The state government has welcomed the Supreme Court ruling's overturning legal action by Apache Northwest to block the release of a restricted report into the Varanus gas pipeline explosion more than 18 months ago.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has nearly resolved the year-long dispute with its shipping charter contractors afte agreeing to pay more than $US20 million to one of the counterparties involved.
Balcatta-based mineral testing company Ammtec has suffered a slide in share value today after announcing a first half profit warning due to tough working conditions for its engineering subsidiary Marc Technologies.
Resources veteran Miles Kennedy has tendered his resignation as non-executive chairman at Sandfire Resources which the company said is part of a planned restructure of its Board.
Shares in engineering outfit VDM moved up slightly after announcing it had won a $79 million contract with a Rio Tinto subsidiary to refurbish the Pannawonica township in the Pilbara.
The stock price of Murchison Metals climbed this morning after announcing an upgrade for its 50 per cent-owned Jack Hills project to three billion tonnes with work underway exploring further potential at the site.
Mine sites ceased production and ports closed as heavy rains and strong winds battered the iron ore-rich Pilbara region overnight while other operations were left unscathed by Tropical Cyclone Laurence despite causing widespread damage as it moved inland.
Shares in iron ore explorer Aurox Resources closed slightly higher today after the company announced a 15 per cent upgrade at its Balla Balla project in the Pilbara to 238 million tonnes.
West Perth-based resources development outfit Atlantic Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a state-owned corporation to develop a new bauxite project in Vietnam.
Shares in Perth-based gold explorer Adamus Resources dropped today after announcing it had secured a credit facility for the development of its Southern Ashanti Gold Project in Ghana, enabling it to become a mid-tier gold producer by early 2011.
Shares in mining contractor NRW Holdings were up slightly following the announcement of a $200 million contract for the design, development and operation of an iron ore mine at Rio Tinto's Western Turner Syncline Section 10 deposit in the Pilbara.
Perth-based uranium explorer Energia Minerals is poised to list on the Australian Securities Exchange later this month after an initial public offer raised $7.5 million.
Perth-based oil and gas company Amadeus Energy has acquired the Texas-based operator of the majority of its US interests in a deal worth more than $US5 million.
Chevron has made a deepwater gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, which could support the company's long-term growth plans for the Gorgon project.
Kairiki Energy and Nido Petroleum have given the green light for the development of their $US20 million ($A22 million) Tindalo oil project in the Philippines.
Perth-based Rio Tinto executive Danny Goeman has been announced as the miner's new lead iron ore price negotiator for the company's Asian iron ore division.
West Perth-based Nkwe Platinum has raised $11 million that will settling the acquisition of International Goldfield's interest in a South African platinum project.
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has today secured the country's largest-ever aviation support contract for the resources industry with a $170 million contract to provide flight services for Chevron's operations in the north of the state.
West Perth-based Rubianna Resources has made a strong debut on the Australian Securities Exchange today, with its share price closing at a 50 per cent premium to its issue price.
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is budgeting a further $US150 million to bring the Ravensthorpe nickel mine into production within 18 months, after it today announced it had bought the operation from BHP Billiton.
Chevron has again claimed the country's largest ever resource deal with a gas sales deal over the Wheatstone project with Tokyo Electric Power Company, estimated at $90 billion.
Subiaco-based Summit Resources will pay French nuclear company Areva $4.5 million to settle legal action over the uranium marketing rights to the Valhalla/Skal deposit in Mt Isa.
For all the clout that multinationals Chevron and Shell might normally expect to wield, it is clearly Woodside boss Don Voelte who wears the pants when it comes to the Browse LNG venture in the Kimberley.
Woodside chief Don Voelte today welcomed the federal government's strict deadline for moving forward with development of the giant Browse gasfield as "brilliant" and "a shot in the arm" for the people of the Kimberley.
Progress towards a final investment decision for the $20 billion Wheatstone project is gathering pace with operator Chevron today awarding the offshore component of a key contract to Technip Oceania and WorleyParsons subsidiary, Intecsea.
The partners in the Woodside-led Browse Basin gas project must spend $1.25 billion within the next three years under the terms of a lease renewal offer made by the federal and state governments.
Woodside Petroleum says it will not reverse a decision to change new accommodation arrangements at its $12 billion Pluto gas project despite workers today going on an illegal 48-hour strike.
Mining services company Mineral Resources has secured a long-term sales agreement with Baosteel Group Corporation and finalised a $52 million placement.
