Downer EDI has announced three contract wins in WA and Queensland, including a $40 million contract to design and construct an upgrade of the Dampier Highway.
Former Peet managing director and chief executive Warwick Hemsley has resigned as non-executive director of the development firm to pursue "other interests".
Perth-based Base Resources says it will commence construction at its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya in September and begin production in the third quarter of 2013, after finalising a $US150 million finance facility.
Australia is heading for a downswing in population growth that could last for a generation, making it harder for businesses to attract and retain workers, a report predicts.
US-focused Samson Oil and Gas has offloaded its gas assets in Wyoming's Jonah and Lookout Wash oilfields to a group of private buyers for $6.3 million.
Perth-based biomedical technology firm Phylogica has raised $5.2 million through a share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors it said was heavily oversubscribed.
Aspen Group has successfully warded off a board challenge headed by co-founder Angelo Del Borello, with more than 70 per cent of the votes at today's extraordinary meeting supporting the incumbent board.
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet says another court challenge to last month's dismissal of copyright infringement allegations will not stop illegal downloading, even if it is successful.
Sandfire Resources has signed a $20 million supply deal with European-based process technology group, Outotec to advance its DeGrussa copper-gold project.
Minister for Culture and the Arts John Day has come under fire from the state's Auditor General for refusing to provide information to Parliament because it was considered commercial-in-confidence.
A joint venture by engineering and construction groups Clough and AMEC has won a $25 million contract for the rejuvenation of Oil Search's Kumul marine terminal in Papua New Guinea.
The Retail Traders Association of Western Australia has urged shop owners to act quickly to respond to the rising threat posed by internet shopping, after a new survey showed the majority of households shop online.
DairyWest has added premium yoghurt producer West N Fresh to its investment portfolio, after it today announced the completion of its purchase of Brownes.
Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry says only a third of respondents to a recent survey believe economic conditions will improve over the next three months.
Perth will host marquee sporting events, including an international hockey tournament, and an arts and culture festival, as the state government attempts to showcase the city during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October.
Commerce Minister Simon O'Brien has continued the state government's reform of retail tenancies, with the introduction of a new bill in state parliament aimed at protecting small businesses.
Western Australia's workplace safety watchdog says it will appeal the dismissal of charges against Fortescue Metals Group after a cyclone ripped through its rail construction camp in 2007, killing two workers.
Malaga-based ADG Global Supply has won a 12-month contract to supply drilling fluids to NSW-based civil construction and contract drilling firm Arogen.
Perth-based engineering and project management firm AMEC Minproc has won a contract to produce a bankable feasibility study for Arafura Resources' Nolans rare earths project in South Australia.
Henderson-based Strategic Marine has won a contract to provide three high-speed patrol vessels worth nearly $5 million for the Australian Federal Police.
Ian Trahar's takeover bid for Kresta Holdings will close tomorrow, unless it receives enough acceptances to take its interest to more than 40 per cent of the window furnishings company.
