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By James Regan SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) – BHP Billiton said on Wednesday it may seek government intervention to avert industrial action by tugboat

MELBOURNE, May 20 (Reuters) – Two of the world’s biggest iron ore miners BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group held-government sponsored

An unmanned submarine on its seventh dive for the missing Flight MH370 may complete its mission in the southern Indian Ocean within a week, said the Australian

Project Engineer Lead Cris Moreno discusses the liquid cargo transfer technology behind Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant, which at

A small Australian exploration company said it has secured more than $6 billion in equity funding from unnamed investors to build a port and rail network to

By James Paton April 7 (Bloomberg) — The Australian government should act to rein in rising labor costs that threaten a potential A$180 billion ($167

A search has been suspended for a unidentified fishing vessel whose EPIRB was set off over the weekend in the Southern Indian Ocean a few hundred miles from

Australia approved coal port expansion plans that involve dredging and dumping millions of cubic meters of sand near the Great Barrier Reef despite earlier

Australian marine logistics firm Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy the offshore businesses of Singapore's Jaya Holdings Ltd for

An asylum seeker was killed and at least 77 injured in the second riot this week at a detention centre in Papua New Guinea used to process asylum seekers,

Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog gave the green light on Friday for millions of cubic metres of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef to create

The 52 passengers rescued from a Russian expedition vessel that became stuck in an Antarctic ice floe over the holidays have reached Australia safe and

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Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Australia’s natural-gas buyers are poised to pay more even as supply more than doubles in the next five years because higher

Thick ice and weather will prevent icebreakers from reaching the stricken MV Akademik Shokalskiy expedition ship stuck in ice off Antarctica, forcing a

"Operations are continuing and we are closely monitoring the situation," - Rio

Ships waiting to be loaded with iron ore are seen at the Fortescue loading dock located at Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia December 3,

Australia approved on Tuesday major dredging work to expand a coal shipping port adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef in a bid to attract more coal

A small article in The Australian, Australia’s national newspaper, has signaled that the merry-go-round on Australia’s coastal shipping policy will

By James Regan SYDNEY, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback,