WHEN Silver Lake Resources managing director Les Davis and Integra Mining chief Chris Cairns used the first day of the recent Diggers & Dealers Forum in Kalgoorlie to unveil the $1 billion merg
THE level of exploration activity being undertaken by junior miners in Africa is increasing, with Burkina Faso in particular coming more into focus as a promising gold producer.
Chinese visitors spent more than $150 million in Western Australia over the last 12 months, after visitor numbers surged by 43.3 per cent over the previous year.
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than three-quarters of a per cent lower after data showed that US manufacturing had contracted for the third straight month.
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group hit a three-year low today, despite the iron ore miner offloading the power station at its Solomon mine in the Pilbara for $US300 million ($A294 million).
Concerns about the global economy have prompted the Australian dollar to fall more than half a US cent, reversing its rally following the Australian reserve bank's decision to keep the official int
US stocks have closed mixed after a key report showed the third straight monthly contraction in the manufacturing sector, a key engine behind the economy's still-sluggish recovery.
The state government has a $7.5 billion black hole in pre-election commitments that it will find harder to plug because of falling iron ore royalties, the Labor opposition says.
The Australian dollar has climbed closer to 103 US cents after the central bank suggested interest rates could remain unchanged for the remainder of the year.
Police & Nurses Mutual Banking says it is confident of growth in 2013 despite lodging a dip in profit in difficult trading conditions over the 2012 financial yaer.
Perth hotel rooms experienced the largest jump in occupancy and room rates in Australia in the first half of 2012, with lodging prices rising to 21 per cent above the national average, new research
The Business Council of Australia has backed calls by coalition-led state governments for GST revenues to be distributed by the commonwealth according to population.
Breakaway Resources has signed a joint venture agreement worth $8 million with Sandfire Resources, to explore the Altia base metals project in north-west Queensland.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged the mining industry to recruit Australians willing to work on projects rather than bring in temporary skilled migrants.
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Heavily indebted iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has deferred $1.6 billion of spending on its expansion projects and cut “several hundred” jobs in a dramatic reaction to the sharp plunge in i
Europe's main stock markets have risen amid growing hopes the European Central Bank could unveil a bond-buying program later this week, while investors digested poor manufacturing data.
Petrol prices appear to have topped out after rising sharply over the past few months to a 13-week high, and could ease a little further over the next couple of weeks, Commonwealth Securities says.
Construction group Global Construction Services has announced a $32.1 million capital raising plan to reduce its debts and provide additional capital to achieve a 20 per cent growth target over the
