Gold has rebounded slightly from an earlier three-and-a-half-month low after data showed the US labour market was weaker in June than expected, indicating that the Federal Reserve may hold off from raising interest rates in September.
Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has shrugged off pessimistic iron ore forecasts, saying there will be a happy ending for the steel-making commodity.
Atlas Iron has reopened its Mount Webber iron ore mine, marking the recommencement of mining at all three of the company’s Pilbara operations after shutting them less than three months ago.
Mining services company Tempo Australia has been awarded about $5 million in new work and contract extensions for mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations.
Western Australia is set to celebrate its first small business day after a group of volunteers decided it was time to recognise the contribution of the more than 210,000 small businesses that operate in the state.
Two local independent music-media rivals have announced plans to combine their businesses, leveraging off each other’s print and online strengths to create a single print masthead and online portal.
Subiaco-based biotech firm Phylogica has announced plans for a heavily discounted $10 million capital raising to fund development of its cancer treatment programs.
The second measure of Perth's residential real estate market in as many days has shown a similar result, with the Real Estate Institute of WA (Reiwa) reporting a 1.3 per cent fall, or $5,000, in median prices in June.
Coles has avoided a public review by the consumer watchdog by offering to divest its freehold interest in a development in Perth's southern suburbs so it can operate a new supermarket nearby in Lakelands.
Perth has been ranked Australia’s second most expensive city to live in, but it’s not Sydney where cost of living is higher among the nation’s capitals.
Gold has fallen, as the US dollar strengthens and hopes for progress in the Greek crisis revive after the country told international creditors Athens could accept their bailout offer if some conditions were changed.
The financial year finished with sales recording their highest level in the June quarter, with this week’s total activity up 3% to 723, the highest since the pre-Easter surge of 876.
Construction is expected to start in coming weeks on the Fremantle Dockers’ new headquarters, with the City of Cockburn finalising an $83 million contract with construction giant Brookfield Multipl
Dull consumer spending growth and dramatically lower business investment are ahead for the state’s economy in 2015-16, according to the latest Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA Outlook,
A long-vacant plot at Albany's Middleton Beach has returned to market, with the state government seeking a developer for the former Esplanade Hotel development site it purchased late last year for $7 million.
One day after a reported 100 workers lost their jobs at the Ellendale diamond mine, Kimberley Diamonds has announced the mine has been closed and its subsidiary Kimberley Diamond Company placed in voluntary administration.
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Perth median house prices remained largely flat in June, recording a 0.4 per cent fall, taking the yearly reduction to 0.9 per cent, according to market analysts CoreLogic RP Data.
Perth Airport has made progress towards the development of the first of two hotels planned for the airport, putting out the call for an experienced operator.
The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure at Sundance Resources' Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project, allowing the Perth company to focus just on the mine development.
