While innovation is a necessity in every business founder's toolkit, it seems cutting-edge technology is not always something that plays a critical role in their success.
The need for more funding and resources in WA's creative sector, and changes to student loans, could be compromising the state's ability to deliver the training needed to nurture emerging talent.
Perth explorer Orinoco Gold has announced plans to buy out its joint venture partners at the Cascavel mine for $US6.3 million in cash and shares, while both its managing director and chairman have tendered their resignation.
Major gas exporters on the east coast have promised to ensure higher domestic supplies, but the industry has slammed the federal government's new restrictions on gas exports.
Mount Gibson Iron will spend nearly $100 million on the redevelopment of its Koolan Island iron ore mine, with the company's board giving the green light to bring the operation out of care and maintenance.
Aspiring lithium miner Tawana Resources has raised $15 million from investors to fund ongoing development of its Bald Hill project in the Goldfields, a day after signing a $25 million offtake deal for the operation.
Shares in Wesfarmers have fallen after the company unveiled a mostly weak third quarter for its retail businesses, including softer growth from its supermarket giant, Coles.
The Australian share market is flat and struggling to gain momentum with a lack of local data and uninspiring leads from overseas failing to excite investors.
PM slaps export limit on LNGThe Turnbull government will hit Australia's largest gas producers with limits on their exports in new measures to avert an east coast gas c
The Australian dollar is lower against its US counterpart as investors shy away from global commodity currencies, spooked by suggestions the United States may withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Oil prices have rebounded from early losses after US government data showed a larger-than-expected falloff in crude inventories, which encouraged buying after several days of selling on worries that a global crude glut was persisting despite output cuts by producing countries.
Gold has recovered from a two-week low in a late-day move, buoyed by short-covering as US Treasury yields turn lower and the US dollar pares gains after President Donald Trump proposes slashing the US tax rate on corporate profits.
The share market has closed higher for a fourth straight session, while the Australian dollar has fallen due to weaker-than-expected inflation numbers.
Bligh Resources has recommended shareholders vote in favour of an improved takeover offer by Zeta Resources, having previously backed an acquisition proposal by Saracen Mineral Holdings for its Bundarra gold project.
Perth-based software companies DigitalX and Lateral have teamed up to leverage each other's strengths in the creation of blockchain and ledger-based products.
Civmec has begun constructing what it says will be Australia's biggest undercover shipbuilding facility in Henderson, confident it will have enough work even before offshore patrol vessel contracts are awarded by the federal government later this year.
OPINION: A worldwide shake-up of the fertiliser industry may play out in WA, according to the investment bank, which has been watching Wesfarmers' CSBP division.
Rising fuel and home prices have helped lift headline inflation into the Reserve Bank of Australia's target band for the first time in more than two years.
Neometals will be relying on third-party interest for the sale of its stake in the Mt Marion lithium mine, after joint venture partners Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium declined pre-emptive rights to buy the stake.
BHP Billiton has cut its full-year copper production guidance and outlined plans to sell some of its US shale acreage, while also announcing record iron ore production and reaffirming plans for its South Flank development in the Pilbara.
Ausdrill-Barminco joint venture African Underground Mining Services has won a $US280 million ($A373 million) contract to provide its services to Newmont Mining's Subika underground gold operation in Ghana.
Oil prices settled slightly higher on Tuesday in volatile trading, then were mixed after hours when an industry group's preliminary report showed a surprise build in US crude inventories.
Super boost for house downsizersRetirees who downsize by selling the family home are likely to be offered exemptions from new limits to be placed on superannuation, but
