Design and construction company VDM Group has won $30.6 million worth of work with BHP Billiton.VDM has now won over $130 million worth of new work this financial year, it said.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association has elected Santos' David Knox as chairman and Woodside Energy's Rob Cole as vice chairman for the coming financial year.
Malaga's Hertel Modern has won a three-year, $90 million contract to provide paint, insulation and fireproofing services on Chevron's Gorgon liquefied natural gas development.
Japan's Inpex concedes the cost estimate for its Ichthys liquefied natural gas project (LNG) in the Timor Sea needs to be updated after its joint venture partner flagged a 30 per cent blowout.
Shares in Gindalbie Metals and Royal Resources rose after the iron ore firms settled a project acquisition deal that had been held up by a legal claim.
Rio Tinto has maintained its faith in Chinese growth by raising its Pilbara iron ore production target, even though it admits customers are becoming increasingly cautious about the world economy.
Sundance Resources' suitor Hanlong Mining has failed to secure a letter of confidence from China Development Bank for its $1.65 billion takeover of the iron ore explorer.
A Russian steel making giant may seek a deal with Fortescue Metals Group after a $554 million takeover of Flinders Mines, which holds an undeveloped iron ore project next to Fortescue's Solomon dev
Shares in Woodside Petroleum slumped six per cent to a seven-week low after the oil and gas producer's 2012 production target fell short of expectations.
Murchison Metals will be left with just a few exploration tenements and little funds if it pays shareholders with cash received from the $325 million sale of key assets to Mitsubishi.
The federal government could be forced to make further changes to its mining tax by the Greens, despite Prime Minister Julia Gillard's assurances that it will pass the Senate with the support of th
Premier Colin Barnett has hit back at federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson for saying the real problem for mining companies was paying state royalties.
Minmetals' $C1.3 billion $A1.28 billion) takeover bid for Democratic Republic of Congo-focused copper miner Anvil Mining has been extended as talks continue to gain the backing of state-owned joint
Chalice Gold Mines has become the latest Western Australian company to receive a strike under new executive pay laws, with nearly 47 per cent of shareholders voting against the company's remunerati
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has announced that its Nigerian subsidiary has won a seven-year, $126 million contract for quarrying operations for the United Cement Company of Nigeria (UniCem)
A planned rail line linking Sundance Resources' $US4.7 billion ($A4.79 billion) Mbalam iron ore project in West Africa to a proposed new port is a step closer.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has credited Prime Minister Julia Gillard's "guts and determination" for the successful passage of the federal government's mining tax.
The federal government is set to defer by one year the phasing down of a foreign bank tax measure, so it can cover the cost of its deal to secure the passing of mining tax laws.
A Western Australian Aboriginal group's request for the environment minister to use emergency powers to intervene in a Pilbara land dispute with Fortescue Metals Group is being considered but there
Prime Minister Julia Gillard threatens the "very fabric of cooperation in our federation" with plans to penalise states for mining royalty increases, Premier Colin Barnett says.
