Rail operator QR National has cuts its forecasts for full year earnings due to ongoing industrial action, weaker demand for coal transport and wet weather.
Coalition MPs have been trading mining and infrastructure shares as they rail against the impact of the minerals resource rent tax on the future of the industry.
Premier Colin Barnett has denied he is "obsessed" with industrialising the Kimberley, following a new move by his government to compulsorily acquire land for a $30 billion gas hub there.
Perth-based oil and gas junior WHL Energy says it is looking for farm-in partners after being awarded a 100 per cent working interest in a highly prospective gas exploration block in Victoria’s Otw
The federal coalition says Labor is going to cut the diesel fuel rebate for miners in the May budget as part of a "cash grab" aimed at protecting the government's surplus.
The mining industry has lashed out at suggestions the federal government is considering a cut to the diesel fuel tax rebate to prop up its budget, saying a further reduction was the equivalent of i
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting continues to target a 30 per cent equity sale of its $9.5 billion Roy Hill iron ore project but won't confirm speculation about the breakdown of that interest.
The state government has re-advertised notices of intention to compulsorily acquire land in the Kimberley for a $30 billion gas hub after the original notices were ruled invalid by the Supreme Cour
Earnings from resources and energy exports are predicted to continue to grow at a strong pace for at least the next five years, but economic growth more generally looks set to remain sluggish in th
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described as "recklessly irresponsible" Clive Palmer's claim that the CIA is sponsoring green groups in a bid to wreck the Australian economy.
The state government should not waste taxpayers' money by joining a court challenge against the federal government's mining tax if there's no reasonable chance of success, state Opposition Leader M
BHP Billiton says growth in Chinese demand for iron ore appears to be flattening out but fellow mining giant Rio Tinto is expecting Chinese demand to outstrip supply over the next seven years.
Fortescue Metals Group is seeking legal advice on plans to challenge the federal government's new mining tax in the High Court, though the company has conceded there is no certainty it will pr
AusGroup subsidiary AGC Industries has extended its relationship with Gindalbie Metals, announcing its preferred supplier status had resulted in a $160 million structural and mechanical and piping
Forge Resources shares have jumped after it announced it had lined up $50 million in funding and signed a joint venture partner for its Balla Balla iron ore project near the Pilbara coast.
Minemakers has rejected reports that Indian state-owned miner NMDC is poised to buy all of its rock phosphate reserves, saying it is only in talks to sell half and for a lot more than flagged.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's mining tax looks set to pass the Senate tonight, after the Australian Greens signalled they would vote for the legislation even though their preferred amendments have
Hong Kong-listed Wah Nam International has declared its cash and scrip takeover offer for iron ore explorer Brockman Resources free from all remaining conditions.
Japan’s Inpex Corporation announced today it had struck an agreement with Shell to purchase a 17.5 per cent interest in the Prelude floating LNG project, located off WA’s northern coast.
Finders Resources has inked a deal with Standard Bank for the sale of up to 60 per cent of all copper cathode produced at its Wetar project in Indonesia.
Legal experts have suggested mining magnate Clive Palmer's promised High Court challenge against Labor's carbon tax may be nothing more than hot air that won't come to pass.
Rio Tinto has signed up another group as preferred contractor for its expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, inking a framework agreement with Downer EDI.
