Dan Wilkie

Laconia Resources has entered a $7.5 million joint venture with a China-based investment group to fund the development of the Mooletar iron ore project near Mount Magnet.

Resolute Mining has revealed an 80 per cent increase of its gold reserves across its operations over the past year.

The Shops at Ellenbrook has become the first Western Australian shopping centre to achieve a Green Star certification from the Green Building Council of Australia.

Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with an India-based steelmaker which will see its Kwinana HIsmelt plant dismantled and relocated to India.

Continental Coal says exploration programs have revealed a substantial increase in resources at its flagship De Wittekrans thermal coal project in South Africa.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has become the latest international law firm to move into the Western Australian market, announcing plans for a merger with the local office of Minter Ellison.

The company which controls Axiom Properties' stake in the stalled Port Geographe residential development has been placed into the hands of administrators.

Belmont-based subsea engineering and remote technology firm Velocious has won a contract for specialist subsea work on Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project.

Texas-based engineering and construction group Fluor Corporation has announced its joint venture with Sinclair Knight Merz has won additional contracts with BHP Billiton for the mining giant's 100

The retail slowdown has claimed yet another scalp, with the nationwide women's clothing chain Brown Sugar being placed in the hands of administrators.

Western Australia's peak business group says a new report into the retail industry should sound a death knell for the state's “out of date, anti competitive and anti-business” trading regulations.

Workers have returned to their posts at Mermaid Marine's supply base in Dampier, ending industrial action that began last Friday.

Cazaly Resources has announced the sale of its Parker Range iron ore project to a South East Asian diversified investment group for $100 million plus an estimated $80 million in royalties.

Office rents are set to soar by 22 per cent by the end of the year as booming conditions in the resource sector make their imprint in the Perth CBD, according to industry analysts.

Western Power has submitted its case to the state economic regulator for the construction of electricity transmission infrastructure that is designed to support both new mining projects in the Mid

Beadell Resources has announced $US80 million in debt financing to fund the development of the Tucano gold project in Brazil.

A Chinese state-owned group has taken a 30 per cent stake in Perth-based iron and vanadium developer TNG, in a deal worth $13.4 million.

A buyer has been found for Luke Saraceni's New Esplanade Hotel, joint selling agents CBRE and Jones Lang La Salle say.

FIGURES released this week have confirmed the continuing poor performance of the Western Australian housing sector, with Perth recording the largest median price falls of any capital city during th

Diploma Construction boss Nick Di Latte says a protest at the Queens Riverside apartments project today stemmed from a disagreement between two subcontractors, and maintained his company had met al

Perth-based iron ore miner IronClad Mining has secured full access to a 50 hectare site with harbour frontage at Lucky Bay in South Australia.

Official statistics released today have confirmed the Western Australian housing sector is stuck on struggle-street, with Perth recording the largest median price falls of any capital city over the

Perth-based air conditioning and mechanical services company Burke Air has been snapped up by Sydney-based building and communication services firm BSA for $9.2 million in cash and shares.

Canadian energy group ATCO says it has finalised its $1 billion, two-step acquisition of Western Australia's major gas infrastructure assets.

Around 100 Royal Perth Hospital workers have held a stopwork meeting to oppose state government plans to contract out support services for Perth's new Fiona Stanley Hospital to a private company.

NSL Consolidated says it has successfully completed a $4.3 million equity raising to fund ongoing development and exploration at its Indian iron ore mines.

Perth-based coal explorer Lemur Resources has applied to list on the Australian Securities Exchange, after its $25 million initial public offering was oversubscribed.

Consulting, contracting and engineering firm VDM Group has announced $66.5 million in new contracts, including a deal with BHP Billiton Nickel West worth more than $40 million.

Perth home values were largely flat in June, according to property analysts RP Data.

Mineral Commodities has announced more than $100 million in acquisitions it says will elevate it to become Australia's second largest titanium and zircon mineral sands producer.

Ipernica subsidiary Nearmap.com has announced its second significant property-related contract in less than a week, signing an agreement with real estate information services firm Hometrack.

Minerals explorer Kimberley Metals has launched a $13.3 million capital raising to accelerate exploration and development at its Mineral Hill copper-gold-silver mine in NSW and its silver-lead asse