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Privately-owned engineering and contracting company Calibre Global has announced its fifth acquisiton in the past two years, with the purchase of Melbourne-based infrastructure servi

Private Perth company Strategic Marine has announced it will establish a maintenance and servicing facility in Karratha.

Accounting firm BDO has released updated modelling on the impact of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) which it said confirms that smaller miners will pay a higher rate of tax than the country’s

Australia's unemployment rate is expected to have risen in October as global economic uncertainties kept local employers from hiring new staff.

The Australian share market closed slightly lower after energy stocks lost ground and Westpac and Macquarie Group traded without a dividend.

UPDATE: Fortescue Metals Group has vehemently denied claims from a native title group that it is operating unlawfully with regards to Aboriginal heritage at one of its Pilbara mines.

The push for a new regional free trade deal will be at the top of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's agenda when she sits down with her Asia-Pacific counterparts in Hawaii this week.

Evolution Mining says one of its four Australian gold mines may beat its full year production forecast, but two could fall short.

Ramelius Resources says it will launch a $15 million share purchase plan after completing a $40 million placement to institutional investors.

South Africa-focused coal miner ZYL says it will apply for a dual listing of its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says he believes sticking to the federal government's plan to bring the budget back to surplus in 2012/13 sends an important message to financial markets that there

The decline in the construction industry has slowed in October, according to a private survey.

Australian stocks have opened marginally lower, much less than the declines on offshore markets late last week.

Residential lot production in Perth is back on the upswing, after a sustained period of decline, according to a report released today.

The Australian dollar has dropped slightly after a disappointing conclusion to the G20 Summit over the weekend.

Oil prices gained on Friday as markets prepared for another weekend of mystery over the fate of the eurozone rescue plan.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group will become the eighth Western Australian company included in Standard & Poor’s ASX 100 index when trade resumes on Monday.

Three Harvey Norman stores have been placed in the hands of administrators, two of them wholly-owned subsidiaries in Western Australia.

The Australian dollar rose around one and a half US cents as concerns over Greece's debt crisis eased.

Resources giant Rio Tinto says it's comfortable with its dependence on China but warns that investors have become more apprehensive about investing in Australia.

Perth-based youth volunteer organisation Big Help Mob has taken first prize at the WApp Awards, for its mobile application designed to help co-ordinate volunteers around the country.

The boss of engineering group Downer EDI says he will consider sourcing more products from China.

Copper and gold explorer Sandfire Resources has signed a sales deal with a private Swiss commodity trading company for product from its DeGrussa project in Western Australia.

Environment Minister Bill Marmion says he will not be rushed into a decision on the Vasse Coal mining proposal after receiving the independent Appeal Committee’s report on the matter.

The federal government is doggedly sticking to its plan to bring the budget back to surplus in 2012/13, despite new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) forecasts suggesting revenues will be somewhat lo

Rio Tinto chairman Jan Du Plessis says he can't see European leaders coming up with a sustainable solution to the region's financial problems.

Consumer credit demand has risen in the September quarter, driven by a turnaround in personal loan applications, a private sector study says.

Perth-based junior gold explorer Peel Mining says it has been awarded two exploration permits in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Premier Colin Barnett has confirmed Mines Minister Norman Moore is being considered for the post of the state's agent-general in London.

Skywest has announced a new charter contract with BHP Billiton, to service the mining giant’s Area C and Yandi mines in the Pilbara.

Santos has secured a six-year contract to supply gas from its Reindeer field off Western Australia to Minara Resources' Murrin Murrin nickel mine in the Goldfields.