Delays in receiving environmental approval for the $1.8 billion Karara iron ore joint venture have prompted Gindalbie Metals to make redundant 24 employees.
Shares in Perth-based explorer Buru Energy have been placed in a trading halt amid speculation that a $41 million cash takeover proposal by its chairman, using the company's cash reserves, may be dropped.
Gunson Resources will build its processing plant for the Coburn zircon project in Western Australia instead of China as it selects Intermet Engineering as its preferred engineering contractor.
Mid West iron ore hopefuls Gindalbie Metals and Asia Iron are not concerned by a cap on export volumes through Geraldton port, saying the limit only comes into place once the nearby Oakajee port is ready.
Sinosteel Midwest Corporation will appeal the environmental watchdog's rejection of a crucial part of its iron ore mining plans, which the company says will prevent the entire project from going ahead.
Straits Resources has taken a substantial shareholding in Adamus Resources as the latter steps up debt and equity talks for its $95 million gold project in Ghana.
Environmental work on Royal Dutch Shell's liquefied natural gas project in Gladstone will start shortly after the Queensland government declared the operation as a "significant" project.
Miner Jabiru Metals will be able to directly negotiate offtake contracts and has agreed to buy a partly constructed storage shed at the Geraldton Port following a restructure to an OZ Minerals agre
Engineering and infrastructure company GRD has become the latest acquisition target for UK-based AMEC, which has proposed a $106 million cash takeover offer.
WITH the drums of the global financial crisis still pounding their deep-toned warnings, the shrill sounds of peripheral issues appear to have been drowned out.
DESPITE a major spat with federal Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop, political observer Peter van Onselen still puts her in his top 10 most influential Western Australians.
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Strategic Marine this month launched a new vessel it says sets new design and construction standards for crew boats in the oil and gas industry.
Reward Minerals has appealed to the Commonwealth Attorney General to have last month's decision by the Native Title Tribunal over the Lake Disappointment project overruled.
Melbourne-based explorer Karoon Gas has raised $150 million that will help spur exploration of its joint venture project in the Browse Basin with ConocoPhillips.
The board of West Perth-based Adamus Resources has given the go-ahead for development of its $95 million Southern Ashanti gold project in Ghana, which will generate $124 million for the company in the first two years.
Prospector Mark Creasy has cleared the way for Navigator Resources to acquire the Bronzewing gold operation after deciding not to exercise his pre-emptive rights.
The mining company at the heart of the Esperance lead contamination saga, Magellan Metals, has started awarding funds to the local community as part of its $1 million commitment to the town.
Fortescue Metals Group executive director Graeme Rowley has pocketed more than $2.3 million after selling a sizeable chunk of shares on the Australian market.
The state government's new exploration incentive scheme has attracted nearly 170 applications with the bulk looking for financial support in their exploration efforts for gold.
Miner Kagara and mining services company NRW Holdings have been removed from the S&P/ASX 200 index while two Western Australian companies with an African focus have been added.
London-listed miner and explorer Polo Resources has expanded its presence in the state after taking up shareholdings in junior explorers Impact Minerals and West Australian Metals.
Three Western Australian junior explorers are the latest in a string of companies to head to market for fresh equity, today unveiling plans to raise a total of nearly $10 million.
Cash-strapped biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels plans to raise over $2 million, underwritten by a major shareholder, as it acknowledges it has continued to struggle to generate cash flow.
