Subiaco-based gold explorer Ampella Mining has recommended its shareholders approve a proposed $41 million off-market takeover bid from Egypt-focused miner Centamin.
BHP Billiton chief Andrew Mackenzie says his main aim is not growing volumes, confirming plans to cut capital expenditure by 25 per cent this year and further next year.
New Standard Energy plans to diversify its interests in the oil and gas sector by completing a farm-in agreement in the Cooper Basin in South Australia and acquiring 5,182 acres in a Texas oil shale asset.
Is the world about to become a better place? That's not a philosophical question, it's simply an observation that economic conditions might be better than we realise, as shown by recent developments in China, the US and the UK.
A former Perth commercial analyst has been fined after pleading guilty to one count of insider trading related to the takeover of MacArthur Coal by Peabody Energy Corporation in 2011.
Shares in Perth-based explorer Krakatoa Resources have soared on the back of the company signing a strategic alliance with Indonesian iron ore miner Sitasa Group.
Perth-based Kogi Iron has released indicated resource estimates of 466 million tonnes at 41.4 per cent iron at its Agbaja iron ore project in Nigeria, with an overall resource increase of 20 per cent.
The Kiteracing Oceanic Championships begin off Leighton Beach in Fremantle today; with marine business advocate group Marine WA saying the event is a prime opportunity for local businesses to showc
Rio Tinto's former Pilbara iron ore president Greg Lilleyman has been promoted to group executive technology & innovation, just four months after he was made head of productivity improvement.
Seven Group Holdings subsidiary WesTrac China will pay $US130 million ($A143 million) to acquire Caterpillar Global Mining's distribution and support business in north eastern China.
US stocks have edged higher as a Federal Reserve official suggested that the central bank could take a small step next week to reel in its stimulus program.
The developer of the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore project has secured a unique insurance scheme which safeguards the project against construction delays and wage blowouts caused by cyclones on the volatile Pilbara coastline.
Perth-based explorer Musgrave Minerals' share price has spiked up 40 per cent after releasing drilling results at the company's Deering Hills project in northern South Australia.
Queensland-based pipeline construction company Murphy Pipe and Civil has expanded its operations into Western Australia, opening a new Perth office in the hopes of winning further work on the state's resources projects.
Former Perth lawyer Nick Grono will return to Europe to run a new anti-slavery fund backed by his most recent boss, iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest, and other leading philanthropists.
Telecom Corp has sold its Australian AAPT unit for $450 million to ASX-listed internet service provider, TPG Telecom, beating initial expectations of what the unit would go for.
Perth-based gold miner West African Resources has gained approval from shareholders of Canadian-based Channel Resources to combine the two companies for further expansion of gold projects in Burkina Faso.
