Australian shares extended early gains after a positive start to the United States earnings season and news of more interest from private equity firms in local companies.
New Year is always a good time for starting a diet, and while WA has been expanding rapidly thanks to the resources boom it seems likely that the feast is over, for now.
VDM Group has announced today that it has been awarded a $25.2m contract from BHP Billiton Iron Ore for the design and construction of an ammonium nitrate storage facility at BHP's Jimble
US stocks managed modest gains Monday as Wall Street awaited the unofficial kickoff of the fourth-quarter earnings season and talks between France and Germany on Europe's debt crisis.
European shares fell on Monday in thin trade, dragged down by banking stocks after Unicredit's rocky start to its key rights issue and worries about prospects for the U.S. earnings season.
Grain handler CBH Group has reported a late surge in grain deliveries, pushing the state's total harvest to an unexpectedly large total in excess of 14 million tonnes.
Northern Star Resources has exceeded its own production expectations, generating $46 million in operating cash-flow for the year, cementing its position as a highly profitable Australian gold miner
Mining company Atlantic has achieved first production at its wholly-owned Windimurra vanadium plant, and says it is continuing to work towards full production in early 2013.
Super Retail Group has bucked the general weakness in national retail trade, reporting a solid lift in half year sales and being rewarded with a lift in its share price.
The Miles Kennedy-chaired Resource and Investment NL (RNI) has struck a deal to buy the Fortnum gold project and surrounding exploration tenements for $35 million in cash and shares.
Australian shares open slightly higher after strong US non-farm payroll data released on Friday buoyed hopes that the world's largest economy is on the mend.
Weak equity values and a slowdown in deal flow have resulted in Perth-based stockbroker and funds manager Euroz reporting a sharply lower profit for the half-year to December 2011.
The state's two major business groups appear to be divided over the merits of a new Public Utilities Office, with CCI welcoming its establishment but the Chamber of Minerals & Energy saying the
Perth's house prices jumped by 0.5 per cent in the month of November, leading the first seasonally-adjusted increase in capital city house prices since December 2010.
Moly Mines has postponed its US$720 million Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project in the Pilbara, admitting that the mine development was not commercially viable at current market prices.
Weaker-than-expected revenue combined with faster-than-planned spending growth have resulted in the state government's projected budget surplus being revised down to $209 million.
The state government will continue to work with Oakajee Port and Rail (OPR) on planned infrastructure developments in the Mid West, despite OPR's exclusive arrangement expiring on December 31, 2011
Property group Stockland capped off a busy year for office sales in Perth, with the sale of a 50 per cent interest in Exchange Plaza for $157.7 million, taking the total value of CBD office sa
Privately owned Perth company CFC Group is set to substantially expand its operations after agreeing to purchase Cape Crushing and Earthmoving Contractors from VDM Group for up to $53 million.
Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has won its first big contract in the marine construction sector, through a joint venture with Malaysia-based marine contractor Muhibbah E
Western Australia's indigenous affairs minister Peter Collier has refused to comment on an Aboriginal group's claim he eased mine consent conditions to help his mining magnate friend Andrew Fo
Australian stocks ended 1.2 per cent lower as another slump in retail stocks and sagging investor sentiment over the eurozone debt crisis weighed on the market.
South-Australian technology company Codan has agreed to acquire all shares in Perth-based resource communication technology company Minetec for $6 million, with up to $4 million in additional payme
