Mining

Struggling gold miner Navigator Resources has pushed back an already-delayed $16 million rights issue for a further three weeks, announcing today the prospectus would not be lodged with the Austral

Chalice Gold Mines is on the lookout for a new managing director, with incumbent Doug Jones set to step down into a more technical role.

Macmahon Holdings, which recently lost its chief executive after a big earnings downgrade, has blamed a false email chain discussing a supposed Chinese takeover offer, for a temporary trading halt

Earthmoving equipment group Emeco says it is cashed up and on the lookout for “value creating opportunities” after refinancing its $450 million debt facility with a syndicate of banks.

BHP Billiton's chief executive Marius Kloppers has offloaded another $1.8 million worth of shares to help fund a tax bill.

Namibian-focused uranium explorer Deep Yellow has completed a $6.5 million placement to Africa-based specialist mining fund Laurium LP.

Fortescue Metals Group board member Ken Ambrecht will end his nine year tenure with the company later this year.

The fall in iron ore prices will be good for Australian producers in the long term, BC Iron managing director Mike Young says.

Sirius Resources shares jumped more than three per cent today as the popular nickel explorer outlined plans to go into production.

Base Resources has announced a plan to raise $40 million to fund development at its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.

The resources boom in Western Australia is showing signs of levelling out rather than bracing for a bust, the state's mines and petroleum minister Norman Moore says.

Shipbuilder Austal has beefed up its capabilities at its Darwin boatyard, through the acquisition of Northern Territory-based hydraulic services firm Hydraulink NT and its associated business KM En

The world's largest drilling company Boart Longyear has shocked the market by sacking its chief executive in an attempt to tackle its plunging share price.

Origin Energy has raised 500 million euros ($A634.6 million) through a bond issue to raise funds for the $23 billion Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project in Queensland.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is using surplus water from its Marandoo mine in Western Australia to irrigate fields of hay.

African countries are looking to Western Australia's "state agreements" regime as a model for fostering big resources sector developments.

Central Petroleum shares have risen more than 11 per cent after the company announced a $150 million joint venture with oil and gas producer Santos.

Fortescue Metals has welcomed its High Court victory against the corporate regulator, calling the long-running case an expensive distraction.

Fortescue Metals Group has commissioned a second ore processing facility at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Global miner Xstrata will cut 150 jobs from a Western Australian nickel mine to go with the 600 Australian coal job cuts announced earlier this month.

Engineering contractor VDM Group has won $56 million in new contracts, including $42 million worth of new deals with the Queensland Department of Transport.

Woolworths non-executive director and World Cup cricket organiser Ralph Waters has been elevated to the chairman's job after the surprise resignation of James Strong.

Perth-based Cortona Resources and Victoria’s Unity Mining have announced a merger plan to create a gold miner with a market capitalisation of around $90 million.

Green mining technologies such as carbon capture will be a major industry in the future, Rio Tinto's Australian coal boss says.

Doray Minerals has launched a $30.8 million share placement in conjunction with a $12.2 million entitlements offer, ensuring its Andy Well gold development near Meekatharra is fully funded to produ

Shares in Sundance Resources have been placed in a trading halt ahead of an expected announcement from its Chinese suitor Hanlong Mining.

Darrell Lea chocolates will be on the shelves of IGA supermarkets by the end of October under the first deal signed by the chocolate maker's new owner.

PMI Gold Corporation has secured a $US30 million standby finance facility to boost its coffers at it finalises a comprehensive funding package for the development of the Obotan gold project in Ghan

Shares in South Perth-based Noble Mineral Resources have surged more than 37 per cent on news Chinese group Zhongrun is to invest $87.7 million and take a 42 per cent stake in the company.

Regulatory barriers affecting mineral and resource exploration companies will be the subject of a new Productivity Commission inquiry.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has sought an extension to the indenture agreement to cover its mothballed $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam mine.

Mining baron Nathan Tinkler has been knocked off the top spot on the BRW Young Rich List for the first time since 2009 - and he's now down to his last $400 million.