New home sales surprisingly dipped by 10 per cent in Western Australia in May, but turnover of new housing stock remains significantly higher than 12 months ago.
Shares in Viento Group have bucked the falling trend on the ASX today, after Calibre Group director and co-founder Ray Munro was announced as its new chairman.
In his usual forthright manner, state Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell made some pointed comments earlier this year about the role of the state’s port authority boards.
Gold futures have ended lower, after two straight sessions of gains, as a US stronger dollar and the swift recovery saw some investors sell their holdings to lock in profits.
The state government has set January 1 next year as the date for energy utilities Verve and Synergy to commence trading as one entity, after announcing that Michael Smith would be chair of a new bo
Exploration firm Mount Magnet South has shelved plans to develop its Kirkalocka gold project in the northern Goldfields, in response to the falling gold price and generally challenging conditions i
Michael Minosora’s Atlantic has shipped the first iron ore fines produced at its Windimurra vanadium and iron development in the Mid West, signing a sales contract with an unnamed Chinese buyer.
The City of Perth has slammed the federal government’s infrastructure grants program after being allocated $57,209 from a national funding pool of $150 million.
Vanadium hopeful TNG is seeking to raise up to $3.5 million to put towards completing a definitive feasibility study at its Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.
Gindalbie Metals has received an $84 million cash injection from its joint venture partner Ansteel, to cover its working capital requirements at the Karara iron ore mine in the Mid West.
No one in Western Australia needs to be told we have become one of the world’s most expensive locations, but two recent events highlight how the state has become so uncompetitive it is exporting mining jobs to Britain.
The central bank has kept the cash rate unchanged at a record low of 2.75 per cent at its July board meeting, with the outlook for the global economy looking a bit better.
Former Western Australian government minister Alannah MacTiernan says she'll decide in the next 48 hours whether to nominate as Labor's candidate for Stephen Smith's federal seat of Perth.
The Australian share market has opened significantly higher as positive manufacturing data out of the United States and Europe improved investor confidence.
The Australian dollar has firmed as the gloomiest US manufacturing employment news since 2009 convinced traders the US Federal Reserve may delay winding back its stimulus measures.
US stocks have spent the day in positive territory on generally strong manufacturing data, although leading indices closed well below their intraday highs.
