Dan Wilkie

Construction and development company Diploma Group has continued to rebuild its earnings, reporting a net profit of $1.9 million for the six months to December 31, but the timing on some of its pla

Potential home buyers have had a slight reprieve from high property prices in Perth with home values dropping slightly during the past month, new research says.

Investor confidence and demand for business premises will generate opportunities in the property sector in 2014, but it won't be in the traditional high transaction area of office leasing.

Fortescue Metals Group chief Nev Power has rebutted claims of increased pressure on iron ore producers, while also flagging continued strength in the price of the steel-making ingredient for the ne

SPECIAL REPORT: The past 12 months have been tough for WA's corporate finance professionals, but there is cautious optimism that 2014 will be a different story.

Moly Mines has announced another boardroom shakeup in the wake of the arrest in Hong Kong earlier this week of one of the company's major shareholder's senior executives.

Mineral Resources has confirmed the sale price of its Christmas Creek plant, saying Fortescue Metals Group will pay around $300 million for the processing facilities.

Exploration firm Energia Minerals has launched a $2.2 million capital raising plan, to fund evaluation and development of its Carley Bore uranium project in the Carnarvon Basin.

PBD Developments, formerly known as Port Bouvard, has offloaded its Bandy Creek development site near Esperance for $1.6 million, while also announcing the sale of two more apartments at its Oceani

Uranium miner Paladin Energy's stock has lifted on the ASX after the company announced it had refinanced its debt facilities for its Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera projects.

International architecture firm Woods Bagot has unveiled the design for one of the first significant new developments at Canning Bridge – a $40 million, 34-apartment mixed use retail and commercial

Welshpool-based exploration drilling equipment manufacturer Airdrill says it will reach a broader international customer base after being acquired by global drilling group Schramm, in a deal descri

Queensland's Diatreme Resources has secured $2 million in backing from Hong Kong's Perpetual Mining Holding for its potential $223 million Cyclone zircon project near Eucla, in the east of Western

Cooking appliance distributor Thermomix will move into a near-2000 square metre new headquarters in Balcatta later this month, coinciding with the 150,000th sale of the appliance in Aust

Junior exploration firm Metaliko Resources has bought failed goldminer Navigator Resources' Bronzewing gold project near Leinster for $4.8 million.

Ian Trahar's CO2 Group has taken another step towards becoming one of the nation's largest aquaculture players, putting the finishing touches its $11.2 million takeover of Queensland prawn growing

Perth-based stockbroking firm Euroz has lodged a net profit of $12.3 million for the six months ended December 31, up around $2.7 million on the previous corresponding half-year.

Home values in Perth rose 9.9 per cent over 2013, to finish the year 3.6 per cent higher than the previous peak.

International resorts giant Westin will gain a foothold in Perth's hotel market, with BGC Development unveiling a $500 million development plan for the old Perth Fire Station site on Hay Street.

Shares in Singapore-listed construction and engineering firm AusGroup have risen after the company announced a $S15.2 million ($A13.4 million) capital raising overnight.

Snorkel tour and boat charter operator Charter 1 has locked horns with the Rottnest Island Authority, claiming it was squeezed out of the popular holiday island in favour of another operator, forcing it to restructure its business.

The City of Perth has lashed out at the Development Assessment Panel system, saying it creates, rather than reduces, red tape in the planning approvals process.

Decmil Group has been awarded a contract extension worth up to $80 million for works on the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas project.

Fremantle's historic National Hotel has reopened its doors after a $3 million restoration carried out by Classic Contractors.

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has raised nearly $11 million to progress development at its Magnolia LNG project in Louisiana, while at the same time announcing it had appointed BNP Paribas as its p

Diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers has sold off its 40 per cent stake in industrial gas producer Air Liquide Western Australia to its national counterpart, Air Liquide Australia, for a profit

The Fraser Range near Norseman has yet again cemented itself as an exploration hospot, with junior base metals explorer Classic Minerals shares soaring on the ASX today on news of a substantial new

Property development firm Devwest Group has been given the green light for an $85 million, two-tower commercial and residential project in South Perth.

Retail property in Kalgoorlie-Boulder is reeling from the flow-on effects of the mining services slowdown, with empty shops in the city's historic heart of Hannan Street reaching decades-high level

The Kiteracing Oceanic Championships begin off Leighton Beach in Fremantle today; with marine business advocate group Marine WA saying the event is a prime opportunity for local businesses to showc

FEATURE: Salaries have come under huge pressure during the past year as widespread cost cutting takes its toll on executives' take-home pay.

FEATURE: It has been a difficult year for many of WA's listed entities, but investors are backing the performance of most of the state's top executives.