Caltex Australia, which is pondering closing its refining operations, expects its first half profit to rise by as much as 81 per cent per cent due to higher refinery production.
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has purchased another $43 million worth of shares in the iron ore miner, taking his total spend on FMG stock this week over $100 million.
The Metallurgical Corporation of China has been ordered to set aside $80 million owed to Cape Lambert Resources over the sale of a Pilbara magnetite project in 2008.
Brookfield Multiplex's engineering and infrastructure division has won a $190 million contract to build an accommodation village at Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
South Boulder Mines has announced a plan to raise $9.5 million from North American investors to fund the development of its Colluli potash project in Eritrea.
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has increased his stake in the iron ore miner to just over 32 per cent, contrary to market speculation he was set to tip nearly $300 million into the
Rialto Energy has appointed global engineering, fabrication and construction specialist Petrofac to perform front end engineering and design for its Gazelle oil and gas field off the coast of Cote
Atlas Iron has appointed mining contractor MACA as its civil construction, mining and crushing services partner for its Mt Dove iron ore project in the Pilbara, after receiving final environmental
The families of some of the Sundance Resources directors who were killed in a plane crash en route to the company's West African iron ore project have launched legal proceedings against the firm.
Fortescue Metals Group says it can beat the federal government's mining tax in a legal challenge that will thrash out the century-old states versus Commonwealth rights debate.
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will not be affected by new laws in the United Kingdom requiring firms to list their greenhouse gas emissions because they say they already do so.
Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has increased its profit expectations for this financial year, tipping a 15 per cent jump on previous predictions.
Greens MLA Giz Watson has applauded a move by the state's Mining Warden's Court to reject three bauxite exploration licenses in the tourist-haven southwest region.
Rio Tinto and its partners have agreed to spend $US5.2 billion expanding their massive iron ore operations in the Pilbara, with Rio saying the demand outlook is positve and that competing supp
Embattled miner Atlantic has confirmed it is in discussions with the state government regarding a deferred payment of royalties for its Windimurra vanadium project in the Mid West.
Grange Resources is seeking to sell a 30 per cent stake in its $2.57 billion Southdown iron ore project near Albany, and has appointed Deutsche Bank to assist with the process.
An Indian-based mining giant has been accused of short-cutting the visa approval process by using foreign workers for a $10 billion coal mine in central Queensland.
