After 12 years of strong profit growth, engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group has implemented a wide-ranging cost reduction and restructuring program and foreshadowed plans to
Premier Colin Barnett's push to keep the Browse gas project onshore has suffered another blow, with lead proponent Woodside recommending, as expected, the construction of a floating offshore plant
Gold futures have fallen as jitters ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting minutes prompt some investors to exercise caution and move to the sidelines.
Transportable housing manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation's net profit has slumped by 78 per cent, a result the company blamed on weak trading conditions in all of its key markets.
Three years after completing a management buy-out, JSW Australia directors Jeff Branson and John Silverthorne have struck an agreement to sell their debt-laden drilling business; but they won't be
Perth-based coal explorer Ascot Resources has secured $1 million in funding from engineering and minerals processing group Sedgman, which will emerge as Ascot's largest shareholder.
BlueScope Steel shares have been hammered after the steelmaker reported a solid turnaround but ruled out dividends, warned of a flat outlook and increased its exposure to Australia's steel market w
The widespread slowdown in exploration spending has driven down drilling fluids and equipment supplier Imdex's earnings, with the company lodging a 59 per cent drop in net profit for the 2013 finan
Gold miner Reed Resources has launched a full review of its operations after seeking a voluntary suspension of its shares, one trading day after its Meekatharra gold project was placed into adminis
The state government has been dealt an embarrassing blow to a planned multi-billion dollar gas hub in the Kimberley, with the state's chief justice ruling the environmental approval for the project
Minerals explorer Metals X has acquired Rio Tinto's interest in the Mt Davies joint venture in South Australia, which it hopes will add value to its Wingellina nickel project.
Federal Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray says it was "inappropriate" for Premier Colin Barnett to make public a letter the minister sent to him about the Browse Basin.
Two new oil and gas research initiatives have received promises of federal funding, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talking up the future of the sector in Western Australia today.
Battling vanadium miner Atlantic has secured an additional $20 million in high interest debt to fund continued development at its Windimurra mine in the Mid West.
Engineering and construction contractor Calibre Group says it is poised to maintain its earnings in financial year 2014 after reporting a 34 per cent fall in net profit in FY2013.
Fortescue Metals Group has attracted an investment of up to $US1.15 billion ($A1.27 billion) fom Taiwan's largest private company, Formosa Plastics Group, to underpin the development of a new iron
Shares in Elemental Minerals jumped by more than 10 per cent on the Australian Securities Exhange today, after the explorer announced it had won a mining licence for its Sintoukola potash project i
Nickel miner Mincor says it is well placed to capitalise on a turnaround in the nickel market, even as the miner slumped to a loss of more than $20 million for the 2013 financial year.
The coalition has refused to commit to reducing application fees for 457 visa workers if elected to government, despite flagging plans to make the scheme more “user-friendly”.
Vanadium hopeful TNG has moved to cut costs, slashing all directors' fees and management salaries by between 10 and 20 per cent, and cutting five jobs in Western Australia and the Northern Territor
Fortescue Metals Group has vowed to focus on reducing its debt by 30 or 40 per cent following the official completion of its $US2.4 billion port expansion at Port Hedland.
Matrix Composites & Engineering says the worst is behind it after recording a $2.9 million loss for the year ended June 30, a significant improvement on the previous year.
Chilean workers have gone on strike at BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, over demands for an annual bonus and better working conditions.
A 10-year old commitment by Fortescue Metals Group to the state government has come back to bite the iron ore miner, after it was told it must commence negotiations for third-party access to its Pi
Tox Free Solutions' full-year profit has dropped by 13 per cent, with a series of one-off impairments souring an otherwise solid year of growth for the Perth-based waste management firm.
The mining sector's slowdown and fewer construction projects have caused a nine per cent fall in annual profit for services and engineering firm WorleyParsons.
The resources sector union has been granted leave to appeal a decision allowing workers at Woodside's Pluto gas plant to be denied accommodation during wage-related industrial action.
