Travers Duncan (middle) and his lawyers leave the commission at lunch time. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: Brian Flannery leaves court. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: THEY are among the country's wealthiest businessmen and their appointment books all include...

Australian miners are setting up in remote outback areas in a land enjoying a resources boom - Chile.

A controversial proposal to build a coalmine in the Margaret River wine and tourism region has been rejected by the state government.

Miner Fortescue Metals shipped a record 14.77 million tonnes of iron ore in the December quarter.

WESFARMERS Ltd says heavy rainfall during the April quarter at its Curragh metallurgical coal mine in Queensland has hampered recovery efforts, forcing the company to downgrade sales guidance. Wesfarmers told analysts at a briefing today that it had

BHP Billiton and Woolworths exactly capture the two faces of our 21st century economy and the challenging - mostly - pluses but also minuses posed right now and into 2012. BHPB approved $12 billion in major new projects in the financial year just ended.