Platinum has climbed to the highest price in more than two months ahead of a planned strike in South Africa that may interrupt production in the top producer of the precious metal.
BHP Billiton produced record volumes of coal and iron ore in the second half of 2013, despite falls in quarterly production at its petroleum and Pilbara iron ore divisions.
Global crude-oil prices have gained after the IMF raised its forecast for global growth in 2014 and the International Energy Agency upped its prediction of oil consumption growth.
Empire Oil & Gas has appointed former Woodside Petroleum executive Stuart Brown to its board as the company's new management looks to recruit experienced directors to guide its future.
Saracen Mineral Holdings has purchased the Thunderbox gold project from Norilsk Nickel for $23 million, in a deal which could double the company's production to up to 270,000 ounces per year.
Resources giant BHP Billiton has signed a final agreement to pay $US3 million ($A3.4 million) to Otto Energy to withdraw from an oil and gas exploration joint venture in the Philippines.
Sandfire Resources says it remains on track to achieve full-year production guidance, despite posting softer results from its DeGrussa copper-gold mine in the December quarter.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has fallen from the highest closing price in two weeks amid slowing economic growth and weaker industrial output in China, the world's second-biggest oil consume
Royal Dutch Shell has announced it will sell its minority stake in Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project and a related joint venture to the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company for $US1.13 billion.
Wolf Minerals has announced a substantial increase in capital and operating costs for its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in England, which is now budgeted to cost $230 million to develop.
Blackham Resources shares are up 44 per cent after the minerals explorer agreed to pay $2 million for the Wiluna gold plant in Western Australia from the receivers of Apex Minerals.
Wesfarmers is set to acquire a coal development licence worth $70 million from Peabody Energy, in a purchase which the company says will boost its total coal reserves by about 29 per cent.
Paladin Energy managing director John Borshoff says the company's $US190 million sale of a minority stake in its Langer Heinrich mine vindicates a decision to walk away from sale negotiations last year.
Sino-Australian investment house ASF Group will become the single largest shareholder in Perth-based Key Petroleum after agreeing to a 19.9 per cent placement of Key shares as the company expands its interests in Canning Basin oil and gas plays.
Moly Mines has announced another boardroom shakeup in the wake of the arrest in Hong Kong earlier this week of one of the company’s major shareholder’s senior executives.
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.
Exploration firm Energia Minerals has launched a $2.2 million capital raising plan, to fund evaluation and development of its Carley Bore uranium project in the Carnarvon Basin.
Uranium miner Paladin Energy’s stock has lifted on the ASX after the company announced it had refinanced its debt facilities for its Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera projects.
Shares in West Perth explorer Riedel Resources have skyrocketed after Fortescue Metals Group agreed to farm-in to its Charteris Creek tenement in a deal worth up to $1 million.
Woodside Petroleum has flagged up to $400 million in writedowns ahead of the release of its 2013 full year earnings result next month, with the energy giant reporting lower sales revenue for the year.
