US stocks have finished lower following mixed earnings and a surprising rise in producer prices, snapping a five-day winning streak for the Dow that included three straight record closings.
Metals X has bought the Meekatharra gold operations for $7.7 million less than a year after the holding company – a subsidiary of Reed Resources – was placed into the hands of administrators.
Market speculation has pinpointed Perth-based stockbroker Blackswan Equities as the acquisition target of bigger, listed Western Australian rival Euroz, which went into a trading halt today.
Hot Chili has secured US$25 million in debt funding which will be partially used to complete its prefeasibility study at its Productora copper project in Chile.
BHP Billiton has confirmed long-running speculation that its Nickel West business is potentially up for sale, including the Mt Keith, Cliffs and Leinster mines, as well as the operations' processin
Reform of metropolitan councils is set to be derailed unless there is a quick response by the state government to concerns over funding implementation costs, according to the WA Local Government As
West African gold developer Papillon Resources has commenced early site clearing at of the plant site and mine services area at its flagship Fekola project.
Emeco Holdings says it will cop a $41 million writedown as it closes its Indonesian operations, as well as a further $13.5 million tax hit, the latest in a series of downgrades for the Perth-based
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the federal government's plan to shift more responsibility to the states for education and health funding might be a ploy to get them to push for changes to the GST.
Mineral resources company WPG will proceed to sign a formal purchase of Mungana Goldmines' Tunkillia and Tarcoola gold projects in the Gawler Craton in South Australia.
The Dow and S&P 500 have edged to record closing highs for the second day in a row even as the Nasdaq fell on concerns technology stocks are overvalued.
About 800,000 businesses will benefit from a company tax cut from mid 2015 while miners stand to gain from exploration incentives announced in the federal budget.
A parliamentary inquiry will examine the police investigation into a series of car crashes that led to Troy Buswell's downfall as treasurer of Western Australia.
An unscheduled shutdown by one of its key mining clients has forced Swick Mining Services to again lower its revenue guidance, despite a rebound in fleet utilisation.
Western Australia's residential construction sector is continuing to exhibit rapid growth, with the state government's official forecaster tipping the highest level of activity in more than two decades.
Accounting giant EY is understood to be close to finalising negotiations on a new lease at the six-storey EY Building on Mounts Bay Road, after coming up empty in its search for a new home.
The Australian share market has closed higher, led by big mining stocks, after markets in the United States lifted and investment bank JP Morgan expressed confidence in the resources sector.
Shares in Perth-based oil and gas explorer Tangiers Petroleum have closed lower after the company announced plans to launch a heavily discounted $5 million share placement.
