A FAMILY-OWNED, custom-built caravan manufacturer primarily servicing the resources sector recently secured its first export deal with one of the world’s largest mining outfits.
A BELMONT-BASED builder is staking its claim to a niche in the competitive Western Australian homebuilding market, by doing things a little bit differently.
COASTAL developments in the south-western metropolitan corridor will establish the region as Western Australia’s premium aquatic playground, according to a local MP.
Despite Western Australia bucking the national trend, posting an eight per cent increase in residential dwelling approvals, seasonally adjusted, the nation's building industry bodies have warned a housing recovery can't be guaranteed.
Two separate property research organisations have released data on the value of houses in Perth, with one stating house prices dipped in the past few months while the other is forecasting the median price to pass the $500,000 mark in the March quarter.
Cape Lambert Resources has cleared a key hurdle in the sale of its Lady Annie copper operation to China Sci-Tech with the Foreign Investment Review Board today approving the transaction.
Publicly listed agricultural property investment company, The Ark Fund, has announced a $55 million capital raising and an implementation agreement to effect its merger with private managed investment scheme player Rewards Group.
Property developer Aspen Group says it is reviewing a Perth CBD commercial development site, but stopped short on confirming whether the property has links to embattled WA tycoon Rick Stowe.
Shares in Ironbark Zinc surged higher after major shareholder Nyrstar lifted its interest to more than 30 per cent by subscribing to $15 million worth of securities.
CBH Group has announced a rebranding of its core business units, to more accurately reflect its key objectives, as a result of the group's 77th Annual General Meeting held today in Perth.
People lunching in Fremantle today will be treated to a rare sight as a massive crane ship transporting four post-Panamax cranes from Shanghai will deliver a new $12.5 million crane to DP World's container terminal on North Quay.
Austereo has continued its reign atop Perth's radio station landscape with Mix 94.5 and stablemate 92.9 taking out first and second positions for overall listeners across each weekday, according to the latest ratings survey.
The global financial crisis (GFC) did not stop the flow of credit to consumers looking to buy houses, despite the rising cost of funding those loans and tighter lending standards, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
Shares in West Perth-based Doray Minerals have more than tripled in trade today after it released high-grade drilling results from its Meekatharra North gold project.
New housing starts in Western Australia are forecast to grow 24 per cent this financial year but then flat-line in 2011-12, a new outlook report shows.
The cost of the Oakajee port and rail project in the Mid West has increased to $4.37 billion after high demand from miners raised the initial capacity at the port by almost 30 per cent.
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers' $3.5 billion Collie urea operation has been granted a major project facilitation status by the federal government, allowing it to have issues responded to promptly.
Bauxite Resources' North Bindoon mine will be scrutinised at one of the highest possible levels by the state environment watchdog as an action group calls for greater disclosure by the company about its future mining plans.
Australia was becoming a riskier place for miners to do business than South Africa, the head of the world's third biggest gold miner, AngloGold Ashanti, said today.
Chevron has awarded Norwegian company Aker Solutions a $100 million contract to supply subsea umbilicals and associated equipment to the massive Gorgon gas project.
Resolute Mining will spin out its gold assets in Ghana to Osborne Park-based Viking Ashanti, which plans to open its $8 million initial public offer shortly.
Fresh concerns have been raised over the sustainability of the residential property sector after new home sales in Western Australia dropped 5.1 per cent last month, a turnaround from January's figures.
Ausdrill will raise nearly $104 million through a placement and underwritten rights issue with managing director Ron Sayers to invest $5 million of his own money into the mining services company.
Mineral Resources' takeover of Mesa Minerals is poised to go ahead after moves to dump four of Mesa's directors were voted down at a shareholders meeting today.
Shares in Aviva Corporation were higher after the company struck a deal with platinum producer Lonmin to farm-in to a gold and base metals project in west Kenya.
