Leading mining lawyer Michael Blakiston has criticised Premier Colin Barnett's comments urging African mining leaders not to be intimidated by global mining companies and to ensure their citizens received a fair return for their resource exploitation.
Australia's trade deficit is narrowing thanks to a growing volume of iron ore exports, but is likely to stay in the red as the price of the country's biggest export falls.
Paladin Energy has backed its decision to place its Kayelekera uranium plant on care and maintenance in February and says the market fundamentals needed to restore it to economic production are now heading in the right direction.
Perth-based boutique investment firm NWQ Capital Management has reached the top of the ranks in risk-adjusted performance for its hedge fund, which invests in hedge-fund products in the Asia-Pacific.
Bankwest today launched its new charity, which will raise funds for community initiatives, as well as a scholarship program that aims to better the lives of Western Australians, and has pledged $1 million per year to the charity for five years.
Consumer confidence among Western Australian shoppers has only marginally improved in the last quarter, a Curtin Business School Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA survey of consumer confidence says.
KPMG associate director Nicole Lockwood has joined the new board of Infrastructure Australia, which recently became an independent statutory authority.
The Western Australian government is aiming for a quick sale of assets as it struggles to rein in debt, with the premier tipping the Perth Market Authority will be first to go.
Former Western Australian treasurer Troy Buswell has quit politics, citing his ongoing struggle with bipolar disorder and depression as the main reason for his resignation.
The Australian dollar is almost half a US cent higher as the chances of another interest rate cut by the central bank fades following solid gross domestic product (GDP) figures.
Gold prices edged higher on the European spot market Wednesday after a sharp drop in the previous session, but the market was unmoved by news of a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine.
World oil prices rebounded Wednesday following the prior day's heavy losses in a rally spurred in part by hopes for a resolution to the Ukraine conflict.
A former financial adviser accused of defrauding and stealing from his clients acted in their best interests during the global financial crisis, when they were all victims of the stock market plunge.
Aspen Group has scared off a potential suitor for its $210 million Aspen Parks Property Fund, placing a September 29 deadline on retirement village manager Ingenia Communities Group to finalise a b
Perth-based Marine safety equipment developer Mobilarm has signed a $1.8 million rental contract for the supply of the new sMRT V100 beacon and sMRT life jacket to the international fleet of geoscience organisation Polarcus DMCC.
Energia Minerals’ shares have jumped by nearly 30 per cent on the news that Euroz Securities and new investors had completed due diligence on its Gorno zinc project and confirmed that they would proceed with the $8.15 million funding package, which was announced last week.
Perth explorer Buxton Resources has made plans to raise $2.6 million to fund drilling at its Yalbra graphite project in Western Australia, along Oaktree North and Zanthus Ni-Cu projects in the Fraser Range.
The West Coast Eagles are a step closer towards establishing a world-class AFL training facility at Lathlain Park after agreeing to terms over the lease for new facilities.
Shares in Poseidon Nickel have surged after it announced it had agreed to buy Norilsk Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel project, located west of Norseman, for an undisclosed amount.
