Perth civil engineering firm Macmahon Holdings has mobilised the world's most powerful raise drilling machine after securing a $5 million contract at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine in mine in South Australia.
International engineering contractor Bechtel is seeking to diversify its local business by securing work on sustaining capital projects in the mining sector.
BHP Billiton has confirmed it is reviewing its iron ore operations, after it was revealed last week job cuts were likely following a review at its Worsley Alumina operations south of Perth.
The slump in the price of iron-ore to near 20-month lows has failed to halt the development of assets in Australia and overseas, despite ongoing cost cutting across the sector.
Atlas Iron managing director Ken Brinsden has called on opposition leader Bill Shorten to come up with an alternative to the Mineral Resources Rent Tax if Labor continued to block its repeal.
Western Australia's nickel miners are celebrating a classic supply-side surprise, which has driven the price of their metal sharply higher; but the same Indonesian government ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ore could soon do the same way for another WA specialty – bauxite.
Global oil and gas services company ASCO Group has added another string to its bow with the $28 million purchase of a majority stake in logistics provider Bonnie Rock Transport.
It may not be a feeding frenzy, yet, but the flood of deals in the Australian mining industry is a pointer to a significant and very positive mood swing.
BHP Billiton has confirmed long-running speculation that its Nickel West business is potentially up for sale, including the Mt Keith, Cliffs and Leinster mines, as well as the operations' processin
Aluminium producer Alcoa of Australia, miner BHP Billiton and national broadcaster ABC have been named the top places to work in Western Australia, according to a survey by recruitment specialist R
The $1.4 billion joint bid by Baosteel and Aurizon for control of Perth-based Aquila Resources marks a new wave of Chinese investment interest in WA's iron ore.
Indigenous businesses are pushing for an increased emphasis on making the sector more sustainable in the wake of another significant native title settlement.
Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski and Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Andrew Harding have joined some of Australia's top business leaders in being honoured by the American Australian Association.
Megara Developments managing director Matthew Pickford says his company was simply in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the Pilbara's building boom.
The state government has signed a native title agreement with the Ngarluma people of the Pilbara over land intended for a deepwater port at Anketell Point.
Masked by the delay in plans to merge Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining to create a $33 billion global gold mining giant is another sign that Western Australia's resources industry is losing its international investment appeal.
Cassini Resources has raised $10 million via a share placement with the proceeds earmarked for exploration activities its recently acquired West Musgrave nickel project.
Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane today launched a new centre dedicated to research in the resources sector, but was coy on whether Canberra would support a similar body that Woodside has been pushing for the oil and gas sector.
It's amazing what an improvement a new owner can bring to a business, which is why the proposed break-up of Australia's biggest company, BHP Billiton, is excellent news for Western Australia, particularly the Goldfields and South West.
BHP Billiton's divestment of its West Musgrave nickel project to Cassini Resources has had a dramatic and valuable impact on the junior miner's share price.
A partnership between oil and gas heavyweights Woodside Petroleum and Chevron, and the University of Western Australia is changing the design of offshore pipelines and cutting construction costs for the expensive infrastructure.
Never has the KISS management principle (keep it simple, stupid) been better demonstrated than in the dreadful condition of Western Australia's mineral processing sector, where crisis is piling on crisis.
The High Court has ruled that native title rights are not extinguished by the granting of mining leases, in what indigenous groups have described as a landmark decision which will provide a clear basis for the resolution of other native title disputes.
The state's two biggest mining companies have downplayed the recent dive in the iron ore price, insisting the outlook is still positive despite analysts tipping a continued fall to around $US80 per tonne.
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