Gold has turned positive and has risen to a 12-week high, after the US Federal Reserve said it was "closely monitoring" global economic and financial developments, and held interest rates steady as expected.
Perth-based Excalibur Mining Corporation’s shares closed over 150 per cent higher on news it was considering an acquisition of Singapore-based tech company Dropmysite for an undisclosed sum.
Feral Brewing Company has been knocked off the top spot of a poll of Australia’s 100 best craft beers for the first time in five years, with the Swan Valley-based brewery’s Hop Hog named by punters
VDM Group has finalised terms for an $18 million loan facility with its largest shareholder to fund an investment in a copper project located in the Republic of Angola.
The wait for top-level competition is over for rugby league fans in Western Australia, with Perth to host its first international Test match in October between the Kangaroos and Kiwis.
Gold miner Evolution Mining has lifted its full-year production guidance after strong output from recently acquired mines took production to record levels.
Panoramic Resources and Mincor Resources have announced plans to put their last operating mines on care and maintenance in response to the depressed nickel market, with Panoramic cutting 50 jobs today with more to follow at both companies.
Gold has risen to a 12-week high, shrugging off strong stocks with nervous investors moving into safe-havens as the US Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting expected to give clues about the timing of the next interest rate increase.
Wall Street has rebounded over 1 per cent, driven by a surge in oil prices and strong quarterly results from 3M, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble.
The state government has pressed on with its red tape cuts initiative by removing a cap on fees charged by settlement agents and land valuers, while amending the codes of conduct.
A faltering economy and an increase in the number of people leaving the state compared with arrivals has failed to halt growth in enrolments at both local Catholic and other private schools, and public schools.
The Australian share market has closed nearly 2 per cent higher, posting gains for a third straight session, as a strong rise in oil prices lifted markets worldwide.
Regenerative medicine group Orthocell has topped Techboard’s first startup and tech company ranking for the year, following news it had been granted a US patent for its ‘cell factory’ product.
You probably wouldn’t believe it if someone told you that Perth-based retailing specialist Wesfarmers was bigger than global resources leader BHP Billiton, but that was the situation last week on the Australian Securities Exchange as the company led by Richard Goyder quietly slipped past the global mining giant.
Western Australia’s regional rental market was the weakest performer in the country in the last three months of 2015, with the Pilbara area taking a large share of the blame.
Perth company Subsea Engineering Associates has won a contract to provide its services to the Baltic gas project in the Polish section of the Baltic Sea.
West Perth-based Shaw River Manganese has become the third manganese miner to announce fallout from depressed ore prices, with the company entering voluntary administration this morning.
