Health insurer HBF and miner BHP Billiton are turning away from a singular focus on annual performance reviews in favour of more regular and personal engagement with staff.
KPMG's Energise accelerator has delivered an immediate return for the eight start-up companies participating in the program, with pilot projects and prizes worth more than $650,000 being awarded.
The Corruption and Crime Commission has found City of Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi “signally failed in her duties” by not disclosing gifts and travel contributions from BHP Billiton and Hawaiian.
Top Western Australian publicly listed companies with fewer women on boards than the national average may get the boost they need following the launch of a new club.
A joint venture between Civmec and Sedgman has won a $145 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract at BHP Billiton's Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
Two prominent Perth businesswomen have moved on to new government roles, with Heather Zampatti named the new chair for Lotterywest, while Libby Lyons has become a director of the national Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
If Andrew Mackenzie and Sam Walsh are right, then Western Australia's commodity dependent economy could be at the start of a recovery; and not before time, given the weakening state of the property market as measured by mortgage defaults.
Subiaco-based iiNet is a major sponsor of the Hawthorn Football Club with its HQ almost next door to where the Hawks meet West Coast Eagles tonight, yet we haven't seen the same kind of enthusiasm
Sport is taking over business in Perth as the AFL finals loom, with the ‘Go Freo' sign on Woodside Plaza rivalled by a ‘Go Eagles' sign on BHP Billiton's home at Brookfield Place, while the mining giant also committed to a new investment at the under-construction Perth Stadium.
Rio Tinto has mapped out a positive future for its expanding iron ore business, predicting more efficiency gains in the Pilbara, less competition from other producers and more growth in global demand.
Two former BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto engineers from the Wheatbelt officially launched a wave energy prototype in the Swan River today as part of a long-term plan to produce electricity at costs so low it will rival wind energy.
Stakeholders in Sirius Resources have shown their support for the proposed acquisition by Independence Group, with three recommendations passing by an almost unanimous vote.
Tipping a commodity price recovery that will boost Western Australia's economy is a game for the brave or the foolish; and while Colin Barnett came close to being one or the other yesterday, he was actually just being premature.
A single worker en route to the Roy Hill mine site has been found to be in possession of cannabis, after police searching for illicit drugs visited a number of remote Pilbara worksites serviced by fly-in, fly-out workers.
Port Hedland investors and developers are proving to be resilient and opportunistic, but it remains to be seen how the Pilbara town will successfully diversify from its resources-reliant economy.
If ever Western Australia is to have another slogan on vehicle number plates, then the favourite has to be a return to the short-lived ‘Golden State' catchphrase.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has posted a dramatic slide in annual profit on the back of plunging commodity prices, with chief executive Andrew Mackenzie flagging further cost cuts.
SPECIAL REPORT: It has been a tough year for job seekers in WA, but some new sectors have emerged to keep the state's employment levels at record highs.
Diversified miner South32 is looking to cut its operating costs by 7.5 per cent over the next three years, with a particular focus on payments to contractors.
Sirius Resources has sold off all of the nickel and copper it plans to produce out of its Nova mine in the first three years, after signing an offtake agreement with Glencore today.
A new iron ore mine proposed by BHP Billiton, and revisions to conditions placed on Rio Tinto's Marandoo iron ore project near Tom Price, have been recommended for approval by the environmental watchdog.
Contractors pursuing new infrastructure projects are continuing to diversify across industry sectors and geographies in response to continued weakness in mining-related work.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has contributed about half a million dollars towards the construction of a walk trail on Rottnest Island, making it the largest contribution to the island by a corporate entity.
BHP Billiton has reopened its Rocky's Reward nickel mine as a contract mining operation, despite several other nickel miners scaling back their projects in response to the sharp slump in the commodity's price.
To merge or to demerge is a question that goes beyond the mining industry; it's one that is also dividing opinions in the media world, with Australian and American publishers heading in opposite directions in what looks like a classic schism of ideas.
BHP Billiton's annual profit statement to be released next month could contain a pleasant surprise for shareholders, and a nasty surprise for Australia.
Perth-based ICT and cloud services company Zetta Group has secured a multimillion dollar contract with Western Power to provide end-user computing support to its staff.
Architects have a saying about ‘less being more'. The mining industry has flipped that around with ‘more being less', as shown in this week's production reports and share prices of Fortescue Metals and BHP Billiton.
The engineering arm of property and infrastructure group Lendlease has won a $96 million contract to build BHP Billiton's new tug harbour at Hunt Point in Port Hedland.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has announced plans to construct a new eight-pen tug harbour at Hunt Point in Port Hedland, as well as purchase six additional tugs, for $US240 million ($A326 million).
KPMG has named the eight businesses it has selected to participate in its recently announced technology accelerator Energise, which will be held in Perth.
A small batch of bauxite sent overseas for refining may signal the start of a much bigger play by Alcoa, which would have major consequences for WA's South West.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has flagged an impairment of up to $US2 billion ($A2.7 billion) in its end of financial year results against the value of its onshore gas assets in the US.
