Newcrest Mining Ltd has agreed to farm into the Mount Mackenzie gold project in Queensland which is currently owned by Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings Limited (60%) and Australia Oriental Minerals NL (40%).
Takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd has announced a 10-week delay in completion of its pre-feasibility study for its flagship Weld Range iron ore project in the Mid West region, because of delays in its drilling programme.
Santos Ltd and its joint venture partner Apache Energy have today announced the go-ahead for the $842 million Reindeer project, which involves development of an offshore gas field and construction of a gas plant south of Dampier.
West Perth-based Atlas Iron Ltd has obtained a 19.9% interest in emerging iron ore explorer Warwick Resources Ltd, acquiring shares in Warwick at 0.23 cents via a share placement and off market purchase for a consideration of approximately $4.3 million.
West Perth-based African Energy Resources (Guernsey) Ltd has announced the completion of a private placement to raise $4.5 million, through shares issued at 0.27 cents, to fund ongoing feasibility studies on the Chirundu Uranium project in Zambia.
One of Australia's most senior mining lobbyists says the nation's gold sector cannot ignore the range of high profile issues facing it or put at risk their social licence to operate.
FASTER processing of applications and preferential treatment for ‘low risk' employers are two strategies that would vastly improve the 457 visa system, according to some industry groups and businesses
PERTH-BASED mining publisher, Aspermont Ltd, has agreed to buy English company Mining Communications Ltd in a cash and scrip deal valued at $18.8 million.
While there's a seemingly endless range of corporate team-building activities to choose from, Bicton-based business woman Tracey Cotterell believes it all boils down to Matters of Taste.
Perth companies Finbar Group Ltd and Image Resources Ltd today joined a long list of companies caught up in the collapse of Melbourne stockbroker Opes Prime.
Clough Limited has been awarded a $30 million contract for Iluka Resources Limited's Murray Basin Stage 2 Development, which is due for completion in early 2009.
Strike Resources Ltd said today it is continuing negotiations over the sale of its Peruvian iron ore assets sale, in a deal that could be worth up to US$450 million.
Xstrata Australia non-executive chairman and Santos Ltd director Peter Coates has joined the board of Perth-based nickel producer Minara Resources Ltd.
Moly Mines has announced a major expansion of its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum/copper resource with an increase of more than 100 per cent in its resource tonnage results.
Vital Metals Ltd has today announced the finalisation of an Indigenous land use agreement (ILUA) with the Western Yalanji people over proposed mining at its Watershed Tungsten project in North Queensland.
Leederville-based specialist media company Aspermont has today announced a deal to acquire UK based Mining Communications Ltd for $18.8 million, as part of its global expansion strategy.
ASX-listed exploration company Westgold Resources has today announced a fully underwritten 1-for-4 pro-rata non-renounceable rights issue, at a price of 18 cents per share, to fund its Rover exploration program in the Northern Territory.
The share prices of two Perth-based companies have shot up 40% or more today on the back of uranium and other commodity results from their projects in Malawi and Sweden.
Windimurra Vanadium Ltd today completed a $25 million capital raising, joining a handful of small and mid-cap mining companies thathave defied the market downturn to raise additional funds.
Territory Resources, the iron ore company headed up by WA mining businessman Michael Kiernan, has lifted its stake in mineral sands producer Olympia Resources, following Olympia's rejection of its $15.5 million take over bid yesterday.
PERTH-based mineral sands producer Olympia Resources has rejected Territory Resources takeover cash bid, saying its offer was less than half of what it should be according to an independent expert.
Visiting WA: Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance on May 1.
BLAKISTON & Crabb partner Michael Blakiston has been rated as one of the top 20 mining lawyers worldwide, in a survey by London-based publisher Who's Who Legal.
Northbridge is building on its reputation for providing authentic, well-priced international cuisine, with a new breed of eateries bringing a fresh flavour to the area, largely in response to the wider demographic changes occurring just outside of the mai
Churchlands-based education services provider Navitas Ltd announced today it has reached an in-principle agreement with Curtin University to develop and manage a new university campus in Singapore.
Exploration and development group, Focus Minerals Ltd has announced a substantial resource upgrade for its Countess Resource gold deposit in Coolgardie.
Unlisted company The Jeminex Group, a provider of industrial equipment to the resources sector, has purchased five new businesses raising its total number of acquisitions to seventeen.
Silver Lake Resources Ltd has reached an agreement to buy Alloy Resources Ltd's Comet gold project and Kurrajong nickel prospects for a total of $1.575 million.
