Norway-based investment bank Pareto Securities has completed its first major Australian deal, as sole manager of a $US100 million ($A133 million) bond issue announced today by Pilbara Minerals.
Prominent local businesswoman Samantha Tough has been named chair of ASX-listed 3D printing firm Aurora Labs, adding to her long list of board positions.
Ten Network must find new financiers or face the possibility of going into administration after billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon refused to back a new funding deal for the loss-making commercial free-to-air broadcaster.
Monadelphous Group has won a contract to complete cryogenic tanks at the Ichthys LNG project in Darwin – the same job that Laing O'Rourke walked away from in March.
House price hopePerth's property market has bottomed out, according to some of the industry's biggest names, who are optimistic about a recovery over the next year.
Oil has edged up on signs of inventory declines in the US and news that Saudi Arabia will limit volumes of crude to some Asian buyers in July and deepen cuts to the United States.
Strong speculative demand has kept palladium near 16-year highs, though weak fundamentals are soon expected to take their toll on prices of the metal, which is used to make autocatalysts for petrol-fuelled cars.
SPECIAL REPORT: Labor's victory in the March state election heralded a major shift in infrastructure priorities for Western Australia, and even further changes are likely as the McGowan government seeks to balance its promises with fiscal reality.
The Perth Children's Hospital is unlikely to open by the new September deadline but progress is being made treating lead contamination at the facility, the state's health minister says.
Outgoing BHP Billiton chairman Jacques Nasser has been named a companion of the order of Australia, while Qantas boss Alan Joyce has also been honoured in the Queen's birthday honours.
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.
The former operators of Quest serviced apartments in South Perth have been fined almost $59,000 for a sham contracting arrangement designed to bypass industrial relations laws.
Glencore bid faces hurdlesGlencore's audacious $US2.55 billion ($3.4bn) bid to finally realise its long-held desire for Rio Tinto's NSW coal assets will face a slew of
Local contractor Primero Group is set to win its third major contract on a mining project this year while RCR Tomlinson has geared up to supply Rio Tinto's new iron ore mine.
The state's business leaders will spend the night outdoors at the WACA Ground on June 22, one of the longest and coldest nights of the year, in support of the 2017 Vinnies CEO Sleepout.
The Australian share market has ended slightly higher, buoyed by mining stocks, while the poor showing for the ruling Conservative Party in the UK election has given the Aussie dollar a boost against the pound.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Access Economics report, mining development activity, WA's civil infrastructure projects …. and BN's new CEO.
Tribune Resources and Rand Mining will empty their cash reserves to pay out inaugural dividends to their shareholders, with their shared managing director to reap $3.1 million.
Australian mining and exploration companies have been urged to target North American investors, with PCF Capital Group saying this strategy could bring $4 billion into the local industry.
Mark Pownall will become CEO at Business News from the start of the new financial year, replacing Charlie Gunningham, who has been at the helm for four years.
The state and federal governments have announced a $12.8 million grant to build custom-designed indigenous accommodation at St Catherine's College at the University of Western Australia.
ANZ Banking Group is raising variable rates on its interest-only mortgages by 0.3 percentage points as it reins in riskier lending in response to regulatory changes.
Nickel miner Western Areas has announced plans to sell its stake in an ilmenite-copper-nickel explorer which is dual-listed on the AIM and FSE markets for up to $27.5 million.
