INTERNATIONAL oil giant Shell is heading for a showdown with conservationists after applying to start gas exploration just 30km from the edge of the Ningaloo Marine Park.
South Africa's government knew its Australian counterpart was headed for trouble when the controversial mining super profits tax was announced in May, the nation's mines minister said today.
AS Australia struggled out from the shadow of the global financial crisis in 2009, investors were desperately hoping to do more than just recover their losses.
WESTERN Australia’s largest gas users have urged the state government to take direct action to ensure that the Woodside-operated North West Shelf project continues to maintain supplies to WA customers.
US-owned oil and gas producer Apache Energy has unveiled a dramatic investment program in Western Australia that will cement its position as one of the state’s biggest gas producers.
The past year has been one of extreme highs and gut-wrenching lows for investors, as the global economy struggles to shake off the lingering impacts of the global downturn.
CAMPBELL Brothers’ $123 million takeover bid for Perth-based metallurgical testing specialist Ammtec has underlined signs that the mining services sector is gearing up to cash in on the resurgence of Australia’s resources industry.
Approval to develop the big Tshipi manganese mine in South Africa is expected next quarter, after Jupiter Mines shareholders today approved a $245 million deal to buy into the venture.
With a big Green vote expected this month, the fishing industry, oil and gas developers, tourism operators and conservationists are all watching the roll-out of a national network of marine parks.
TEN years ago this week, Rio Tinto made a move that has arguably since proved the key to its current strength and was pivotal in making the Pilbara an economic powerhouse.
Creating a new all-powerful national regulator for the offshore oil and gas industry would be a top priority of a re-elected Gillard Labor government, federal resources minister Martin Ferguson said today.
WESTERN Australia may have surged up the rankings of the world’s most attractive locations for oil and gas investment, but it remains just the fourth most attractive investment location within Australia.
Miners will have to set aside substantially more cash to cover future mine site rehabilitation from next year, following a major overhaul of the state’s environmental bond regime.
Margaret River residents have been urged to keep an open mind when considering a proposed coal mine on the outskirts of the wine and tree-change mecca.
THE Mid West region’s most advanced power generation proponent has slammed Western Power’s plans for a long-awaited $318 million upgrade of transmission lines between Perth and Eneabba as sub-optimal and discriminatory.
The junior mining sector has been snubbed again by the federal government, which today named three former executives from Australia's biggest resources companies to its mining tax implementation committee.
INFORMAL discussions have begun on the possible development of a major oil containment and capture system for use in Australia in the event of a catastrophic oil spill like that in the Gulf of Mexico.