Parliament has begun debating legislation for the minerals resource rent tax, amid calls from Andrew Forrest for the federal government to reveal the scale of deductions given to the big miners, an
Car maker Holden says it has not made a final decision about the future of the Commodore, despite union claims that the next model could be the last created in Australia.
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says the mining tax will allow the community to share in the resources boom, as the mining industry continues its campaign against the proposed impost.
BHP Billiton has approved the development of the $US4.2 billion ($A4 billion) Caval Ridge Mine coal project in the northern Bowen Basin in central Queensland.
Tension is mounting surrounding the federal government's minerals resource rent tax legislation, with key independent MPs demanding stricter rules for coal seam gas and the Greens insisting gold mi
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she wants developing nations to invest in clean energy, as she heads to the G20 leaders' summit on France's south coast.
Renewable energy players Green Rock Energy and New World Energy have signed a binding joint venture agreement to explore and develop the two companies’ geothermal exploration permits in the Mid Wes
Western Australia-based power utility Pacific Energy has announced it will build, own and maintain a 9 megawatt power station at the Nullagine gold project in the Pilbara for Millennium Minerals.
The only way to meet a tripling in natural gas demand in eastern Australia is by allowing unconventional gas projects, such as coal seam gas (CSG), oil and gas producer Santos says.
Qantas will recover market share and press ahead with plans to set up an international business in Asia despite incurring more that $100 million in lost earnings, the airline's boss says.
The University of Western Australia will be the administrative home of a new International Mining for Development Centre, funded to the tune of $31 million by the Federal Government through AusAID.
Woodside Petroleum's new chief executive has not ruled out an onshore processing plant in East Timor for the multi-billion-dollar Sunrise liquefied natural gas project, although the company is stil
Mining giant Rio Tinto has weighed into Africa's nationalism debate, with chief executive Tom Albanese saying royalty regimes are better for host countries than direct equity ownership in projects.
The resources sector could lose market share to other countries if new exploration incentives are not introduced and costs continue to rise, warns the nation's richest person, Gina Rinehart.
Fortescue Metals Group has borrowed $US1.5 billion ($A1.44 billion), half a billion more than initially intended, to fund the iron ore miner's expansion plans.
The gold price could rise to $US2,200 an ounce by 2013 as global economic uncertainty continues, South Africa-based gold mining giant AngloGold Ashanti says.
Rio Tinto plans to use surplus water from its Pilbara iron ore mines to cultivate crops on its pastoral leases in the Pilbara, to use as stock feed for its little-known cattle farming activities.
Western Australian companies reported the nation’s highest growth in 457 visa recruitment over the past 12 months, according to KPMG’s latest annual skilled migration survey.
Stocks in Pan Asia Corporation shot up today after the mining and exploration firm revealed a 115 per cent increase in resource reserves at its flagship coal project in Indonesia.
Rio Tinto will sell 13 of its aluminium units including refineries and smelters as the world's second biggest miner seeks to streamline its Alcan business.
Qantas Airways says its decade-long association with Rio Tinto has been extended for a further three years after the airline signed a new agreement with the mining giant.
