GR Engineering Services’ share price has slumped to $1 after the company disclosed it was involved in a complex legal dispute with former client Allied Gold.
Regional Western Australian businesses are the most confident in Australia, while their city counterparts’ levels of optimism have fallen dramatically, a survey released today says.
The creation of Australia's largest listed pure-play coal company appears a certainty after Gloucester Coal's shareholders approved a merger deal with Chinese state-owned company Yancoal Australia.
Bankwest has agreed to make changes to recent advertising for its Breeze MasterCard after ASIC raised concerns that the advertisements were misleading or likely to mislead.
Mining and civil contractor NRW Holdings has secured $148 million of work with Fortescue Metals Group, less than a fortnight after signing a $129 million contract with BHP Billiton.
Apache Energy won court approval late Friday to release two documents that support its view that it took reasonable steps to maintain a pipeline at the Varanus Island gas plant prior to a June 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s attempts to stimulate the housing market are having little effect, according to figures released today, with capital city residential property values continuing
Engineering firm UGL has won $190 million in contracts to supply and maintain freight locomotives for four different companies, including Rio Tinto's Pilbara mining operations.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed a Minerals Council of Australia report suggesting BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam expansion project in South Australia is in doubt.
Wolf Minerals has completed a $5 million capital raising to provide additional funds as it seeks to finalise financing arrangements for its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in the United Kingdom.
Matilda Zircon says it will begin production next year at its Keysbrook mineral sands project in the south west after securing final approval from the State Administrative Tribunal.
Western Australian company director David Zohar has been charged with three counts of providing false or misleading information to the Australian Securities Exchange.
Rio Tinto and Sinosteel are celebrating a huge milestone at their Channar iron ore joint venture in the Pilbara, with the 200 millionth tonne of iron ore from the mine sent on its way to China yest
Multi-billionaire mining magnates should unlock the untapped potential in Australia's labour market before offering jobs to foreigners, a key union says, but the mining industry has dismissed these
Most European stock markets have fallen on bank strains in Spain, but avoided a deep slump after opinion polls pointed to a win for pro-austerity conservatives in the upcoming Greek election.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has been fined more than $8500 in penalties by the Federal Magistrates Court for making misleading statements regarding workers obligations to jo
Rio Tinto Iron Ore has awarded a contract to manage the expansion of its Nammuldi iron ore mine in the Pilbara, to a joint venture between Lycopodium and URS Australia.
Australian banks need to catch up with the rest of the world and make financial transactions faster for customers, Reserve Bank of Australia boss Glenn Stevens says.
Online finance specialist ThinkSmart has taken a battering from shareholders on two fronts, with a sharp slump in its share price yesterday following a profit warning and a large protest vote again
Leading home builder Dale Alcock has called for more reform of the building approvals system, saying recent changes to allow private certification had failed.
The Roy Hill iron ore project will be able to bring up to 1715 overseas workers into Australia during its three-year construction phase under a new immigration program announced today.
BC Iron has hit a milestone in the ramp up of its Nullagine iron ore joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group, with the mine achieving its targeted production rate of 5 million tonnes per year.
Goldfields Credit Union has made its debut Australian Securities Exchange as Goldfields Money, after raising $9 million through an initial public offering.
The state government is calling for hotel developers for a 7,300 square metre site on Hay Street in Perth’s CBD, the first land released under its hotel incentives scheme.
One of the Margaret River region’s most prominent wineries, Cullen Wine, is spearheading local efforts to convince the state government to stop oil and gas exploration off the South West coast.
