Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion has flagged new industry safety guidelines in the wake of five mining fatalities in Western Australia in nine months.
Two major events last week highlighted the private sector's desire to deliver new port infrastructure, and it's a trend the Barnett government could take even further.
Mineral Resources director Chris Ellison and TFS Corporation director Stephen Atkinson have sold shares in their respective companies worth a combined $28.2 million.
Shares in cashed-up Moly Mines have slumped after the company's two most senior executives left the business and it admitted it was likely to suspend trading on the ASX after failing to acquire a new business.
Aspiring iron ore miners Flinders Mines and Rutila Resources have joined forces, with backing from private New Zealand company Todd Corporation, to assess the development of an integrated rail and port project in the Pilbara.
Mining services company Mineral Resources is close to implementing ambitious plans to develop new transhipment facilities in the Pilbara and in Cockburn Sound to support growth in iron ore exports.
Iron ore miners in the Pilbara are on track to reach production and shipping targets, despite bad weather hampering operations and affecting some December quarter results.
Mineral Resources has confirmed the sale price of its Christmas Creek plant, saying Fortescue Metals Group will pay around $300 million for the processing facilities.
Fortescue Metals Group has assumed "full operational responsibility" at its Christmas Creek mine after two fatalities in less than five months, announcing it has purchased the mine's ore processing facilities from Mineral Resources subsidiary Crushing Services International.
Iron Ore Holdings had mixed news for shareholders yesterday, with lower costs likely to bolster its major project but heritage issues causing delays at a second project involving Mineral Resources.
Mineral Resources is expecting to defy the mining services downturn, telling shareholders today that it anticipates strong growth in net profit in the current financial year.
Property executives were the big movers in this year's Wealth Creators list, while the resources slowdown put the hurt on mining services directors' fortunes.
A pair of Mineral Resources subsidiaries have made progress on two fronts, one winning a processing plant contract worth an estimated $450 million at Rio Tinto's Nammuldi iron ore mine, while anoth
Mining industry pundits bemoaning the end of the ‘boom' will be pleasantly surprised to know that up to a dozen major projects could go ahead over the coming year.
Iron Ore Holdings is a step closer to kicking off its Iron Valley joint venture with Mineral Resources in the central Pilbara, after receiving approval today from the Department of Mines and Petrol
The appointment of Mineral Resources CEO Chris Ellison as the honorary consul for New Zealand piqued my interest in this unusual role – the official but unpaid representation of a nation.
A slowdown in the mining sector could have positive flow-on effects for employers in other industries, Business News' annual survey of the state's 100 largest employers has found.
Business leader Chris Ellison joins an eclectic elite with his appointment as New Zealand's honorary consul in Western Australia, joining 44 other local representatives of foreign nations in what h
Moly Mines shares have shot up on the ASX after the company announced it had signed a mine gate sale agreement with Mineral Resources worth up to $38 million for output from its Spinifex Ridge iron
Fresh from announcing plans to develop the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara, Mineral Resources has become the eleventh Western Australian company in the S&P/ASX 100 Index.
Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart has made a profit of about $60 million after selling her stake in diversified miner and contractor Mineral Resources.
THE 2012 wealth creators' list would not be complete without acknowledging the fortunes generated by the development of the Little Creatures brewery and subsequent listing of Little World Beverages
The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
IRON ore producers in the state's Yilgarn region are not immune from the hurdles facing producers in the Pilbara and Mid West – port capacity and access issues, transportation and infrastructure –
At the very end of an extraordinary week, a late announcement from an unlikely source – Transport Minister Troy Buswell – gave one of the few clear signals about future growth in the mining sector.
IF only all company directors could go out on such a high.Five years after establishing Forge Group, Peter Hutchinson and Andrew Ellison are leaving the business.
