West Perth-based Gunson Resources will consider building its zircon processing plant in Western Australia instead of China following recommendations that it will save money.
Arafura Resources has further strengthened its ties with its major Chinese shareholder, which has agreed to take a 51 per cent stake in the Jervois iron-vanadium project in the Northern Territory.
Balcatta-based Repcol has announced plans to invest nearly $20 million in mining services company Resource Equipment Rentals and sell its debt collection business for $350,000.
Iluka Resources expects to pocket $77 million from the sale of its controlling stake in Queensland company Consolidated Rutile after Unimin Australia launched a $150 million takeover bid.
Copper miner Anvil Mining has called a trading halt while its stockbrokers seek to obtain subscriptions for a C$30 million (A$34 million) capital raising.
WA junior Emmerson Resources has entered into a landmark $28 million binding agreement with Ivanhoe Australia to fast track the discovery of potentially world-class deposits within its fully-owned tenements at Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
The Kimberley Land Council is believed to have negotiated an agreement with the state government and Woodside Petroleum that would deliver more than $1 billion over 30 years from the development of a liquefied natural gas hub near Broome.
Rio Tinto has maintained its 2009 iron ore guidance despite heavy rain in the Pilbara driving its first quarter iron ore output 15 per cent lower on the same time last year.
Initial production from Apache Energy's Van Gogh oil field in the Exmouth basin has been delayed after its processing vessel caught fire at a shipyard in Singapore.
Atlas Iron says it will focus on attracting a suitable joint venture partner for its Ridley magnetite iron ore project in the Pilbara after a preliminary study estimated a capital cost of nearly $3 billion.
Perth-based Regis Resources has given the go ahead for the development of its Duketon gold project in Western Australia with capital costs expected to peak at $125 million.
Around 160 employees at Xstrata's Sinclair nickel operation in Western Australia are facing an uncertain future as the miner defers underground development due to current market conditions.
Perth-based Impact Minerals said it is considering a range of options to advance its WA uranium project following the recent $US49 million deal to farm-out a nearby uranium deposit.
SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.
THE Chamber of Minerals and Energy says government and industry should use the current slowdown to plan for Western Australia's development once the economy returns to full strength.
GOLD is seen as an attractive investment due to its strong performance in a down turning economy, but one senior economist has warned the good times will not last forever.
TWO decades of research has taken Osborne Park software firm Stochastic Simulation to what it believes is the brink of revolutionising the oil and gas reservoir simulation industry.
THE Indian Ocean was the great 'silk sea route' Australia's great new frontier and, in many respects, its future, a report launched last week has concluded.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Andrew Forrest and his executives did not mislead investors by overstating agreements with Chinese parties, a Western Australian court has been told.
Minara Resources says an increase in the price of nickel may be the reason behind a 29 per cent share price jump today, after it received its second query from the market regulator in less than a fortnight.
GRD Minproc, a subsidiary of Perth-based GRD, will conduct both the prefeasibility and definitive feasibility studies for Extract Resources' Rossing South uranium project in Namibia.
As part of efforts to ramp up exploration work at its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia, Canadian miner Cameco has opened a Perth office and appointed Ron Matthews as managing director.
Mount Gibson Iron says it has resolved a dispute with one of its offtake customers, which failed to collect iron ore cargoes allocated to it under its long-term contract.
The corporate watchdog says it will ask the Federal Court to consider disqualifying Andrew Forrest from acting as a director as legal proceedings involving Fortescue Metals Group is set to start on Monday.
Centamin Egypt has entered into an agreement with Macquarie Bank for a $US25 million ($A35 million) loan facility for the development of its Sukari gold project.
Ausdrill says it has entered into a non-binding $US150 million ($A213 million) agreement with AngloGold Ashanti for drilling and blasting services at its Geita gold mine in Tanzania.
Black Swan State Theatre Company has appointed Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief Sam Walsh as its new chairman while University of Western Australia vice-chancellor Alan Robson has joined its board.
West Perth-based Navigator Resources has entered into a deal to buy the Bronzewing gold mine from the administrators of View Resources for nearly $10 million.
THE gold sector has been a standout performer during the past six months, with 13 gold explorers or producers in Western Australia launching capital raisings worth a total of $275 million.
