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Alkane Resources says its Dubbo zirconia project is financially and technically robust, after completing a definitive feasibility study that put a $996 million price tag on the development.

Perth-based oil and gas junior Oilex has signed a gas sales agreement for production from its Cambay 73 well in India’s Cambay Basin.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has shown how you do philanthropy at the big end of town: put a million bucks on the table and challenge everyone in the room to match it.

The Australian share market has bounced back to close above the key 5,000 point mark for the first time in a month amid hopes that local interest rates will fall.

Former police minister Rob Johnson has attacked Premier Colin Barnett as a "dictator" after he was overlooked for the role of speaker of the legislative assembly.

Perkins Builders has announced a series of new contract wins highlighting its versatility in construction, with the projects including a new shopping centre, a hardware store, swimming pools and a

Norton Goldfields expects to increase production and continue cutting costs to help keep it on track to meet its 2013 production targets.

A consortium led by civil and mining contractor MACA has won a $42 million deal for a pair of road upgrade projects with Main Roads Western Australia.

Four and a half years ago, when Colin Barnett became premier of Western Australia, he surprised a few people by being quite chummy with Australia’s newly elected prime minister, Kevin Rudd.

Australian grocery giant Woolworths is considering setting up shop overseas, but won't say where it's looking.

Gina Rinehart will probably have to face court when her bitter family trust fund battle is played out later this year.

Australia is lagging the world's best economies when it comes to productivity and needs a new plan to stop it falling further behind, BHP Billiton's chairman says.

Remerging Western Australia's power retailer and generator is a backwards step, federal Resources Minister Gary Gray says.

In the constant battle faced by not-for-profit organisations to raise funds it seems more and more are turning to sporting events as the answer.

The job market appears to be in good shape, despite the unemployment rate climbing to a three-and-a-half year high in March.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group will construct port and rail facilities for Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara, under a $71 million contract announced today.

THE combination of healthy, sports-based pursuits and worthy causes has proved to be a winning formula for the community sector and not for profits in terms of publicity and fund raising.

The public’s enthusiasm for the intimate and sophisticated experience offered by the city’s small bars shows no sign of slowing, nearly six years after liquor licence reform was legislated in Weste

Australian stocks have opened higher, led by strong gains from the big banks and supermarket chains.

Gold slumped Wednesday in the largest decline since November as details from the US Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting showed more discussion on throttling back on the central bank's easy-mone

Get ready for some belt tightening in the next state budget. The fact that it will be introduced in August, three months later than usual, will provide only temporary respite, with all the signs suggesting there won’t be much extra money being thrown around.

Renters in Sydney, Perth and Darwin are set to pay more as those cities still lack sufficient housing, a study shows.

US stocks powered to new record highs on Wednesday after Federal Reserve meeting minutes suggested the Fed's easy-money policies would remain in place for a while longer.

The Australian dollar has rallied to its highest level in more than two months, helped along by Chinese trade data.

Energy Resources of Australia hopes to re-establish itself as a significant uranium producer by building a new mine in the Northern Territory.

Shares in Mutiny Gold have enjoyed a solid lift on the ASX today, after the company announced an $11 million profit on a strategic gold transaction.

After another 12 months riding on the back of the resources sector, 2013 is shaping up as a year in which consumers will have an important role in the nation’s economic fortunes.

One of Western Australia’s most prolific residential builders, Dale Alcock, is the latest high-profile CEO to help tackle the issue of homelessness by committing to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s

Developers are expected to show keen interest in a 7,416 square metre residential development site in West Perth, agent Jones Lang La Salle says.

The Australian share market has closed slightly weaker as investors sold off defensive and high yielding financial stocks after a couple of days of gains.

China’s Hanlong Mining Investments has been successful in its bid to ditch three independent directors from the board of Perth-based gold, copper and molybdenum miner Moly Mines.