Investor dissatisfaction over what they say is an inadequate buyback proposal by Rio Tinto has led to the miner's shares losing ground on the London and Australian stock exchanges despite bumper profits.
Perth-based miner Perilya has given the green light for the development of the Potosi/Silver Peak zinc-lead-silver project, near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
The owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, TMX Group, has bought a 50 per cent interest in MinesOnline, a West Australia-based company that connects buyers and sellers of mining assets and projects around the world.
Premier Colin Barnett says there are "grave risks" in pursuing new laws to ensure local firms gain work from major projects, after the steel industry and unions launched a campaign to keep resources fabrication and manufacturing jobs in Western Australia.
Interest rates are not excessively restrictive but Australians are becoming more cautious about their funds, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says.
Residential developer Aspen Group has backed off on its claim that its board of directors were unanimous that it was not in the company's best interests for dumped co-founder Angelo Del Borello to return.
Australia's biggest gold miner, Newcrest Mining, has more than doubled its first half net profit due to record gold production and higher commodity prices.
Telstra Corporation's push to win back market share has led to a steeper than expected fall in first-half net profit, even though it netted more than one million new customers.
Perth-based software developer ISS Group says it will consider paying an interim dividend, after reporting a significant lift in profit in the December quarter.
Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust says it will target acquisitions for growth after it reported a $26.4 million interim profit, up 4.5 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will get a national agreement on health and hospital reforms if she can separate the GST from the deal, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says.
Shares in Perth-based mineral sands hopeful Latin Resources have jumped after it announced a major expansion of its Guadalupito iron and mineral sands project in Peru.
Chevron has announced its tenth offshore discovery in Australia over the past 18 months, with a significant Carnarvon Basin find that will feed into its $43 billion Gorgon natural gas project.
Residential rents have increased for the first time in a year, according to the latest market analysis by the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.
Western Australia’s housing construction market is seemingly emerging from its three-year trough, with industry figures showing new home sales increased for a third consecutive month in December.
PERTH’S office market is starting to tighten again for the first time since the middle of 2008 when the vacancy rates virtually hit zero at the height of the boom.
TRAVEL is a good business to be in, because it’s a product that almost everyone is interested in, according to travel agent and internet entrepreneur Annette Porter.
WITH the Picassos and Magrittes safely home in Venice, Art Gallery of Western Australia director Stefano Carboni is breathing a sigh of relief that the Peggy Guggenheim exhibition went smoothly from beginning to end.
The newest addition to Mayland’s burgeoning cafe scene has attracted a loyal and passionate following in just a couple of months. Natalie Gerritsen reports.
Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls’ recent spat with Labor over FOI has raised plenty of concerns over the legislation and what is the ‘public interest’.
