Shares in Perth-based gold explorer Adamus Resources dropped today after announcing it had secured a credit facility for the development of its Southern Ashanti Gold Project in Ghana, enabling it to become a mid-tier gold producer by early 2011.
Shares in mining contractor NRW Holdings were up slightly following the announcement of a $200 million contract for the design, development and operation of an iron ore mine at Rio Tinto's Western Turner Syncline Section 10 deposit in the Pilbara.
Perth-based uranium explorer Energia Minerals is poised to list on the Australian Securities Exchange later this month after an initial public offer raised $7.5 million.
Perth-based oil and gas company Amadeus Energy has acquired the Texas-based operator of the majority of its US interests in a deal worth more than $US5 million.
Chevron has made a deepwater gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, which could support the company's long-term growth plans for the Gorgon project.
Kairiki Energy and Nido Petroleum have given the green light for the development of their $US20 million ($A22 million) Tindalo oil project in the Philippines.
Perth-based Rio Tinto executive Danny Goeman has been announced as the miner's new lead iron ore price negotiator for the company's Asian iron ore division.
West Perth-based Nkwe Platinum has raised $11 million that will settling the acquisition of International Goldfield's interest in a South African platinum project.
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has today secured the country's largest-ever aviation support contract for the resources industry with a $170 million contract to provide flight services for Chevron's operations in the north of the state.
West Perth-based Rubianna Resources has made a strong debut on the Australian Securities Exchange today, with its share price closing at a 50 per cent premium to its issue price.
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is budgeting a further $US150 million to bring the Ravensthorpe nickel mine into production within 18 months, after it today announced it had bought the operation from BHP Billiton.
Chevron has again claimed the country's largest ever resource deal with a gas sales deal over the Wheatstone project with Tokyo Electric Power Company, estimated at $90 billion.
Subiaco-based Summit Resources will pay French nuclear company Areva $4.5 million to settle legal action over the uranium marketing rights to the Valhalla/Skal deposit in Mt Isa.
For all the clout that multinationals Chevron and Shell might normally expect to wield, it is clearly Woodside boss Don Voelte who wears the pants when it comes to the Browse LNG venture in the Kimberley.
Woodside chief Don Voelte today welcomed the federal government's strict deadline for moving forward with development of the giant Browse gasfield as "brilliant" and "a shot in the arm" for the people of the Kimberley.
Progress towards a final investment decision for the $20 billion Wheatstone project is gathering pace with operator Chevron today awarding the offshore component of a key contract to Technip Oceania and WorleyParsons subsidiary, Intecsea.
The partners in the Woodside-led Browse Basin gas project must spend $1.25 billion within the next three years under the terms of a lease renewal offer made by the federal and state governments.
Woodside Petroleum says it will not reverse a decision to change new accommodation arrangements at its $12 billion Pluto gas project despite workers today going on an illegal 48-hour strike.
Mining services company Mineral Resources has secured a long-term sales agreement with Baosteel Group Corporation and finalised a $52 million placement.
Construction is officially underway at Gindalbie Metal's $1.8 billion Karara iron ore project in the Mid West following an official ground-breaking ceremony held on site this morning attended by Premier Colin Barnett.
Brockman Resources has today appointed Ausenco as its lead study manager for the definitive feasibility study for its Marillan iron ore project in the Pilbara.
A consortium led by aggressive Perth-based mining services group Mineral Resources will revive the stalled Windimurra Vanadium project near Mt Magnet, after striking a deal with administrators and receivers.
Frank Timis-controlled explorer African Minerals is poised to become the leading shareholder in Cape Lambert Resources via a $31 million scrip deal over the Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone.
CBH Resources has decided to develop its Panorama copper-zinc project in the Pilbara as an underground mine with capital costs estimated at $150 million.
Woodside Petroleum chief Don Voelte today slammed key terms of a third party gas supply deal struck by rival liquefied natural gas developer Chevron as "stupid".
West Perth-based Bass Metals plans to raise $15.3 million, which in combination with its $15 million banking facility, will be used to develop the Fossey polymetallic project in Tasmania.
Oil junior AED Oil has drawn the attention of the share market regulator over the timing and content of its disclosure relating to problems at the Puffin oil field in the Timor Sea.
Shares in Subiaco-based IMX Resources are higher after an unnamed party expressed interest in providing $US45 million ($A49 million) in finance for its Southern Oregon mineral sands project in the US through a mix of debt and equity.
Shares in Aviva Corporation have slumped after it decided not to extend its option over the only coal deposit for the Coolimba power project in the Mid West, part of the ramifications of the lost power supply tender contract to Verve Energy.
