Shares in thermal energy company Enerji surged on news it will be collaborating with Perth-based technology firm Panorama Synergy to develop a hydrocarbon monitoring system.
Oil prices have dipped as traders eyed talks between Iran and global powers that could ease international sanctions on one of the world's leading oil producers.
Gold has fallen more than one per cent, its biggest drop in more than three weeks, as the US dollar climbed on increasing prospects that the US Federal Reserve may start raising interest rates this year.
Engineering construction contractor Primero Group has entered into the final stages of its contract to build the domestic gas meter station at Chevron's Wheatstone project.
Chevron's exit from two major Australian investments has raised concerns about the growth outlook for the nation's oil and gas industry as shares in the sector dive.
Subiaco-based gold company Indochine Mining has fallen into the hands of administrators after it failed to attract a party willing to fund its Mt Kare project in Papua New Guinea.
NSL Consolidated shares closed 50 per cent higher on news it had signed an offtake agreement with an Indian steel producer for up to $14 million worth of iron ore from its Phase One Kurnool plant.
Investors haven't responded well to news that former Maca chief executive Doug Grewar has taken the helm of local mining services firm Viento Group with immediate effect.
The news from the iron ore and petroleum sectors may be disheartening for producers and investors alike, but another of Western Australia’s mineral exports is proving as resilient as stainless steel.
Producers and explorers will be breathing a sigh of relief this week after the state government announced it would leave resources royalty rates unchanged in this year’s budget.
Amid the gloom, WA has some positive resources stories to tell,with uranium developers buoyed by improving news, investment certainty guaranteed around royalties rates - for now - and nickel reappearing as a sturdy performer.
Sales from Western Australia’s minerals and petroleum industries totalled $114 billion in 2014, up $200 million from 2013, according to the latest industry snapshot from the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
Gold has fallen, snapping a seven-day rally, as investors remained cautious ahead of comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, but the metal still looked set to post its second straight weekly gain.
US energy giant Chevron is narrowing its Australian focus onto its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas projects, by selling its $5 billion stake in Caltex Australia and exiting an onshore gas project wh
Evolution Mining has confirmed media reports that it is in discussions on the potential puchase of La Mancha Resources' gold mine in Kalgoorlie, for a price understood to be around $400 million.
Investors didn’t respond well to Southern Cross Electrical Engineering advising the market that it did not expect to report a profitable second half of the financial year.
Greater scrutiny by corporate regulators of backdoor listings on the ASX is not slowing the flow of new transactions, with six Western Australian companies announcing transformational deals in the past fortnight.
Shares in Perth-based Kibaran Resources surged on news it had received an offer from an unnamed institution to co-finance the company’s Epanko graphite project in Africa, with a loan of up to $28 million.
Oil prices have surged after Saudi Arabian jets struck rebel targets in Yemen, sparking fears that an escalating crisis in the country could threaten crude producers in the Middle East.
Gold has pared gains after hitting a three-and-a-half-week high, after a knee-jerk reaction to escalating tensions in the Middle East knocked stocks and drove investors into lower-risk assets.
Doray Minerals will seek to raise a smaller-than-expected amount of capital for its second gold project following yesterday’s announcement the state would leave royalty payments unchanged.
The Australian Mines and Metals Association is calling on the federal government to fix uncertainty in the offshore oil and gas sector after the Federal Court reversed an earlier decision to allow changes to foreign worker visas.
KPMG has secured backing from more than a dozen major businesses for its Energise technology accelerator, which will provide financial and in-kind support to eight startup businesses servicing the energy and resources sector.
Empire Oil & Gas has kicked off a $15.7 million capital raising to fund new drilling at its flagship Red Gully North project and evaluate other projects in the Perth Basin near Gingin.
Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten is reluctant to back a solution to a stand-off with Western Australia about how GST revenue is divided among the states.
World oil prices have advanced on worries that political instability in Yemen could threaten key Middle Eastern petroleum producers, offsetting concerns about a growing US crude glut.
Gold has hit two-and-a-half-week highs, rising for the sixth straight session as upbeat German sentiment data helps drive the euro higher against the US dollar, and as expectations for an imminent US interest rate rise recedes.
