Dan Wilkie

Cockburn Cement has slashed 44 jobs at its Munster cement plant and has flagged a further 20 job cuts over the next 18 months as it restructures its operations.

Seven Group Holdings has lodged a 42 per cent reduction in revenue for the first half of the 2014 financial year, as a difficult and challenging market for its industrial services divisions took it

Local investors are showing increased interest in Western Australian retail assets, with the off-market sale of Northam Boulevard Shopping Centre for $14.05 million highlighting the growing demand,

Rising vacancies and falling rents in Perth’s CBD office market are putting tenants in prime position to score favourable deals, while the conditions could also result in potential bargains for institutional investors.

Industrial parts and services provider Coventry Group has warned earnings growth will be slim in the second half of the financial year, after lodging a narrow net profit for the six months to Decem

Retail supply is at a premium in the CBD, and several overseas names are set to add to the space race this year.

Intense competition among small to medium-sized builders is resulting in competitive tenders and tight margins.

Western Australian town planners are working at capacity, with demand for their services being driven by an uptick of activity in land development as well as the state government’s efforts to boost

The building industry watchdog has launched court action against 76 workers who allegedly went on strike unlawfully at the $1.2 billion children’s hospital project in Nedlands.

New hotel developments in Perth and Fremantle will add up to 2,500 rooms during the next five years, with this number potentially growing to more than 4,000 if several proposed projects go ahead.

Kingston International College will move its English language and vocational school to Highgate early next month, to a heritage-listed building it bought from apartment developer Finbar Group for $

Apartment developer Baltinas Made has signed Resolute Constructions to build its $32 million Velo project on Aberdeen Street in Northbridge.

Perth's CBD office market is still proving to be attractive to offshore investors, with the office building at 130 Stirling Street sold to a Singaporean firm for $90 million.

The Tony Sage-chaired Cauldron Energy is lobbying the state government to ignore the advice of the mining warden and allow the company to explore for uranium at pastoral leases on Andrew Forrest's

Battling vanadium producer Atlantic has revealed it could take up to nine months to repair fire damage to the processing plant at its Windimurra mine in the Mid West.

Western Australia’s fledgling aquaculture industry has been given a boost, with the state environmental watchdog giving its tick to a proposed 2,000-hectare development zone in the Kimberley.

Drilling fluids and equipment supplier Imdex has reported another fall in net profit, after a record half-year performance by its oil and gas division was offset by further contraction in its minin

Oil and gas explorer Oilex has raised $6.8 million to fund development and drilling at its Cambay oilfield in India’s Cambay Basin.

Gold miner Perseus Mining has plunged to a $4 million interim net loss, as a decrease in gold production at its flagship Edikan mine as well as a 12.5 per cent fall in its gold sales price weighed

The City of Subiaco has thrown two new proposals into the discussion surrounding local government reform, flagging a merger with the City of Perth or extending its boundaries to claim a portion of

Sirius Resources has taken full ownership of its highly-rated Nova-Bollinger nickel deposit, buying out major shareholder Mark Creasy’s 30 per cent stake for a stock and cash package worth nearly $

Apartment developer Finbar Group has formalised its relationship with construction firm Hanssen, while also unveiling its third project at the Springs Rivervale urban infill development site.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state government’s efforts to boost housing affordability have resulted in an increase in diversity of housing options for those buying their first home, with developers saying Perth is coming of age as a modern city.

SPECIAL REPORT: Despite the state government’s best efforts, developers say bureaucracy is the main barrier to getting land to market in a timely fashion.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth’s northern and southern fringes remain the hotbeds for residential land development, but short-term supply issues have hit the industry's ability to keep pace with a surge in demand.

Grains handler CBH Group has set a new record, exporting its largest-ever grain shipment out of Esperance over the weekend.

Residential builder Mi Constructions Pty Ltd has slipped into administration, with Avior Consulting appointed to liquidate the company’s assets.

Boutique development firm QUBE Property Group says the recent approval of a $20.5 million, seven-storey apartment project in West Leederville is a firm endorsement of the state government’s development assessment panels.

Osborne Park-based builder Badge has won a suite of major contracts to kick off 2014, collectively worth around $33 million.

Gage Roads Brewing says it is considering rebuilding or upgrading its packaging facilities to maintain record growth levels after mechanical issues in December resulted in lower-than-expected produ

Western Australia's new home building sector rebounded from a slump in 2012 to record the highest number of private housing approvals since the property boom in 2006, according to new data.

Kibaran Resources has raised just over $1.1 million to fund drilling programs at its Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania.