THE federal government has refused to make a pre-election guarantee for junior miner representation on the panel that will finalise its proposed 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore mining profits.
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.
JAPANESE gas customers have moved to protect their long-term access to gas from Woodside’s Pluto and Browse LNG projects amid increasing competition from rival Korean and Chinese customers.
WA's biggest gas consumers are demanding a tax break for suppliers selling gas on the domestic market to combat soaring prices. But new data has cast fresh light on the Domgas Alliance claims big gas suppliers are gouging their customers.
Kingstream Steel creditors have been thrown a final lifeline in their bid for a multi-million dollar payout from Saint Barbara Mines, after litigation funder IMF Australia today agreed to fund an appeal against an adverse Supreme Court ruling last month.
Four of the world's biggest oil companies have unveiled a $US1 billion plan to build and deploy a rapid response system for use in any future oil spill disasters in the Gulf of Mexico.
A $40 BILLION liquefied natural gas supply contract has crowned a sustained investment push into Western Australia by South Korean companies determined to shore up their long term supplies of key commodities.
INFORMATION technology giant IBM is the latest multinational corporation to make Perth a global business hub in a bid to cash in on Australia’s booming resources sector.
ULIA Gillard’s revamped mining tax is looming as a key election issue in Western Australia, despite the nation’s biggest miners agreeing to her proposed 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore profits.
THE Greens have confirmed they will look at widening the range of minerals caught by the Gillard government's tax on iron ore and coal profits should they win the balance of power in the Senate.
The former head of investment bank Merrill Lynch's metals team is spearheading one of the year's biggest resources floats, a $20 million initial public offer by Perth-based Dampier Gold.
Two $100 million decisions highlight the gulf separating WA’s once-buoyant laterite nickel sector and the latest market darlings, the copper hunters of Doolgunna.
MINING giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have scrapped plans for a single over-arching state agreement with the Western Australian government for their proposed $US116 billion iron ore joint venture in the Pilbara.
WA’s Department of Water is at loggerheads with fellow state body, the Water Corporation, over its request for an expansion of its operating licence.In a submission to the state’s Economic
OZ Minerals’ $100 million plunge on shares in Western Australian copper explorer Sandfire Resources has refocused attention on what is shaping as Australia’s next great copper province.
WESTERN Power has begun preparations for a $318 million upgrade of transmission lines between Perth and Eneabba considered vital to the Mid West's emerging iron ore and renewable energy sectors.
Tony Sage's Mid-West iron ore play Fe Limited has put more pressure on the embattled board of Padbury Mining, announcing it will bid for the iron ore junior if existing directors Luke Innes, Gary Stokes and Colin Stirling leave the company.
Energy giant Shell has struck its first third party supply deal for liquefied natural gas from its planned $US5 billion Prelude floating LNG project off the Kimberley coast.
A REVIEW of the Western Australian mining sector suggests less than 20 local companies will be liable to pay the 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore profits by 2014, the point at which the federal government expects its tax take to yield $10.5 billion.
