The schedule for Australia's largest gold mine could be extended as manager Newmont Mining Corporation said work on the Boddington operation is now 83 per cent complete.
Ausdrill Ltd joint venture vehicle, African Underground Mining Services, has won a four-year $90 million production mining contract with the West African Red Back Mining.
Air passengers travelling with Skywest will be able to save a few dollars with the recent decline in oil prices prompting the airline to decrease it fuel surcharges, however Qantas and Virgin Blue have indicated they won't be moving any time soon to cut t
Rio Tinto has emerged as the mystery buyer behind an 11 per cent parcel of shares in uranium explorer Extract Resources Ltd, which could be a hurdle in the company's planned merger with West Perth-based Kalahari Minerals Ltd.
WHILE critics have been quick to jump on the Labor-bashing bandwagon after the state election, there hasn't been much reflection on some of the strategic challenges that will face the next state government, whoever leads it.
HISMELT, Minara Resources and Rocla Quarry have been recognised for their excellence and leadership in environmental responsibility at this year’s Golden Gecko awards.
Smartrider, Perth's public transport integrated ticketing system, is the leading contender in the process to introduce a smartcard system in New Zealand.
Rising energy, steel and labour costs, and the added burden of investors snubbing the industry has led to a spate of casualties in the gold sector in recent years.
THE state’s geothermal industry has been given a kick-start with the government awarding a private Guildford-based company the first exploration permits in Western Australia.
COOGEE Chemicals and sister company, Coogee Resources, have both appointed new chief executives with Coogee Resources also appointing a new chairman.Coogee Resources’ major shareholder Gordon Martin (
The iron ore, nickel and gas sectors have grown to dominate new investment in Western Australia's resources sector, but there continues to be substantial investment in other mineral sectors across the state.
Seven of the eight companies facing prosecution over the deaths of two workers during Cyclone George last year have not entered a plea in the Perth Magistrates Court today.
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has extended a drill and blast contract with Ausdrill Ltd in a deal that will generate the mining services company over $300 million in revenue over five years.
Mineral production in Australia will slide by 210 million tonnes by 2020 if a 10 per cent reduction in emissions is set, according to the Minerals Council of Australia, while conservationists have labeled the target as "laughable".
South Perth-based uranium company Extract Resources Ltd has entered into a merger agreement with London-listed Kalahari Minerals Ltd in a scrip deal worth over $210 million.
Portman Ltd said it is assessing its options of its shareholding in Golden West Resources Ltd after a Federal Court judge today ruled against the validity of its proxy forms lodged for last week's extraordinary meeting.
A $72 million price tag has been placed on the development of Perth-based Tiger Resources Ltd's African copper project with payback for operation pegged at one-and-a-half years.
It may have been a tough past six months for the resource sector but not so according to Standard & Poor's as changes to its S&P/ASX indices reveal a majority of inclusions being resource stocks.
In a bid to bolster exploration after winding down its Western Australian mining operations in July, Fox Resources Ltd has hired Newexco Services Pty Ltd to undertake base metals exploration.
West Perth-based Apollo Minerals Ltd has signed a native title agreement with the Ngarluma People, traditional owners of the land where the company's Mt Oscar iron ore project is located.
Perth-based engineering company Emerson Stewart Ltd has boosted its order book value to $46 million after it secured three new contracts with Apache Energy Ltd, Peet Ltd and Straits Asia Resources Ltd.
Bateman Engineering has continued its expansion into Western Australia, signing a deal with Poseidon Nickel Ltd to undertake pre-feasibility work at the Windarra nickel project.
Maddington-based civil contractor Brierty Ltd has signed a letter of intent with iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group for further major earthworks at its port development at Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
The skyrocketing popularity of bulk commodity coal has Nedlands-based internet technology developer Ezenet Ltd taking a closer look at coal tenements in Malawi.
In a boost to its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd has received acceptances from Ausdrill shareholders with nine per cent of the company's stock following the establishment of an institutional acceptance facility last week.
West Perth-based Globe Metals & Mining has announced the commencement of a pre-feasibility study on its 100 per cent-owned multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon) Kanyika Project in Malawi.
The battle between Oil Basins Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd, a spin-off from the merger of ARC Energy and Australian Worldwide Exploration, has heightened following a force majeure declaration over the Blina Back Reef Play joint venture.
Accommodation provider Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has been awarded a $25 million contract to manufacture and supply 250 accommodation units for Rio Tinto.
