The Australian market closed slightly higher as gains from mining giant BHP Billiton's strong profit results were dragged down by a disappointing result from Coca-Cola Amatil.
Seven Group Holdings chief executive Don Voelte has stepped down from his role as chairman of oil and gas junior Nexus Energy, saying the position was no longer appropriate as Seven Group eyes opportunities in the oil and gas sector.
Macmahon Holdings has returned to profitability but warned that tough conditions for companies servicing the mining industry are unlikely to pass anytime soon.
Perth's CBD office market is still proving to be attractive to offshore investors, with the office building at 130 Stirling Street sold to a Singaporean firm for $90 million.
Engineering group RCR Tomlinson says its $140 million purchase of infrastructure business Norfolk Group is paying dividends, announcing a 14 per cent increase in half-year net profit.
Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has posted a record half-year net profit of $87.1 million, with cost-cutting efforts offsetting softer revenue.
Alcoa of Australia has announced it will permanently close its Point Henry aluminium smelter at Geelong in August because it has "no prospect of becoming financially viable" in another blow to the nation's manufacturing sector.
Western Australia’s peak business body for sustainable energy has welcomed the federal government’s review of the Renewable Energy Target, welcoming the challenge to reveal the benefits of the RET
Western Areas is looking to raise $104 million to reduce debt and provide greater financial flexibility after a positive half-year report which saw the nickel miner turn a big loss to a modest $2.7 million net profit.
BHP Billiton has delivered a better than expected half year profit based on cost cutting rather than commodity prices while predicting the good times to continue.
Western Australians could go back to the polls as early as next month after the High Court could not declare who was elected to the WA Senate because of lost votes.
The Film and Television Institute is forging the way for game developers in Western Australia, appointing Kate Raynes-Goldie as its first director of Interactive Programs.
Energy and Minerals Australia has appointed former state government minister Cheryl Edwardes as chairman, replacing Mike Young who has taken a new role as managing director.
An independent report on the future of the federal government’s Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission has sparked intense discussion across the sector.
The Toyota saga is a good example of the employment flexibility required to survive and prosper in the modern economy – and what can happen when it’s missing.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science has teamed up with three universities for a major environmental study off the state's Kimberley coast that will be funded by gas project developers Shell
The Tony Sage-chaired Cauldron Energy is lobbying the state government to ignore the advice of the mining warden and allow the company to explore for uranium at pastoral leases on Andrew Forrest's
Battling vanadium producer Atlantic has revealed it could take up to nine months to repair fire damage to the processing plant at its Windimurra mine in the Mid West.
Western Australia’s fledgling aquaculture industry has been given a boost, with the state environmental watchdog giving its tick to a proposed 2,000-hectare development zone in the Kimberley.
The failure of construction company Forge Group has forced Roy Hill’s major contractor, Samsung C&T, to consider alternative ways to continue work on the iron ore project, including the possibi
