Power generation company Pacific Energy has posted a 19 per cent fall in net profit for the 2015 financial year, but was upbeat on its outlook for the year ahead.
Kibaran Resources has signed an agreement with German diversified group ThyssenKrupp for the sale of half of the graphite produced at its Epanko project in Tanzania.
Australian shares have defied predictions of a second straight day of carnage as the big banks helped the domestic market recovered its opening losses.
US stocks have finished sharply lower but far above the session's floor following a bruising day in global financial markets sparked by mounting worries over the Chinese economy.
In my previous column here I examined the history behind the fiasco around the Perth Freight Link, with nearly 20 years of poor policy decisions restricting Fremantle’s freedom as a port because of below-standard transport connections.
Oil prices have sunk, with the US crude benchmark finishing below $US40 a barrel for the first time in six years on worries about China's weakening economy after an equities sell-off.
Australia has been ranked as the world’s sixth safest nation in which to do business, from a risk perspective, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Almost three-quarters of Australian businesses are family owned, but despite their private nature, many are seeking professional advice on improving their operations.
Truffle production in Western Australia’s South West is on the verge of significant growth as a number of new producers enter the market and a series of previously planted trees reach maturity.
Western Australia’s top 10 largest private sector employers employ more than 103,200 people between them, about 2,000 fewer than last year, according to BNiQ research.
The future of BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla plant is on a knife edge after the steelmaker said it would cut at least 500 jobs to reduce costs in the face of cheaper imports.
Construction contractor Badge has raised questions over the onerous process of bidding for public private partnerships, saying the cost of tendering for the contracts are often disproportionate to the benefit of winning the works.
More than $70 billion has been wiped from the Australian share market as fears about China's economy sparked its heaviest fall in six and a half years.
UGL has shut down its engineering design business in Perth as part of the company’s response to the low volume of work in the resources sector and cost blowouts on some of its big projects.
Fremantle Dockers star Nat Fyfe is in the clear but Hawthorn skipper Luke Hodge has been slapped with a two-match ban for his bump on Port Adelaide's Chad Wingard.
SPECIAL REPORT: It has been a tough year for job seekers in WA, but some new sectors have emerged to keep the state’s employment levels at record highs.
Welshpool-based Maca has posted a slight fall in profit for the financial year but increased revenue by 1 per cent, despite it being a tough time for contractors and mining services companies in the current market.
Higher gold sales and lower exploration spending have boosted diversified miner Independence Group’s full-year net profit by 58 per cent to $77 million.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Nev Power is counting on the Chinese government's stimulus measures to boost demand for iron ore after the price slump in the commodity drove the company's full-year profit down by 88 per cent.
Diversified miner South32 is looking to cut its operating costs by 7.5 per cent over the next three years, with a particular focus on payments to contractors.
The Australian share market has plunged at the start of trade, with losses being felt across the board from banks to resources stock as uncertainty grips global markets.
The new owners of Quadrant Energy have spoken to Business News about how the $2.7 billion acquisition came together and their plans for the oil and gas producer.
New apartments in Scarborough are proving popular with buyers, with a quarter of the 100 apartments on offer at Psaros’s Sundance development sold in the first week of marketing.
