Takeover target Northern Iron has extended the deadline for final binding offers until November 20 to allow interested companies to complete their due diligence.
Mineral Resources and Reed Resources are considering floating a new lithium company to develop the Mt Marion project, approximately 40 kilometres south-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has won a £10.5 million ($16.3 million) deal for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels, which will operate off the European coast.
Oil and gas company Santos has maintained its full year forecasts and achieved record quarterly sales revenue due to a steep increase in the gas price.
India's leader has personally praised Prime Minister Julia Gillard for her government's revised stance on uranium sales and has declared a "new chapter" in the bilateral relationship.
Gold miner Newcrest expects gold production to progressively increase over the remainder of the year after a fall in quarterly production due to processing interruptions.
Woodside Petroleum has lifted its full year targets and unveiled record production results, thanks to a better than expected performance at its Pluto operation.
Scotland-based oil and gas services firm Global Energy Group has announced the acquisition of Perth-based energy sector access, inspection and maintenance company Vertech Group.
Australia should embark on a consistent policy of engaging with India instead of trying to fix its patchy relationship through uranium sales, the Australian Greens say.
Australia's largest independent music retailer, Allans Billy Hyde, will close with the loss of 513 jobs after the failure to find a buyer for the struggling business.
The woman at the helm of Barrick Gold’s Granny Smith mine in the Yilgarn has been named Western Australia’s Business Woman of the Year in the 2012 Telstra awards.
Engineering and project services group Clough has won a $10 million contract to support exploration works at the Morobe Mining joint venture’s Wafi-Golpu project in Papua New Guinea.
Perth-based explorer Hot Chili has launched a $35.5 million capital raising to fund development at its Productora copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile.
Perseus Mining has continued to prosper in the notoriously risky West African sector, passing the 12-month mark since it started production at its gold mine in Ghana.
Six weeks after announcing a dramatic slowdown in its growth plans, iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group says its stalled Kings project could resume later this year and be in production as early a
The strong Australian dollar and competitive finance deals have contributed to a surge in sales of new motor vehicles, with Western Australia the standout performer among states.
Australia could be the world's largest producers of liquefied natural gas within five years if the current boom continues, the federal government says.
Magellan Metals' Canadian parent Ivernia has announced plans to re-start mining at its Wiluna lead mine are well advanced, with the project to be operational again in the second quarter of 2013.
