Oil prices rose with US crude futures jumping more than two per cent, as traders continued to focus on supply disruptions and a possible hit to crude output from US sanctions on Iran.
A broad sell-off of technology stocks has pushed the three major US stock indexes lower, with the Nasdaq Composite posting its third consecutive loss of more than 1 per cent for the first time in three years just days after hitting a record high.
The state government today announced a further aligning of Healthway and Lotterywest through the appointment of common board members, including former Labor health minister Jim McGinty.
Junior explorers Magnetic Resources, Golden Rim Resources and Real Energy will tap investors in separate capital raisings worth a combined $12.3 million.
Gold Road Resources has flagged further cost increases at its half-owned Gruyere gold project, while also extending an earthworks contract with MACA at the site.
A specially commissioned Liberal Party WA report is set to reignite controversy over the way Goods and Services Tax revenue is redistributed just as federal treasurer Scott Morrison was hoping the states would accept his recent compromise proposal.
Lion Energy is pleased to advise it has executed an agreement to sell the Company’s holding in South Block A to Blue Sky Resources for a nominal amount of $10.
Austal has announced the government of Caribbean country, Trinidad & Tobago, intends to purchase two patrol boats in a deal worth approximately $100 million.
Constellation Resources, a spin-out of Apollo Minerals’ Fraser Range assets, has begun trading positively on the ASX today, after raising $7 million via an initial public offering.
Gas users will save nearly $200 million over five years after the Australian Competition Tribunal dismissed a move by the owner of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to alter a pricing decision by the state’s Economic Regulation Authority.
Despite maintaining its position as the worst performing state in the country, Western Australia’s economy showed improving levels of investment, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report.
Telstra has hired former SBS boss Michael Ebeid to look after its corporate and government customers, as part of a wider senior executive overhaul announced on Monday.
UPDATED: The massive block of land that once housed the derelict half-built mansion dubbed the "Taj on Swan" in Peppermint Grove has failed to sell at auction, but an offer was accepted on Friday 3 August.
SPECIAL REPORT: With shipments at Shell’s Prelude FLNG facility still to get under way, one Perth businessman is hoping to reignite use of the technology for stranded gas fields.
The Australian share market has closed stronger, with gains almost across the board and miners buoyed by BHP's deal to sell its troublesome US shale oil assets.
Junior explorer PolarX has boosted its coffers with a $3.9 million capital raising, with the proceeds to fund the company’s exploration program at its Alaska Range project.
Mineral Resources and Brockman Mining have announced plans to jointly develop a major iron ore mine that will underpin construction of a new rail line and port facilities at Port Hedland.
Western Australia registered its largest net population loss from interstate migration on record in the 2016-17 financial year, after nearly 14,000 departed to other parts of the country.
Henderson-based contractor EC&M has been awarded a series of contracts in Western Australia and the eastern states with a combined value of about $60 million.
Bentley-based Spookfish has struck a takeover deal with its largest shareholder, US-based EagleView Technologies, which values the local tech company at $121.6 million.
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