The Australian market has opened lower, with most sectors in the red following a flat US lead, but local shares remain above the psychologically important 6,000 point mark.
The Australian share market is trading solidly higher at lunchtime, with upbeat overnight sentiment lifting the local markets to near 10-year highs and the S&P/ASX200 to twice breach the key 6,
Global facilities management giant Sodexo, which counts Rio Tinto's iron ore business among its major clients, is buying Australian competitor Morris Corporation, the manager of Fortescue Metals Group's three major camps.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has made an emotional plea for gambling revenue to be factored into the GST distribution system, while Western Australians have been warned the state's share of the revenue could potentially fall to zero if the economy were to return to boom times.
Indigenous contracting group Eastern Guruma, which has contracts or joint ventures with the likes of Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, NRW Holdings and Carnegie Clean Energy, has been placed into administration.
Fortescue Metals Group, Iluka Resources and Rio Tinto are among the five overall category winners in the 2017 state government's Awards for Excellence.
Fortescue Metals Group is on track to the meet its annual iron ore shipments forecast but has downgraded its guidance on the price it expects to realise.
Avocado grower and Fresh Produce Alliance co-founder Jennifer Franceschi has been named the Telstra Western Australian Businesswoman of the Year, joining an alumni that includes Gina Rinehart.
SPECIAL REPORT: Roy Hill Holdings and Chevon have joined the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP, Woodside and CBH Group in an updated ranking of WA's largest exporters in the BNiQ Search Engine.
Fortescue Metals Group has partnered with ANZ Banking Group to set up a $50 million leasing facility for indigenous-owned businesses that have contracts with the iron ore miner.
Contract Power Group has won a contract to build, own and operate a power station at Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora lithium project for at least seven years, while former Fortescue Metals Group delivery manager Dale Henderson has taken over as Pilbara's project director.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA will be hunting for a new chief executive after Deidre Willmott signalled she would move on from the role early next year to pursue non executive director opportunities.
Fortescue Metals has flagged it will sustain higher payouts for shareholders after a rebound in iron prices and lower costs helped it more than double full-year profit.
About a third of the town of Port Hedland should be blocked from any new residential developments, the state government's dust management taskforce has recommended.
Fortescue Metals Group claimed today that a new power station built by Canadian company TransAlta Corporation at South Hedland had failed to achieve commercial production, while the miner also announced it would buy back a second power station it sold to TransAlta in 2012.
Commissioning has been completed today at a 150-megawatt gas power station in South Hedland built by Canadian energy company TransAlta, to power Horizon Power customers and Fortescue Metals Group's operations.
Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power says the value of minerals would be excluded from its looming compensation battle against the Yindjibarndi people, but that claim has been disputed by the native title group's legal team.
Fortescue Metals Group expects to trim its costs further this year and is targeting steady iron ore shipments in the 2018 financial year after posting a solid fourth quarter performance.
Fortescue Metals Group is likely to lodge an appeal after the Federal Court recognised the Yindjibarndi people have exclusive rights over Pilbara land where the company operates the Solomon iron ore operation.
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation will seek compensation from Fortescue Metals Group after the Federal Court recognised it has exclusive rights over Pilbara land where the company operates the Solomon hub.
Construction and contract mining giant CIMIC Group has rewarded shareholders with a 25 per cent increase in dividends, as revenue growth in all of its core businesses contributed to a 22 per cent rise in half-year profit.
Fortescue Metals Group has poured cold water over reports that its proposed Eliwana iron ore mine near Tom Price would produce more ore on an annual basis than the mine it would replace.
Analysis of spaces available for lease across the portfolios of Perth's 10 biggest office landlords shows stock market-listed groups are having the most trouble locking down tenants.
SPECIAL REPORT: Backdoor-listed technology businesses and mining hopefuls have joined the state's top performers in financial year 2016 in Business News's annual analysis of total shareholder returns.
Subiaco-based software company K2fly has made its first acquisition since listing on the ASX last year, announcing today the purchase of a local specialist data collaboration company that counts the state's three biggest iron ore miners as its clients.
Fortescue Metals Group, Chevron and Rio Tinto have announced six new deals with indigenous businesses and charities, with the winners including Pilbara contractor Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Enterprises and Perth stationery supplier Kulbardi.
Fortescue Metals Group will deploy a further 112 autonomous trucks across its Pilbara hubs during the next three years as part of its ongoing innovation plans.
BHP has approved initial funding for its $3 billion-plus South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, and the company's top Australian executive said he wanted to hear from local suppliers who could add value to the development.
Chief scientist Peter Klinken, oil and gas veteran David Agostini and public sector commissioner Mal Wauchope are among the 36 Western Australians to join the alumni of recipients of the Queen's birthday honours.
A joint venture between Decmil Group and Belgian company BESIX Group has won a $21 million contract to build tug facilities in Port Hedland for Fortescue Metals Group.
An improved iron ore price delivered huge boosts for mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest, who were two of the three Western Australians to feature in the top 10 on the nation's best known rich list.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest and his wife, Nicola Forrest, have made history today with a $400 million pledge the prime minister has called a ‘game changer'.
