According to ABC News, the Climate Commission is predicting record heatwaves, bushfires and rising sea levels across the state by the end of the century due to climate change
It's being compared to the Gold Rush of the 1850s: exploration permits and applications are flooding into Australia as energy miners set their sights on the Northern Territory, a largely untapped source of gas
The introduction of the Carbon Tax in July this year places a significant impost on Australian companies and means that all businesses need to think seriously about waste management and energy efficiency
Shell Australia is currently in contract negotiations for a multibillion dollar, 20-year contract deal with Kogas for the supply of LNG from Australian gas fields
Perth-based Atlas Iron is taking up a 19.9 per cent stake in Australian-owned, Brazil-based iron ore explorer and developer, Centaurus Metals, for $18.7 million
BHP Billiton is poised to achieve a full-year net profit of A$20.49 billion thanks to diversified operations and record production in its iron ore operations
CSIRO is getting ready to unveil a brand new solar tower on June 18-- and it's poised to be the most adaptable, dynamic solar research facility in the world
Rio Tinto appears to be getting even closer to obtaining more than 50 per cent interest in coal company Riversdale Mining, with the announcement that is has extended its $3.9 billion bid by three trading days to March 28.
Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has put a “For Sale” sign on its Premier Coal mine to reap the benefits of interest in Australian resource assets from foreign companies. Wesfarmers Resources Managing Director Stewart Butel said interest in the Collie Coal...
Rudy Gomez has been sitting on a “pot of copper and gold” since he discovered the Carrapateena copper-gold project in South Australia in 1989. Now nearly 21 years after his discovery, he has sold the project to OZ Minerals for a price of up to US$325 million.
For a company who cried it would become poor should the Federal Government proceed with its planned mining tax in 2010, BHP Billiton posted a US$10.5 billion profit for the second half of 2010 that is surely nothing to scoff at.
Still high from the fumes of its last gas discovery, US energy giant Chevron revealed Wednesday that it’s made a further drilling success in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin.
Rio Tinto’s quest for world domination in the mining industry continues with its latest US$1.2 billion investments in mining projects in Canada and Australia.
Known for his generosity and business savvy, Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer is currently making headlines for a potential go at a $3 billion IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for his mining company, Resourcehouse.
All aboard! The first ore has been loaded for Fortescue Metals and BC Iron’s 50/50 Nullagine Iron Ore Joint Venture. Fortescue said Monday that the loading of the first ore through Fortescue’s train load-out and interim reclaim systems at the...