Copper producer, Aditya Birla Minerals has halted operations at its Birla Mt Gordon site blaming poor production performance, uncertain economic conditions and a weaker copper price for the decisio
Nickel explorer Sirius Resources is suddenly worth more than established miners Western Areas and Perseus Mining after new drilling results triggered another spectacular run-up in its share price.
Cost of living pressures including power prices have been largely ignored in the state election campaign, a group representing the non-government community services sector says.
The Australian economy managed what the Reserve Bank of Australia likes to call "about trend" growth in the December quarter, the national accounts showed today.
Shares in GR Engineering have jumped on the ASX this morning, after the company announced a £75 million ($111 million) contract with Wolf Minerals at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in England.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says he has "personal evidence" Australians are having trouble finding work in the mining and other industries because overseas workers are filling jobs through the 457
A legal challenge against the federal government's mineral resources rent tax has started in the High Court with lawyers for miner Andrew Forrest arguing the controversial impost breaches the
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to an all-time record high on Tuesday, passing the five-year-old mark to leave behind the deep losses of the economic crisis.
When the big players start exiting a sector it's a fair bet things are on the slide; and so it is with with the Lowy family's decision to quit its retail trust.
OF all the issues likely to feature prominently in the lead-up to the March 9 state election, it's perhaps no surprise the arts is a long way down the list.
A BUSINESS cannot move forward without continuously reviewing the past; not to be critical of our mistakes, but to ensure the journey forward continues to improve.
WHEN Gabe Fasolino was hired as a plant manager at a $7 million manufacturing company, he heard rumours that there were problems with drug and alcohol use among the workers.
WHK Group, the listed entity behind accounting firm Crowe Horwath, has received a merger proposal from SFG Australia, which owns accounting and financial planning firms including Western Pacific an
AS many of the management consulting sector's global brands have established a presence in the booming Perth market, local boutique player Momentum Partners has quietly been expanding its national
IT could hardly be called upheaval, but there has been a rare changing of the guard at the top end of Perth's accounting world, with two of the big four firms this year handing over the reins to ne
WA's role as the nation's economic powerhouse is no more evident than in the accounting sector, with strong growth a dominant feature of the past decade.
