Seven of the eight companies facing prosecution over the deaths of two workers during Cyclone George last year have not entered a plea in the Perth Magistrates Court today.
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has extended a drill and blast contract with Ausdrill Ltd in a deal that will generate the mining services company over $300 million in revenue over five years.
Mineral production in Australia will slide by 210 million tonnes by 2020 if a 10 per cent reduction in emissions is set, according to the Minerals Council of Australia, while conservationists have labeled the target as "laughable".
South Perth-based uranium company Extract Resources Ltd has entered into a merger agreement with London-listed Kalahari Minerals Ltd in a scrip deal worth over $210 million.
Portman Ltd said it is assessing its options of its shareholding in Golden West Resources Ltd after a Federal Court judge today ruled against the validity of its proxy forms lodged for last week's extraordinary meeting.
A $72 million price tag has been placed on the development of Perth-based Tiger Resources Ltd's African copper project with payback for operation pegged at one-and-a-half years.
It may have been a tough past six months for the resource sector but not so according to Standard & Poor's as changes to its S&P/ASX indices reveal a majority of inclusions being resource stocks.
In a bid to bolster exploration after winding down its Western Australian mining operations in July, Fox Resources Ltd has hired Newexco Services Pty Ltd to undertake base metals exploration.
West Perth-based Apollo Minerals Ltd has signed a native title agreement with the Ngarluma People, traditional owners of the land where the company's Mt Oscar iron ore project is located.
Perth-based engineering company Emerson Stewart Ltd has boosted its order book value to $46 million after it secured three new contracts with Apache Energy Ltd, Peet Ltd and Straits Asia Resources Ltd.
Bateman Engineering has continued its expansion into Western Australia, signing a deal with Poseidon Nickel Ltd to undertake pre-feasibility work at the Windarra nickel project.
Maddington-based civil contractor Brierty Ltd has signed a letter of intent with iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group for further major earthworks at its port development at Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
The skyrocketing popularity of bulk commodity coal has Nedlands-based internet technology developer Ezenet Ltd taking a closer look at coal tenements in Malawi.
In a boost to its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd has received acceptances from Ausdrill shareholders with nine per cent of the company's stock following the establishment of an institutional acceptance facility last week.
West Perth-based Globe Metals & Mining has announced the commencement of a pre-feasibility study on its 100 per cent-owned multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon) Kanyika Project in Malawi.
The battle between Oil Basins Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd, a spin-off from the merger of ARC Energy and Australian Worldwide Exploration, has heightened following a force majeure declaration over the Blina Back Reef Play joint venture.
Accommodation provider Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has been awarded a $25 million contract to manufacture and supply 250 accommodation units for Rio Tinto.
The geothermal industry in the state has been given a kick-start with the government awarding a private Guildford-based company the first exploration permits in Western Australia.
Perth-based CopperCo Ltd will move to acquire the remaining shares in investment house Mineral Securities Ltd after emerging with a 94.7 per cent stake following the close of its takeover offer.
The Water Corporation today began evaluating the tenders of two consortia bidding to win the job of designing, building and operating Western Australia's second desalination plant in Binningup.
Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy had a positive start to trading on the ASX today, with its stock rising as high as 34 cents before closing at 30 cents.
Just a few days after the Labor Party was forced to drop a web site attacking former Liberal leader Troy Buswell, the Liberals have lodged a complaint with the Electoral Commission over what it says are misleading Labor ads on uranium mining.
Fox Resources said today it remains optimistic despite announcing a $28.4 million full year loss, which was heavily affected by non-cash write downs from its suspended Radio Hill operations.
State opposition leader Colin Barnett has accused Treasurer Eric Ripper of misleading the public over Japanese company Inpex Ltd's decision to build a $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant.
Welshpool-based mining services company NRW Holdings Ltd has forecast a profit growth of at least 15 per cent for the 2009 financial year, as it today reported a 137 per cent jump in full year net profit.
Panoramic Resources Ltd has followed the trend of its fellow nickel miners, today posting a 40 per cent fall in full year net profit to $53.3 million on the back of lower commodity prices and higher operating costs.
West Perth-based gold miner Dominion Mining Ltd has booked a full year net profit after tax of $33.4 million net profit, down 35 per cent from the previous year's result of $51.7 million.
Higher exploration costs have dented gold miner St Barbara Ltd's full year earnings loss, which plummeted to a loss of $17.3 million, down from the previous year's net loss of $2.9 million.
