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Rio Tinto says it will take a controlling stake in South African mineral sands miner Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) through the acquisition of BHP Billiton's 37 per cent interest for an undisclosed su

Beleaguered uranium miner Energy Resources Australia says its 2012 production remains highly dependent on the amount of rain in the Northern Territory during this year's wet season.

Murchison Metals says it will distribute the majority of the $217 million in net proceeds from the sale of its stake in Crosslands Resources and the Oakajee Port & Rail development to investors

Santos' Wortel operation in Indonesia has produced its first gas, the fourth project in the company's base business to begin output in the past eight months.

Norwegian group Yara International has secured control of Burrup Fertilisers after striking a deal with Apache Energy that will see them become joint owners of the business, while also disclosing t

New home sales in Western Australia posted their second consecutive month of growth in December, but transactions are still significantly lower than where they were 12 months ago, according to new

Export commodity prices rose marginally in January after a run of four monthly falls.

 BHP Billiton may cut up to 155 jobs from its Nickel West business as it curbs activity and restructures roles in reaction to a depressed nickel price and a strong Australian dollar.

Australian shares ended lower for the third straight day as brokers took profits ahead of the reporting season and after one of the best monthly starts to the calendar year in around 40 years.

Tenix and a joint venture partnership between Theiss and Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the South Hedland and Karratha wastewater works contract.

More than 25 per cent of all construction in Australia is occurring in Western Australia, where almost $90 billion worth of mining, energy and infrastructure projects are currently underway.

More than 10,000 angry St George and Bank SA customers are trying to recoup bank fees after joining the largest collective action in Australian legal history.

New Labor leader Mark McGowan wants to paint the government as being out of touch with the electorate.

The politics of envy have reappeared in the US, and could make their way here.

Making the right call on the world economy could make, or lose, businesses a lot of money.

Mark McGowan made a genuinely intriguing comment last week when he criticised the premier for being a “1970s interventionist”.

A focus on the environment and industry policy were two issues driving the new Labor leader when he entered politics.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Kevin Rudd to make a comeback.

PERTH’S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre

Jeff Gitomer says airlines need to smarten up their customer service.

SALES by small businesses over the Christmas period were better than expected, but calendar 2011 figures were less impressive amid subdued market conditions.

SMALL businesses have less than three weeks to prepare submissions to a long-awaited review of the federal government’s workplace relations laws.

There is a long-running debate regarding the merits of having a business plan.

 Australian manufacturing activity expanded in January for a second consecutive month, a private survey shows.The largest gains were in the food and beverages sub-sector.

A SIGNIFICANT parcel of inner-city land is being put up for sale by the Water Corporation as part of big changes taking place on the north-west fringe of the central city.

FEELING a bit down as a result of the subdued Western Australian property market?

DESPITE the national 2.1 per cent fall in home prices in the December quarter painting an unflattering picture for the sector, property industry leaders remain optimistic about the year ahead.

MAYBE it’s human nature when times are uncertain, but when corporate finance players in Perth were asked to comment on market trends over the past year, most had a glass half-empty perspective.

THREE corporate advisory firms, each with a very different profile, stood out as market leaders in the mergers and acquisitions sector last year.

Local players in the corporate finance market faced more competition than ever before from big national and international firms, WA Business News’ 2011 survey has found.

Official data showing further falls in house prices have lent fuel to the case for another interest rate cut, economists say.

Federal opposition frontbenchers have defended Tony Abbott's outlook for tax cuts under a coalition government, ahead of a keynote speech by the prime minister on the economy.