Australia’s Orocobre has announced an all-stock deal for smaller domestic peer Galaxy Resources worth A$1.78 billion, creating the world’s fifth most valuable lithium...
British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta has declared it is ‘business as usual’ at his Australian steel and coal operations, despite the looming possibility of...
Santos has approved the development of its A$4.7 billion Barossa gas project off the coast of Darwin, after putting the plans on hold...
Australia is projected to earn A$136 billion from iron ore exports during this financial year, as global steelmaking activity rebounds from a COVID-led...
Spanish infrastructure company Acciona and international metals group Korea Zinc have reached an agreement to jointly develop the 923MW MacIntyre Wind Farm in...
Lightsource BP has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with electricity company Snowy Hydro that will see it supply renewable energy to 88...
Australia’s government has unveiled a 10-year roadmap that will boost the nation’s mineral processing capacity, as part of a plan to challenge China’s...
Mineral exploration spending in Australia rose by 2.5% in the December 2020 quarter, according to latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
Chinese investment in Australia tumbled by 61% last year as diplomatic relations between the two nations slumped to a fresh nadir. The Australian National...
The impact of climate change has been rated as the biggest challenge facing Australian businesses, according to a recent survey on 155 Australian...
BHP has reported damage to a culturally significant Aboriginal site near one of its iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western...
Rio Tinto has announced the largest annual dividend in its 148-history after new chief executive Jakob Stausholm described 2020 as a ‘year of...
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) will supply iron ore and green hydrogen to South Korean steelmaking company Posco after the two agreed to a...
Peak industry body Shipping Australia has labelled a decision to impose a new A$13,450 fee on every major iron ore export at Port...
Australian shares closed Monday trading on another high after iron ore prices continued to soar, based on strong demand from China and supply...
The number of major resources and energy projects in Australia rose by 19% to 335 over the 12 months ending October, with miners...
The New South Wales (NSW) government has announced a new electricity infrastructure roadmap that it hopes will drive a $32 billion private investment...
Controversial Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises has renamed itself Bravus – a Latin word that translates to ‘barbarian’ or ‘mercenary’, ‘assassin’ and ‘deformed’, language...
BP has revealed plans to stop producing fuel at its Kwinana oil refinery in Western Australia, instead converting the facility into a fuel...
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has revealed that an extra 50,000 jobs in the sector have been created in the past financial year,...
Australian mining billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has struck a deal to acquire iconic bootmaker R.M. Williams from a French private equity fund, bringing...
The authors of a new Deloitte report on the future of Western Australia’s mining sector have warned that operators must begin planning net...
The boards of Northern Star Resources and Saracen Mineral Holdings have approved a A$5.76 billion shares and cash deal that will create a...
Australia has created a A$800 million funding package to advance the digitisation of businesses, as part of its COVID-19 economic recovery plan. The Federal...
ASX-listed junior explorer Encounter Resources has received endorsement for its Elliott copper project in Australia’s Northern Territory from BHP, with the two companies...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed that Australia will spend A$1.9 billion in nascent renewable energy technology over the next 10 years as...
Australia has asked Rio Tinto to appoint an Australian as its next chief executive, in an attempt to sharpen the mining giant’s focus...
Australia is set to block China Mengniu Dairy’s proposed A$600 million takeover of some of the nation’s biggest milk brands, as diplomatic and...
South32 has announced the sale of its entire stake in manganese alloy smelter Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company (TEMCO) to UK-based conglomerate GFG Alliance. The...
Australia’s mining sector finds itself at a key ‘transition point’, with concerns over commodity price volatility rising to the fore in the COVID-19...