Troy Resources has extended its $188 million takeover offer for Azimuth Resources by two weeks, after failing to secure enough acceptances from existing shareholders to close the bid.
Arafura Resources has formally cancelled an agreement to purchase an industrial site in Whyalla, South Australia as part of its cost-savings initiatives.
The parent company of Perth business Arccon has been placed into administration, just six days after veteran engineer Robert Wilde was elected as chairman.
Rialto Energy is seeking to raise up to $21 million to fund exploration and development work at its oil and gas acreage off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire.
Forge Group’s newly acquired US-based subsidiary Taggart Global has been named preferred contractor for a $US221 million engineering and construction contract at the Vista coal project in Alberta,
Traditional owners have vowed to challenge the legal status of a new agreement between the state government and two companies seeking to exploit shale gas in the Canning Basin.
Shares in mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings have fallen sharply today to a four-and-a-half year low after the company downgraded its profit forecast for the second time in two months.
When the Varanus Island gas explosion occurred in 2008, wiping out a third of Western Australia’s gas supplies and causing $3 billion in damage to the state’s economy, securing an alternative energ
Shale gas in the US contributed around $80 billion to its GDP and created more than 900,000 jobs, but a new financial analysis has shown developing Australia’s vast shale gas resources will cost up
Engineering firms exposed to mining are going through a tough patch but prospects are much better for those like Technip and Clough in the oil & gas sector.
Gold miner Reed Resources has announced a series of operational setbacks at its recently opened Meeekatharra operation, triggering a slump in its share price to a new closing low of 3.7 cents.
Premier Colin Barnett is pressing ahead with plans to acquire land at James Price Point for a gas processing precinct – without having a proponent lined up to build one.
Rio Tinto has signed a new native title agreement with traditional owners the Yindjibarndi people, covering two of its Pilbara railways and a number of mineral deposits.
Shares in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in Nigeria.
Fast-growing Geraldton business Bhagwan Marine has expanded its service offering and geographical presence through the acquisition of a Northern Territory marine services business.
Resource industry groups have expressed concern about federal laws that will result in coal seam gas and large coal mine developments facing greater scrutiny under changes designed to ensure new pr
Gold has settled at its lowest price in a month as investors prepared for the gradual end of the Federal Reserve's stimulus efforts, which have been a catalyst for the market since 2008.
Metals X has become the latest Western Australian exploration play to down tools because of prevailing pessimism in the sector, suspending work on a definitive feasibility study at its Wingella nic
Engineering contractor Calibre Group announced late today the resignation of managing director Rod Baxter, following a series of damaging profit downgrades that have shattered its stock price.
Perth company director Neil Hamilton intends to resign from the board of Miclyn Express Offshore, after a heated dispute with the company’s two major shareholders over their governance practices.
Gold miner Lachlan Star has pressed pause on its plans to move its corporate office out of Perth, after a subscriber to its $C12.9 million ($13.2 million) non-brokered private placement failed to c
Forge Resources’ plan to construct a new six million tonne per year iron ore export facility in the Pilbara has been recommended for approval by the state Environmental Protection Authority.
