Mining

Mines minister Norman Moore said today he is “extraordinarily frustrated” after the state government withdrew its prosecution against US petroleum company Apache and its joint venture partners over

Perth-based energy junior FAR has announced a $15 million capital raising to fund oil and gas exploration off the Kenya coast.

Phoenix Gold has announced it will acquire Carrick Gold's West Kalgoorlie gold tenements in a cash and scrip deal worth just over $700,000.

Resources giant Rio Tinto's decision to scrap plans for a $US2 billion ($A1.92 billion) aluminium smelter in Malaysia has been blamed in part on China over-supplying the market.

Strike Energy has completed a $20 million share placement to fund further drilling programs at its Cooper Basin fields and demonstrate the commercial potential of its Eagle Ford shale gas assets.

Australia's gas fields should be harnessed for domestic consumption to keep the nation's manufacturing sector competitive, an adviser to the US President says.

Large numbers of short-term mining industry workers in the Pilbara region are causing havoc in some communities, leading to fights in overcrowded taverns, public urination and more rubbish on

Oklo Resources says the military coup in Mali is not expected to affect the gold explorer as it has been asked by the new administration to continue operations.

Success hasn't dimmed the enthusiasm of Terry Streeter, Miles Kennedy and a host of others for the challenges of new mining ventures.

Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco has won a $125 million civil and concrete works contract at Fortescue Metals Group's Solomon Hub iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Magnetite hopeful Mindax' $115 million tie-up with Japan's Sumitomo could be in jeopardy, after one of its board members lodged paperwork to block the deal by ousting two company directors, includi

Talks for the sale of liquefied natural gas from the $29 billion Wheatstone project in Western Australia are under way, operator Chevron says.

Perth-based oil and gas explorer Zeta Petroleum has launched an $8 million IPO to fund the appraisal and development of its Romanian oil and gas assets.

Gold mining giant AngloGold Ashanti says it will spend more than $US800 million on its Australian projects in the next two to three years.

Mining services company Ausdrill has signed on as the major sponsor of the Hockeyroos, Australia's women's hockey team, in a two-year deal that ends a long search for financial backing.

Leighton Holdings shares are in a trading halt as the construction company considers potential changes to its financial guidance.

Arafura Resources expects to convert a rare earths sales deal with Germany's ThyssenKrupp into a formal agreement and expand the intended customer base in Europe.

Phillips River shares soared after the junior minerals explorer agreed to sell its flagship assets to its former suitor, Silver Lake Resources.

Atlas Iron has signed an agreement to buy out its joint venture partner in the Daltons tenements at its Mt Webber iron ore project in the Pilbara, for $33 million in cash and shares.

India will eventually take over from China as the main engine of growth for the iron ore market but its consumption will be less intense, an analyst says.

Leighton Holdings says it's been in negotiations with Fortescue Metals Group for a $3.6 billion mining contract in the Pilbara.

Treasurer Wayne Swan believes a growing number of people agree with the sentiments in his recent essay that attacked "vested interest" and in particular three billionaire mining magnates.

Western Australia's work safety watchdog has lost its appeal against the dismissal of charges accusing Fortescue Metals Group of failing to provide a safe workplace at a Pilbara rail camp during Cy

Engineering giant WorleyParsons has won a contract to build a copper and molybdenum processing plant in Mongolia.

Rail operator QR National has cuts its forecasts for full year earnings due to ongoing industrial action, weaker demand for coal transport and wet weather.

Auzex Resources shareholders have approved the gold explorer's merger with equal joint-venture partner GGG Resources to create Bullabulling Gold.

Coalition MPs have been trading mining and infrastructure shares as they rail against the impact of the minerals resource rent tax on the future of the industry.

Shares in Atlantic Ltd jumped after the vanadium and iron ore miner ditched a share purchase plan (SPP) that was poorly received by the market.

Premier Colin Barnett has denied he is "obsessed" with industrialising the Kimberley, following a new move by his government to compulsorily acquire land for a $30 billion gas hub there.

Shares in Africa-focused Kaboko Mining have risen after the manganese mine developer inked a sales deal with Chinese steel maker Sinosteel.

Perth-based oil and gas junior WHL Energy says it is looking for farm-in partners after being awarded a 100 per cent working interest in a highly prospective gas exploration block in Victoria's Otw