Major US copper producer Asarco Incorporated has put its stake in the Yamarna gold joint venture near Laverton on the market as it continues its exit from Australia and other non producing assets around the world.
Iron ore hopeful Fortescue Metals Group has signed its first binding contract to supply ore from its developing iron ore and infrastructure project in the Pilbara.
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group has redoubled its attack on BHP Billiton’s Pilbara iron ore business with a FMG-linked company lodging documents that could allow it to wrest control of two BHP iron ore exploration tenements in the Pilbara.
A recent survey has found that most local businesses with operations in Indonesia remain confident in the wake of the recent bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
A cloud remains over critical new foreign investment in Indonesia, despite most established West Australian and Australian businesses reporting only marginal impact on their Indonesian operations in the wake of the recent Jakarta bombing.
Local junior mining companies’ interests in platinum projects continues to mount with West Perth-based Platinum Australia signing recent agreements to acquire a stake in two South African projects.
Better support is needed for infrastructure developments that underpin resource projects in Western Australia, according to some West Australian miners.Iron ore company Midwest Corporation’
The good times may well be roling for miners in the current investment climate but they acknowledge that producing results for investors is a top priority.While most at the WA Business News boar
Recent moves by some Western Australian municipalities to tighten controls on mining operations have raised the ire of some of the State’s miners who claim the councils are profiteering and prov
Mining costs could be increased by almost 15 per cent if some recommendations from a Gallop Government initiated study into working hours were implemented, some of WA’s miners have warned.The mi
Western Australia’s miners have warned that the State may not be able to meet future demand for its resources unless approval processes, particularly environmental approvals, are streamlined.
A British Government scheme designed to attract investment back into the once-booming North Sea fields is attracting the attention of oil and gas juniors in Western Australia.
With a growing reputation for quality of work, and an ability to compete, local consulting engineers and architects are increasingly staking their claim in the Gulf States.
While pre-competitive geoscientific information may seem an awkward term to Justin Walawski, one thing he is not confused about is what his new role as chief executive of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies entails.
The collapse of zinc-miner Pasminco almost three years ago due to its withering hedges should have been warning enough to Australian companies about the dangers of forward selling, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The rapid growth of Australian wine exports appears to have cooled.
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released last month show that the amount of Australian wine being exported, and its value, flattened in the past financial year.
