Special Reports

A slowdown in the mining sector could have positive flow-on effects for employers in other industries, Business News' annual survey of the state's 100 largest employers has found.

Investors who kept their money in Australia's top blue chip stocks enjoyed great returns in the 2012-13 financial year.

Seven years ago, Western Australia's poster boy for entrepreneurship had a wake-up call – shares in the company Michael Malone had created from a standing start in his parents' garage were tum

WA's early online entrepreneurs have proved resilient with the $30 million sale this year of part of Perth-based eBooks Corporation showing isolation is no barrier to online success.

Western Australian-based Golden Saint Resources is venturing to London to drum up capital to develop its diamonds assets in West Africa.

The $60 million sale of Cool Clear Water Group to UK-based Waterlogic does not just end a five-year merger and acquisition spree by the Western Australian company, it is also bookends the first investment-to-exit for private equity firm Banksia.

Wolf Minerals is planning to mine an obscure commodity in an unusual location, but has still been able to raise $212 million by tapping just about every funding source available.

The property development sector has been hunkered down behind barricades for several years, so it was with some surprise to see locally listed player Peet emerge at the top of the corporate finance

There have been few bright spots in M&A deals this year in what some are calling a 'cautiously willing' market.

Perth technology boffins tinkering away in their parents' garages had a good year in 1993, if iiNet and Immersive Technologies are any guide.

Peter Blackburn had to dig deep to turn his 'great idea' into a successful business.

Two years ago, Viento Group was a battling property investment company treading water.

Difficult to define but becoming impossible to ignore, the Australian METS sector – made up of mining equipment, technology and services companies – has emerged from the mining boom as a leader in

Major investments in Latin America by some of the world's biggest miners have provided a number of mining services companies with the opportunity to get a toehold in the region.

For a business exposed to the ups and downs of commodity prices and the costs of the manufacturing sector, Civmec has had a good year.

New growth opportunities will be few and far between for mining contractors, who are under pressure to trim their rates.The irony was inescapable.

The two big mining contractors that dominate the underground sector have very different recent histories, but face similar challenges.

Empire Oil & Gas has stepped up to the ranks of producer, with gas and condensate flowing this week from its operation near Gingin in the Perth Basin.

Shale gas in the US contributed around $80 billion to its GDP and created more than 900,000 jobs, but a new financial analysis has shown developing Australia's vast shale gas resources will cost up

Engineering firms exposed to mining are going through a tough patch but prospects are much better for those like Technip and Clough in the oil & gas sector.

There's certainly no shortage of ambition at Present Group, which has the lofty goal of becoming the world's first global 'completions enterprise'.

A strong focus on customer satisfaction has helped Monford Group grow its business by attracting repeat customers in the construction sector.

The decision to embrace diversity has helped Global Electrotech grow from a founding partnership of two formed in 2000 to 168 employees today specialising in the design, installation, commissioning

Alex Kok has come a long way since the early days roasting coffee out of a rented shed in Metricup, half way between Busselton and Margaret River.

Seven years ago, an old hand in the mining industry and a former SAS sergeant major started a business providing housing solutions for companies operating in remote Western Australia.

The founders of digital agency Alyka have grown their business from a partnership of three to an operation with 26 staff and dozens of corporate and government clients in just five years.

Vesco's successful turnaround has been founded on a clear and structured strategy.

Engineering and construction company Primero Group has enjoyed enormous growth in its brief existence.

Engineering consultancy BG&E sees itself on the cusp of standing alongside the large practices in Australia.

A flexible approach to business and staying true to its values have been the keys to the success of Bhagwan Marine, which has become a major service provider to the offshore oil & gas s

Bhagwan Marine has been named the 2013 Business News Rising Stars award winner, capping off more than a decade of strong growth for the Geraldton-based company.

WA's newest lobbying firm, Barton Deakin, makes no secret of its political ties.