Base Resources has announced a plan to list on London's Alternative Investment Market, in order to tap UK and European interest in its $US298 million Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has thrown down the challenge to commonwealth and state treasurers to sort out the issue of the mining tax and royalties, and put politics "in the back pocket".
Aquila Resources has disclosed that it has still not reached agreement with its joint venture partner AMCI on a 2012-13 budget for their West Pilbara iron ore joint venture.
Northern Star Resources shares have slumped sharply on the ASX today, after the gold miner announced that its major shareholder and members of its board of directors had agreed to sell a combined 1
Hanlong Mining's proposed takeover of Sundance Resources could be completed by Christmas after turmoil on financial markets forced the Sundance board to curb its price and timetable for the transac
Gindalbie Metals has announced it will tap investors for $62 million to insulate it against continuing iron ore market volatility, as it ramps up production at the Karara magnetite project in the M
Western Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has finally begun production at its Malaysian processing plant following a recent court victory.
Agriculture Minister Terry Redman can't shed light on reports a Chinese agricultural giant could buy up to $4 billion worth of prime farmland after snapping up some 30,000 hectares in the past mont
Horticulture is proving the latest attraction for Chinese investors, with a major Donnybrook vineyard that was at the heart of one of the state's most expensive tax-driven financial disasters becom
The Australian dollar is higher as traders shrugged off a weaker domestic capital expenditure outlook and focused on positive comments about US debt negotiations.
A barge carrying nearly 2,000 tonnes of construction equipment has run aground on the coast near Cervantes, as emergency services frantically respond to storm damage across the state.
Grange Resources has announced it will dramatically reduce spending and slash jobs at its Southdown magnetite iron ore project near Albany, the latest victim of continued uncertainty in commodities
The bid to reduce general government sector spending in Western Australia is off to a bad start, rising 3.9 per cent in the September quarter compared to the same period in 2011.
Two Western Australian Liberal senators have broken ranks with their colleagues in declaring their support for a Labor bill to finalise the deregulation of wheat exports.
Perth law firm Talbot Olivier plans to adopt a new brand as part of a link-up with two east coast firms also owned by listed company Integrated Legal Holdings.
The chairman of the Western Australian Planning Commission has been dismissed for misusing his government credit card, after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel over 28 months.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott called for a judicial inquiry into the 20-year-old AWU "slush fund" affair, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard sought his apology for claims she had breached the law.
Stronger than expected business spending figures will give a boost to next yesterday's national accounts but economists doubt this will stand in the way of further interest rate cuts by the central
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