Shares in Africa-focused iron ore hopeful Sundance Resources plunged almost 12 per cent after it revealed yet another delay in the drawn out takeover by its Chinese suitor.
Premier Colin Barnett has raised the stakes in the popularity contest in the run up to the March 9th state election by announcing plans to loosen up liquor laws.
The Australian share market finished stronger near a 22-month high, as investors reacted positively to economic data from China indicating a rebound in activity.
The WA Liberal Party says building economic and cultural ties with Asia and Africa will be priorities if it is re-elected in the March state election, while the opposition has pledged to focus on b
The Reserve Bank of Australia has poured cold water on hopes banks will go it alone in 2013 and reduce lending rates without further official rate cuts.
Premier Colin Barnett has described the federal government's mining tax as a flop, after Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed today the impost raised just $126 million in its first six months of operation
Western Australia’s peak building industry group has called for urgent reform after the state’s largest home indemnity insurer, QBE, announced a 40 per cent premium price hike.
Radar Iron is to become a major shareholder in a Northern Queensland magnetite project in a move it hopes will enable progression of its Western Australian projects.
The federal opposition says Treasurer Wayne Swan has been stalling for time by not releasing the revenue amounts raised by the government's mining tax.
US stocks rebounded from early sharp losses but finished down Thursday amid some earnings disappointments while Apple jumped after it said it was reviewing ways to return some of its $137 billion c
The long-running takeover of iron ore stock Sundance Resources faces more delays and uncertainty after Chinese suitor Hanlong Mining was told by regulators and bankers in China to find a large and
The majority of employees across Rio Tinto’s energy business in Australia will not receive salary increases this year as the miner aims to “secure the long-term strategy” of the division.
Property developer Nick Perrignon has resigned from the state’s market leading Satterley Property Group to take up a new role at another private player, the Simpson family’s Rockingham Park Estates
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pressuring the coalition over its superannuation plans, even though Labor has declined to guarantee it won't change the treatment of retirement savings.
International engineering and construction firm CSE Global has announced that its telecommunications subsidiary, which has major operations in Perth, has won $60 million worth of contracts for Inpe
Mirvac has reported large writedowns in the value of its Leighton Beach and Burswood developments, contributing to a total of $273 million of losses for the property giant.
TNG has appointed Perth-based engineering firm Arccon Mining Services to complete a definitive feasibility study for its Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory.
Western Australia's Labor party is "ashamed" of its own name because of the record of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her federal colleagues, Premier Colin Barnett claims.
The future of News Corp's Australian newspapers looks more uncertain as the company partly blamed them for an earnings downgrade and said how excited it was to be spinning them off.
Celsius Coal has announced a $10 million financing arrangement with Singapore-based Blumont to fund its exploration and development programs in the Kyrgyz Republic.
