ZIRCON producer Australian Zircon has appointed Michael Kiernan (pictured) as a non-executive director. Mr Kiernan has mining expertise, both at an operation and management level.
BROCKMAN Resources managing director Wayne Richards has taken advantage of the recent upswing in the company's share price, exercising 1 million options in the money.
Kalahari Minerals has filed documents in the Supreme Court of Western Australia over the appointment of newly elected Extract Resources director John Main.
Fortescue Metals Group has agreed to settle a shipping contract dispute with the issue of $US22 million ($A34 million) worth of shares and has entered into a shipping joint venture.
Straits Resources will raise nearly $80 million through a convertible notes issue to the Standard Chartered Bank and has been granted an 18-month, $25 million senior debt facility by the bank.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has booked a $1.1 billion net profit in its first full half-year of mining, though in line with previous periods its result has more to do with accounting adjustments than mining operations.
Nickel miner Independence Group has booked an unaudited net loss of $1.2 million for the December quarter following a $7 million write-down in investments and exploration expenditure.
Nickel miner Albidon has reached an agreement with a private investment fund for a capital injection of up to $40 million through a convertible notes issue.
Mineral sands hopeful Image Resources has signed a deal with a Chinese organisation to investigate results from its North Perth Basin project and may lead to a joint venture.
West Perth-based Tap Oil says it expects to be generating revenue at near full capacity in the coming months following the Varanus Island incident, as quarterly production jumps 42 per cent.
OZ Mineral says it will book a small loss in carrying value from the sale of its stake in Nyrstar NV for $33 million as it details where 1200 job cuts were made.
Coordinator of Energy Jason Banks will chair a new committee that will review the state's gas supplies and examine ways to improve the management of energy emergencies.
Falling commodity prices during the December quarter has increased the payback amount by Kagara to its offtake partners as the miner delivers another period of record copper production.
Mining services company Imdex is banking on the oil and gas sector to help it through the mining downturn as it calls off an acquisition deal for Australian Drilling Specialities.
THE days of widespread gender bias in the corporate world is generally considered a thing of the past, with a growing number of women rising through the ranks in both the public and private sector.
AS the world's financial woes spread to affect most commodities and industries, gold's status as a traditional safe-haven investment has helped to boost the sector.
Less than two months after proposing the takeover offer, Paladin Energy has passed the 90 per cent minimum acceptance level in its bid for Fusion Resources.
Cazaly Resources managing director Clive Jones has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Subiaco-based Graynic Metals, taking over from Ivan Hoffman who has resigned for personal reasons.
Nickel miner Mincor Resources says it is on track to achieve its revised production guidance for fiscal 2009, as it posts record production and lower cash costs for the December quarter.
Engineering services company Neptune Marine Services Limited has taken advantage of its position within the global oil and gas industry to deliver second quarter revenues of $52 million.
The release of encouraging quarterly reports by Western Australian gold miners has failed to provide direction for the stocks' share price, as a stronger market was offset by a fall in the precious metal's price.
Gold hopeful CGA Mining plans to raise nearly $31 million from Canadian investors as Platinum Australia becomes the latest miner to enter a trading halt pending the release of capital raising details.
Newmont Mining Corp is set to take full ownership of the Boddington gold mine following AngloGold Ashanti's decision to sell its one-third interest for $1.6 billion.
Gold miner Apex Minerals has raised a total of $24.6 million in new capital, via a $19.6 million share placement and a $5 million credit facility from major shareholder Mark Creasy.
Welshpool-based Mineral Commodities will pocket $2 million from a settlement reached with a group of engineering companies over its diamond project in Sierra Leone.
Shares in Extract Resources have dipped as the company releases the maiden resource for its Rossing South Zone 1 project in Namibia, claiming it to be one of the most significant uranium discoveries made in decades.
It was a mixed December quarter for iron ore miners Murchison Metals and Mount Gibson Iron, as demand for the commodity lowered one miner's shipments but raised the other.
