BHP Billiton and its partners have committed $US917 million ($A866 million) to a port project that could increase its Western Australian iron ore exports by 100 million tonnes each year.
GE Oil and Gas has won more than $1 billion in equipment supply contracts for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off the coast of Western Australia.
OneSteel has become the second Australian steelmaker to receive an advance from the federal government's $300 million fund for the industry, with federal Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Comb
Potash West shares jumped by 25 per cent on the Australian Securities Exchange today, after the Perth-based miner reported encouraging initial results from its latest drilling program in the Mid West.
Western Australia’s Chamber of Minerals and Energy has predicted investment in the state’s resources sector to continue at pace, driving the state’s Gross State Product up 4.3 per cent in 2011-12, and
Nearly 80 per cent of Western Australians expect to be able to shrug off the ongoing global economic turmoil over 2012, despite 34 per cent expecting the local economy to deteriorate, a survey release
Western Australia’s environmental umpire has given its nod to BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s $20 billion proposal to construct and operate an outer harbour at Port Hedland, potentially doubling the port's ca
Perth-based waste management technology firm AnaeCo has elevated its chief executive, Patrick Kedemos, to its board in the position of managing director.
Perth-based Azumah Resources has launched a C$20 million (A$19 million) capital raising to fund exploration programs and a feasibility study for its Wa project in north west Ghana.
Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has announced a $US760 million engineering, procurement and construction contract with China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering (HQC) Corporation for its 3 m
Chevron has announced a new gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin, a day after Woodside Petroleum disappointed the market by revealing three exploration wells originally earmarked for supply to its Plu
Nexus Energy has entered a non-binding agreement with oil and gas giant Shell and Japan’s Osaka Gas which will see gas from the Crux natural gas asset off the Kimberley coast processed through Shell’s
Perth-based software developer ISS Group has signed a $2.4 million, one year contract with Chevron Australia to deploy its BabelFish suite of products at Chevron’s $43 billion Gorgon natural gas proje
