In its first detailed statement on the proposed takever of Rio Tinto Ltd, mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd has asserted that combining the two companies would facilitate accelerated development of the Pilbara iron ore industry.
Perth-based Exoma Energy Ltd is seeking up to $8 million in an IPO intended to purchase leases and producing oil and gas assets in the US as well as fund further development.
Perth-based Clough Ltd's Indonesian subsidiary PT Petrosea Tbk has reached an agreement to expand contract mining activities at the Sanga Sanga coal operations, the company has announced.
Perth-based AuDAX Resources Ltd has announced plans to acquire Subiaco-based Alpine Oil and Gas Pty Ltd for a scrip issue worth around $3.8 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based energy exploration company Blue Energy Ltd subsidiary Eureka Petroleum Pty Ltd has been named the preferred tenderer for 375 contiguous sub-blocks of coal seam methane gas, 130 km west of Brisbane, the company has announced.
Shares in West Perth-based Comdek Ltd were the most traded on the Australian Securities Exchange yesterday, after the former telecommunications company announced a deal to gain access to a South African coal resource.
Perth-based Sunset Energy Ltd has performed strongly in its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange, closing at 28.5 cents, up 42.5 per cent from its offer price.
West Perth-based Metex Resources Ltd will move to full ownership of Carbon Energy Pty Ltd and its underground coal gasification technology after agreeing to buy out the CSIRO for around $41 million in cash and scrip.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd has entered into a $100 million carbon offset program with Australian Securities Exchange-listed forestry company CO2 Australia Ltd, to offset the emissions from its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in the state's north west.
Kambalda nickel producer Mincor Resources NL is set to increase its production by 18 per cent after today announcing approval for the $23 million development of its 100 per cent owned McMahon Nickel project near Kambalda.
Metex Resources Ltd has reached agreement to buy out its 50 per cent partner in its joint venture company Carbon Energy Pty Ltd, currently owned by CSIRO.
Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd has appointed mining engineer Andrew Carter (above) as its new chief executive officer, ahead of the company’s tender for the Oakajee Port and Rail infrastructure project.
As Liberal parliamentarians and power brokers assess the polls, which all point to electoral demise and thus “wall-to-wall” Labor governments for the first time ever, some have begun to suspect that November 24 will bring utter devastation.
Indonesia should be firmly in the sights of Western Australia’s mining industry, with the country’s economic growth rate approaching those of China and India, according to Austrade senior trade commissioner, Rod Morehouse.
Investment group Babcock & Brown has entrenched its position as the biggest private sector player in energy generation in Western Australia after agreeing to buy 100 per cent of the AlintaAGL business.
AN $11 million research collaboration designed to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design was launched in Perth last week.
Glencore International AG has lifted its stake in Minara Resources Ltd from 52.2 per cent to 53 per cent through the purchase of a further 4.4 million shares in the company at a cost of $26 million.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has appointed Reg Howard-Smith as chief executive, replacing Tim Shanahan, who now serves as director of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Initiative.
The owners of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline are in a commercial stand-off with the new operators of the pipeline, after investment group Babcock & Brown teamed up with Singapore Power to buy Alinta Ltd.
West Perth-based freight vehicle maintenance company Transerv Australia Ltd will acquire a 10 per cent interest in the Warro Gas Field - owned by Latent Petroleum Pty Ltd - for $3 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based clean energy developer Carnegie Corporation Ltd has completed its $14.8 million capital raising, through a private placement and share purchase plan, the company has announced.
Henderson-based ship builder Austal Ltd has blamed a difference of opinion between project partner General Dynamics and their client, the US Navy, for a cancelled order that has seen its share price fall 14 per cent today.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary Straits Asia Resources Ltd will acquire the Jembayan coal mine in East Kalimantan for around $379 million, the company has announced.
The State Government will call for tenders to supply 26 gigawatt hours - five per cent of the energy it needs - from a renewable source, Energy Minister Francis Logan has announced.
The State Government's Forest Products Commission has signed a $12 million deal with Nedlands-based Plantation Energy Ltd to supply low grade plantation pine logs to the company for use in its timber fuel pellet plant.
Perth-based commercial property investor Aspen Group Ltd's Aspen Parks Property Fund has acquired eight caravan parks in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales for a combined $54.6 million, the company has announced.
ARC Energy is standing by its plan to pursue a $1.1 billion merger with Anzon Australia Ltd despite attempts by one of its biggest shareholders, Clive Palmer's Mineralogy Pty Ltd, to oust the current board and scrap the merger.
An $11 million collaboration between universities and the CSIRO to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design will be launched today at the University of Western Australia.
