Nathan Tinkler and his wife and family's assets could be frozen after liquidators applied for a court injunction.

Shares in mineral sands miner Iluka Resources rose after managing director David Robb gave shareholders an upbeat address at the company's annual general meeting in Perth this morning.

A mining giant has refused to hire local workers for its two new Central Queensland coal mines, a union claims.

It takes a special kind of wealth to lose more than $7 billion in a year and still top a list of the nation's richest people.

More oil spills will occur in western Queensland if the State Government dilutes Labor's environmental protection laws, according to the Wilderness Society.

Greg Lilleyman is quitting his role in charge of Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore unit, the mining giant's single most important division, as part of a major executive shake-up overseen by new divisional head Andrew Harding.

Work on a controversial mine in Tasmania's Tarkine region remains in limbo following a Federal Court hearing.

Clive Palmer has softened his stance on threats to kick CITIC Pacific off the $7 billion Sino Iron project, saying he hopes a minor Supreme Court victory yesterday will bring the Chinese company to the table to resolve bigger disputes between it and Mr Palmer's own company, Mineralogy.

Drilling services company Boart Longyear says its earnings will fall in 2013 because mining companies are scaling back on exploration.

Rio Tinto has opened up a new option for its push for a 360 million tonne a year Pilbara iron ore export rate, flagging a plan to double the size of its Western Turner Syncline hub to as much as 32mtpa.

Shares in Mutiny Gold have soared on news the company has doubled the exploration footprint at its Deflector gold project in the Murchison region.