Mining

Treasurer Wayne Swan has played up the prospects for Australia's resources industry with a new report showing investment in new projects has hit a record $268.4 billion, even though commodity price

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has sought to reassure shareholders that the economic credentials of its biggest customer, China, remain sound following the country's recent leadership transition.

Engineering contractor Norfolk Group says it will resume looking for a takeover partner at the end of the financial year after it was unable to secure a suitable offer from several interested parti

Engineering group Clough and its joint venture partner Curtain have won $75 million worth works associated with the PNG LNG upstream infrastructure project.

Perth-based explorers Windward Resources and Auroch Resources have dipped their toes into a tough IPO market, raising a combined $5 million through initial public offerings that closed today.

Australia should focus on turning Perth into a global energy technology hub, the head of oil and gas producer Woodside says.

Petroleum giant Shell has rejected Premier Colin Barnett's criticism of floating LNG projects, saying the revolutionary technology is the likely saviour of the industry in Australia as rising costs

Gina Rinehart might be the richest woman in the world but she says her personal journey has not always been easy.

Uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia expects to post a full-year loss of between $135 million and $155 million in fiscal 2012, as it continues to cut costs amid difficult market conditions.

Privately-funded Alliance Mining Commodities has announced it will cost $812 million to develop its Koumbia bauxite project in Guinea, West Africa.

Continental Coal shares jumped by more than 20 per cent on the ASX today, after it announced first production from its Penumbra coal mine in South Africa.

Aphrodite Gold has received $2.5 million for its namesake gold project near Kalgoorlie from a Canadian investment house.

The Australian resources sector is well placed for the future although it could be held back because of higher costs and a lack of competitiveness, industry chiefs say.

After spending much of the year as one of the strongest performing stocks on the ASX, Sirius Resources has become one of its most volatile.

Western Australia is currently at the forefront of global oil and gas activity, and international demand should ensure it will stay there for some time, one of Shell Australia's top executives says

Transportable housing manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation has warned of a weaker result in financial year 2013, the result of soft trading conditions in all of its key markets.

Board control at Murchison Metals is set to pass to corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley's Mercantile Investment Company, after the incumbenet chairman and managing director said all parties agreed on

Elemental Minerals has raised $14 million and has announced plans to secure a further $5 million to advance studies and exploration at its Sintoukola Potash Project in the Republic of Congo.

Shares in Perth-based oil and gas play Kinetiko Energy have risen after the company reported better than expected results from drilling activities at its Amersfoort joint venture in South Africa.

Oil and gas junior Pura Vida Energy has completed a $5.95 million placement, to fund drilling programs at its Mazagan acreage off the coast of Morocco.

Engineering group Monadelphous says it has secured an $80 million contract to provide maintenance services to Queensland Curtis LNG at its new gas plant.

Mining services group Ausdrill's stock has dropped on the ASX today after it reduced its profit guidance for the 2013 financial year as a result of project delays and cutbacks, softening margins an

WA-founded Mineral Resources has reiterated plans to refocus on the contracting side of its business, signalling it may spin off its mature mine assets while remaining a long term service provider

Uranium miner Paladin Energy hopes a new Japanese government will decide to restart the country's nuclear reactors, as the price of uranium hovers around two-year lows.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has gathered tributes from advertising millionaire John Singleton and Indian industrialist GVK Reddy for her new book, which she is launching in Sydney today.

Former foreign Minister Alexander Downer has joined the board of Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill Holdings as an alternate director.

Norwest Energy has received a vote of confidence in its Arrowsmith unconventional gas project in the Perth Basin, with Indian partner Bharat Petroleum Corporation agreeing to expand its investment

ASF Group has been successful in overthrowing the board of Rey Resources, with shareholders supporting a spill resolution at the company's annual meeting today.

Energy giant Shell is set to become an anchor tenant at Leighton Properties' Kings Square development on the former Perth Entertainment Centre site, with construction set to start early next year.

Oil and gas company Santos expects its production to rise in 2013 as new projects come online.

The indigenous group that rejected a financial package from Fortescue Metals Group in exchange for the right to mine their land - but were pipped by a breakaway claimant group - says there's still

Shares in Lycopodium dropped on the ASX today, after the engineering contractor downgraded its earnings expectations for the 2013-14 financial year.