Labor leader Bill Shorten has backed down from his ‘captain's call' to roll back company tax cuts for businesses with turnovers between $10 million and $50 million a year, after a leadership meeting today.
Swick Mining Services has announced two contract extensions worth about $80 million, including a renewal at Northern Star Resources' Jundee gold mine near Wiluna.
The board of Atlas Iron has unanimously recommended a revised bidder's statement from Hancock Prospecting, while also announcing the suspension of production at its Mt Dove iron ore mine due to challenging market conditions.
Mark Connelly has resigned as non-executive director at Ausdrill. Mr Connelly has held various senior management positions for other resource companies including Adamus Resources and New
Adrian Trevisan has resigned as non-executive director of Neurotech International. Dr Trevisan was integral in the founding of Neurotech and served as company director for a time.
Western Australia was among the states leading a rise in job vacancies, which lifted 5.7 per cent between February and May driven by with growth in both the private and public sectors.
Mineral sands-aspirant Strandline Resources has appointed GR Engineering Services to lead a definitive feasibility study at its Coburn project, while Arafura Resources has signed on Mining Plus and a number of other consultants for a study at the Nolan project.
Tanami Gold says it will exercise a put option forcing Northern Star Resources to buy a 15 per cent stake in the junior miner's Central Tanami project for $20 million, after the Bill Beament-led company said it had not reached commercial production at the joint venture mine.
Klaus Eckhof has resigned as executive chairman of AVZ Minerals. Mr Eckhof is a geologist and has worked in delineating gold within the mining industry.
Colin Gilligan has been appointed non-executive director of Geopacific Resources. Mr Gilligan is a mining engineer with over 25 years' experience in the resources sector.
A NSW District Court has acquitted former Kimberley Diamonds executive chairman Alex Alexander of charges related to the issuing of false or misleading information to the market.
AVZ Minerals has announced the resignation of executive chairman Klaus Eckhof, weeks after he sold off half his stake for $4.4 million, while also signing up Perth-based CPC Engineering to complete a scoping study for its Manono lithium project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Perth-based Pacifico Minerals has announced it will take a 75 per cent stake in the Sorby Hills lead and silver project north of Kununurra in a cash-and-scrip deal worth up to $4.1 million.
Margaret River winery Vasse Felix is set to acquire the principal assets of Watershed Premium Wines, under a $20 million deal that allows Watershed's cellar door and restaurant to continue operating under a two-year lease agreement.
Shares in local contractor NRW Holdings were up 9.2 per cent today after the company said its order book had increased to near record levels of $2.05 billion, while also saying the business was well placed to be involved in Western Australia's major upcoming iron ore projects.
Accounting firm UHY Haines Norton will have three offices in Western Australia following a merger with national outfit Sothertons, while Moore Stephens Perth - which absorbed the old UHY practice in WA in 2015 - has announced changes to its leadership team.
Collins Foods, Australia's biggest KFC franchisee, has lifted full-year profit by 16 per cent, buoyed by the addition of new stores to its network, and despite the Western Australian market being an under-performer.
Western Australian electricians are the most expensive in Australia, while the majority of the state's other tradies are near the national cost average, according to new data out today.
The Perth-based Guylian Belgian Chocolate Cafe franchise has been placed into liquidation, just over a year after the business opened on St Georges Terrace.
Perth-based MACA has been awarded a number of new contracts, totalling about $60 million, including a $12 million variation to works at the Gruyere gold project near Laverton.
Metcash shares have rallied after the supermarkets wholesaler announced a $125 million share buyback alongside an impairment-driven full-year loss of $149.5 million.
Busselton has been shortlisted with nine other regional cities nationwide as the potential home for the new Qantas pilot academy, weeks after the environmental watchdog recommended conditional approval for the operations of a $70 million upgrade at the Busselton-Margaret River Airport.
CIMIC Group has secured a $225 million mining services contract at BHP Billiton's Rocky's Reward nickel project, located 400 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie.
Perth companies MACA and gold producer Beadell Resources have agreed to terminate a mining services contract at Beadell's Tucano project in Brazil, leaving the miner to repay a $61 million loan.
Western Australia's population growth remains subdued, with the state recording a 0.8 per cent increase for the 12 months to December, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract extension for engineering services at Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatsone LNG projects, while NRW Holdings has received a $93 million extension to its Stanmore Coal contract.
