' money by joining a court challenge against the federal government's mining tax if there's no reasonable chance of success, state Opposition Leader M
BHP Billiton says growth in Chinese demand for iron ore appears to be flattening out but fellow mining giant Rio Tinto is expecting Chinese demand to outstrip supply over the next seven years.
Fortescue Metals Group is seeking legal advice on plans to challenge the federal government's new mining tax in the High Court, though the company has conceded there is no certainty it will pr
AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industries has extended its relationship with Gindalbie Metals, announcing its preferred supplier status had resulted in a $160 million structural and mechanical and piping
