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Six construction companies including EMCO Building, Badge Construction and Pindan have secured a combined $102 million worth of work from the state government.

One of the state’s largest mining services companies has received a boost, with BGC Contracting securing a five-year contract extension worth $520 million at Cliffs Natural Resources' Koolyanobbing iron ore mine.

Mining giant Rio Tinto shipped 11 per cent more iron ore in 2015, helped by the expansion of its Pilbara infrastructure, but has narrowly fallen short of its full-year guidance of 340 million tonnes.

Dacian Gold has appointed GR Engineering Services to conduct a feasibility study on its $157 million Mt Morgans gold project near Laverton.

Clive Palmer's ailing nickel business doesn't currently have the cash to pay out sacked workers' entitlements and is behind in superannuation payments, their union says.

The operator of Australia's largest gas project, Gorgon, plans to supply more liquefied natural gas to China over a decade in the face of softening global demand.

The Australian share market has had a choppy open as investors wait for the release of key economic data in China.

Paladin flags lower guidance revisions

The Australian dollar is softer ahead of crucial Chinese economic growth numbers.

Gold on Friday rose nearly two per cent, after dropping for four of the previous five sessions, as a weaker US dollar and falling equity markets underpinned demand for assets perceived as safer.

Deflationary pressures are causing concern for central bankers worldwide.

In an exclusive Business News survey, leaders of some of WA’s top charities reveal they are more optimistic than last year, despite increasing competition for funds, challenging economic times and charity fatigue.

Property experts have flagged the possibility of a market revival in 2016, warning buyers not to be passive and wait until prices bottom out.

Western Australia’s highest paid mining contractor is set to lose that title, after NRW Holdings joined most of its peers in cutting the salary of its chief executive by 40 per cent.

“In the west, we all know this story. Sort of.”

Regis Resources’ return to good financial health has been confirmed with the declaration of an interim dividend, with the WA gold miner also today announcing changes to its management team.

Wild Acre Metals has flagged a second attempt at acquiring technology company Nuheara after the target completed a working prototype of its wearable IQbuds hearing product.

Former CB&I manager Peter Bennett has returned to Perth to succeed Kevin Gallagher as chief executive of engineering services company Clough.

The Australian share market ended the session in red amid heightened concerns about the Chinese economy following major falls on international markets.

It wasn’t that long ago that a 30-storey apartment proposal was considered a bit of a stretch in Perth, but a spate of new projects is changing that.

Shares in iron ore hopeful Sundance Resources were stripped of half their value after the company announced an aggressive cost reduction strategy that includes job cuts and a reduction in board size and remuneration.

Wesfarmers has announced plans to spend over $1 billion in the UK market after sealing a deal to buy the Homebase home improvement chain for $705 million and rebrand it as Bunnings.

Mining services firm Tempo Australia has won contract extensions with unnamed existing clients for construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning support services work, worth a combined $65 million for the year.

Business News has welcomed 2016 with a strategic shift in its publishing cycle, returning to a fortnightly production schedule from this first edition of the newspaper in 2016 which includ

SPECIAL REPORT: Livestock exporter Wellard has had a rocky start to life as a listed company after completing Western Australia’s second-largest capital raising of 2015, and the state’s sixth-largest initial public offerings of all time. Wellard’s $299 million IPO was one of the few high points of 2015, when a lack of mining deals led a sharp slide in overall capital raising activity.

SPECIAL REPORT: Funding for WA’s tech sector is much healthier than a recent government-backed report concluded, research by Business News has found.

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Pressure is mounting on self-proclaimed billionaire Clive Palmer to meet with affected workers at his embattled north Queensland nickel refinery.

Woolworths is abandoning its multi-billion dollar foray into the Australian home improvement market following years of losses, putting 7,000 jobs at risk.

The Australian share market has opened sharply lower.

WA farmers reject Brookfield’s $9b Asciano takeover plan

The Australian dollar has tumbled to a seven-year low as risk sentiment soured in the wake of plunging oil prices and Chinese stocks.