Padbury Mining has appointed Steinepreis Paganin to review the company's corporate governance policies in the wake of its failed equity funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.
Perth-based mining explorer MZI Resources says development and operational costs at its Keysbrook mineral sands project will be higher than initially expected.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore president Jimmy Wilson says the mining giant is likely to request government intervention to prevent a "devastating" proposed strike at Port Hedland which could cost miners up to $100 million a day.
Mining contractor Byrnecut has been awarded a $200 million contract for underground mining at Sandfire Resources' DeGrussa copper-gold mine near Meekatharra.
Sirius Resources says it is close to securing consent to mine at its Nova nickel deposit from the the traditional custodians of land covering the project in the Goldfields.
EXCLUSIVE: Western Australia could lose a major economic development opportunity in the South West if the $3.7 billion Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers urea project is forced to look east for vital coal feedstock, its boss Vikas Rambal has warned.
Karoon Gas has farmed out a 50 per cent stake in an oil and gas exploration permit in the Carnarvon Basin to Apache Corporation for an initial cost of $US9 million.
The Environmental Protection Authority has commenced a new assessment of the proposed LNG gas hub near Broome, as speculation over development of the offshore Browse Basin gas fields increases.
Alliance Aviation Services has won a contract to supply charter flights for BHP Billiton Iron Ore's fly-in fly-out workers, bumping rival operator Cobham Aviation.
The Clough AMEC joint venture has been awarded a $20 million engineering, procurement and construction contract at Arrow Energy's Daandine coal seam gas expansion project in Queensland's Surat basin.
Global oil and gas services company ASCO Group has added another string to its bow with the $28 million purchase of a majority stake in logistics provider Bonnie Rock Transport.
The federal government has failed to give enough consideration to the economic and domestic gas supply implications of floating LNG technology (FLNG), a Western Australian parliamentary inquiry has found.
It may not be a feeding frenzy, yet, but the flood of deals in the Australian mining industry is a pointer to a significant and very positive mood swing.
Shares in Perth-based oil and gas company Range Resources gained nearly 20 per cent on the ASX after it announced it had attracted the backing of Hong Kong-based institutional investment group Abraham.
BHP Billiton has confirmed long-running speculation that its Nickel West business is potentially up for sale, including the Mt Keith, Cliffs and Leinster mines, as well as the operations’ processing f
