Western Power is aiming to become the first WA government corporation to implement a collective agreement, and will do so by going straight to its workers after a breakdown in negotiations with the Australian Services Union.
Premier Colin Barnett says no agreement has been reached with BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers on the issue of royalties post a proposed Pilbara iron ore merger with Rio Tinto following an hour-and-a-half long meeting today.
Mission NewEnergy will receive a $16 million cash injection from a private placement as it begins commissioning its second biodiesel refinery in Malaysia.
An increasing number of businesses in Western Australia are becoming more confident about the local economy's prospects with some saying the current economic climate has been good for business.
Environmental work on Royal Dutch Shell's liquefied natural gas project in Gladstone will start shortly after the Queensland government declared the operation as a "significant" project.
The Swan Valley Oasis Restaurant and Function Centre is the latest WA eatery to be named and shamed by the state's health department for breaching hygiene regulations.
Perth has been ranked in the top five liveable cities in the world, with only one other Australian city, Melbourne, scoring higher, a new survey shows.
Shares in gold miner Croesus Mining are in a trading halt as the company raises up to $7 million in equity funding, ahead of a company restructure following a deal with Apex Minerals.
Miner Kagara and mining services company NRW Holdings have been removed from the S&P/ASX 200 index while two Western Australian companies with an African focus have been added.
Aquila Resources has had a win in the Queensland Supreme Court case relating to its dispute with its joint venture partner in the West Pilbara iron ore project.
A joint venture led by engineering and construction company Clough has been awarded a contract for early works on a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed by Exxon Mobil in Papua New Guinea.
Cash-poor uranium explorer Uranio has planned a scrip-based merger with a private company headed by uranium industry stalwart Alan Eggers, and has tipped further corporate deals.
Sinosteel Midwest Corp may be forced to revise its iron ore project in the Mid West after Western Australia's environmental authority recommended that mining not proceed at one of three proposed sites.
Woodside Petroleum says there is potential to build another five liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing trains on the Burrup Peninsula, doubling the size of what is already Australia's most valuable resources precinct.
Up to 100 sea containers of recycled products may have to be dumped in landfill over the next two weeks after a fire destroyed Western Australia's largest recycling facility, in Canning Vale, early today.
Woodside Petroleum and Chevron have been recognised as leaders of safety and environmental practices at the 2009 Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference in Darwin.
Western Australia has bucked the national trend in new home sales with deals down 4 per cent in April while the national figure rose to a 14-month high, new data from a home building industry group shows.
University of Western Australia vice chancellor Professor Alan Robson and Azure Capital founding managing director Mark Barnaba were among the winners announced at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards over the weekend.
The trading halt in shares of BC Iron has been turned into a suspension, as the mining junior continues to negotiate the details of access to Fortescue Metals Group's rail and port facilities in the Pilbara.
The managers of Great Southern's funds management arm have reportedly made an offer to the receivers of the collapsed agribusiness to take back ownership of their business.
Port Bouvard is the latest property developer to branch out into funds management after receiving a financial services license by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
The state government will prosecute oil and gas producer Apache Corporation for failing to maintain and repair a gas pipeline at its Varanus Island facility that exploded last year.
Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Andrew Forrest says Chinese steelmakers may have to pay spot prices for iron ore if they don't agree to prices set with Japanese steelmakers.
