A Bentley biotech company led by Graham Melrose is planning a $5 million initial public offering, after six years of research on the development of synthetic antibiotics.
Management consultant Accenture has become the latest contractor to win technology related operations work in the resources industry, this time for the provision of data analytics at Woodside's Pluto LNG facility.
The Australian share market has finished higher despite losing much of its early morning gains as investors nervously wait for key Chinese economic data.
Local explorers Encounter Resources, Horseshoe Metals and RNI have announced plans to raise a combined $9.8 million to fund ongoing work at their respective projects.
Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has been hired to finish off work at Yara International’s $US800 million Burrup ammonium nitrate project in the Pilbara, after Downer walked off the job last week.
Energy giant Woodside Petroleum needs to raise its bid for Papua New Guinea-focused Oil Search to have any chance of success, according to analysts at investment bank UBS.
The slowdown in mining project work has resulted in a 26 per cent fall in the number of environmental professionals employed at the state’s biggest consulting firms over the past year.
PS Structures has started work on new apartments at Bethanie’s Peel project in Mandurah, marking the aged care provider’s second major development this year.
IT firm ASG Group has built on its relationship with the federal government with the renewal of a new contract with the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development worth $23.8 million.
The Dow and S&P 500 have rallied to recover some of the prior session's losses, but gains were minimal on the tech-rich Nasdaq due to weakness among biotech shares.
Oil prices have rebounded in what analysts said looked like a technical correction from heavy losses last week as the basic global oversupply picture remained intact.
Gold has retreated from the previous session's near three-week high as strength in stocks and the US dollar dampen a rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve's decision last week to keep US interest rates on hold.
The state government will receive a budget bonus of more than $300 million thanks to the fall of the Australian dollar, while farmers and exporters will also benefit from increased international competitiveness.
Western Australia’s fundraisers are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to support charities, according to prominent industry leader Anne Smith.
Developers should consider funding transport infrastructure as an essential component of new estates, enabling them to charge a higher price for housing product, according to a Perth property obser
Prime Minister Turnbull has received praise from industry for his government’s newly announced cabinet, with a number of Western Australians earning promotions.
Fortescue Metals Group has set an ambitious target of having Aboriginal workers fill 20 per cent of all trades positions in its workforce, on the back of an apprenticeship program launched today.
Real estate companies Stocker Preston and Peard Real Estate Group have entered into an informal joint venture agreement to integrate their marketing, training and administration systems.
Private equity groups are on track to gain control of two mining operations, after Aditya Birla Minerals sold its mothballed Mt Gordon operation, while Atherton Resources looks set to be acquired in a takeover valued at about $56 million.
