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Perth technology boffins tinkering away in their parents' garages had a good year in 1993, if iiNet and Immersive Technologies are any guide.

The Australian share market has posted a second straight day of strong gains on optimism about China's financial system and economic growth.

Construction contractor Monford, which was one of 10 winners in this year's Business News' Rising Stars awards, has made the finals in another business awards program, along with communications com

Peter Blackburn had to dig deep to turn his 'great idea' into a successful business.

Big accounting firms don’t appear to share the gloom engulfing much of the resources industry in Western Australia, with the top players adding significant numbers to their partnership roll-calls.

Two years ago, Viento Group was a battling property investment company treading water.

The state government has used its beefedup planning powers for the 10th time in less than three years in a bid to end a long-running impasse over the future of the derelict Subiaco Pavilion propert

Difficult to define but becoming impossible to ignore, the Australian METS sector – made up of mining equipment, technology and services companies – has emerged from the mining boom as a leader in

Major investments in Latin America by some of the world's biggest miners have provided a number of mining services companies with the opportunity to get a toehold in the region.

Troy Resources will slash the pay of its senior management, cut its exploration budget and jobs will be lost in Perth and South America, as the gold miner looks to restructure on the back of the fa

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's comments about an end to the mining boom are destructive and could be self-fulfilling, the chairman of iron ore exporter Atlas Iron says.

Struggling lithium miner Galaxy Resources has appointed First Quantum Minerals co-founder Martin Rowley to a special management committee tasked with overseeing a review of the company’s operations

For a business exposed to the ups and downs of commodity prices and the costs of the manufacturing sector, Civmec has had a good year.

New growth opportunities will be few and far between for mining contractors, who are under pressure to trim their rates.The irony was inescapable.

The two big mining contractors that dominate the underground sector have very different recent histories, but face similar challenges.

Elders has appointed a former Wesfarmers executive as its new chairman tasked with restoring the 174-year company into purely a rural services player.

The Australian market has opened higher following a surge on Wall Street where weak economic news continues to mean good news for share markets.

Have we got the intellectual muscle to ride the cyclical downturn?

Nearly four in five Australian employers have no plans to put on new workers in the next three months.

The Australian dollar has lost some ground after weaker-than-expected US economic growth figures drove an earlier rally in the local currency overnight.

US stocks have surged after investors took a positive view of reduced growth estimates.The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 149.83 (1.02 per cent) to 14,910.14.

Perth companies GR Engineering and Aspen Group have announced new leadership, with GR founder Joe Ricciardo moving into a new role and Aspen recruiting a former Valad Property Group executive.

The City of Perth has approved a $2.8 million apartment complex to be developed on Mount Street near Kings Park.

A report tabled in parliament today has indicated a lack of transparency and accountability in the state government's management of native forests.

The Australian dollar is firmer after the People's Bank of China indicated it would move to prevent a credit crunch in the world's second largest economy.

The state government will establish a $5 million ex gratia hardship fund for subcontractors who were not paid for work on government building projects as a result of the insolvency of head contract

The Australian share market made strong gains on Wednesday as investors piled back into resources and banking stocks.

Gavin Construction has appointed administrators to see if it can continue trading, after the company ran into issues on a project in the state's north-west.

The world's largest gold mining company Barrick has slashed 65 jobs in Western Australia due to increasing costs and a weaker gold price.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has laid out a coalition government's plan for the resources sector while mocking the government's controversial mining tax as an act of "economic self-harm".