A popular Leederville burger bar has beaten hamburger craftsmen and women from around the country to win the title of Australia's Best Hamburger in the nation's biggest people's choice food awards.
Atlas South Sea Pearls expects to record a half-yearly profit of $2 million on the back of a general downturn in demand for luxury goods, offset by cost savings implemented by the Subiaco-based company.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank expects its full-year earnings to be cut by a further 16 per cent after making extra provisions against its $550 million exposure to investors in Great Southern agribusiness schemes.
Western Australia's house price index has risen 2.7 per cent in the June quarter, in line with the national upward trend, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.
Development of Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin lithium project is ramping up with the emerging producer awarding a key contract to the DRA Pacific, Mintrex and BEC Engineering joint venture.
Shares in West Perth-based Metals Australia have plunged today after a Namibian court ruled two of the explorer's prospecting licences be turned over to their original owner.
Shell Australia chairman Russell Caplan has warned the world faces an energy supply crunch by 2015 if solutions are not found soon to the conflicting issues of rapid demand growth, dwindling supplies and the need to lower greenhouse emissions.
Moly Mines has warned its future depends on the success of debt restructure talks with its lender as project acquisition plans are put on the backburner.
The state government has conditionally agreed to build part of a major power line in the Mid West after it omitted the upgrade in this year's budget due to a substantial cost blow-out.
A preliminary study has confirmed Extract Resources' Rossing South project would be one of the world's largest uranium mines with an estimated capital cost of $US704 million ($A842 million).
The state's resource companies have led a strong rebound in the Deloitte WA Index in the second half of the 2009 financial year, with the market capitalisation of stocks jumping 30 per cent in the June quarter.
A group of Perth businessmen have won a three-year battle against Western Areas directors Terry Streeter and David Cooper, with the Supreme Court today awarding nearly $65 million to unrelated company Western Areas Exploration.
West Perth-based Navigator Resources plans to undertake trial mining at its Leonora gold project after reaching a deal with St Barbara to treat the gold at the Gwalia mill.
Western Australians are a negative lot compared to the rest of the nation with nearly half responding to a home finance survey believing their property values will decline in the next quarter.
Atlas Iron has approved the development of its Wodgina iron ore project in the Pilbara, which has a capital cost of just under $10 million thanks to a deal with Talison Minerals.
Macmahon Holdings has been awarded a $60 million contract by the Ulan Line Alliance for rail construction work as part of plans for increased coal output in the Hunter Valley.
Shares in Dioro Exploration have surged as it urges shareholders take no action on Ramelius Resources' $92 million all-scrip takeover bid, a higher offer to Avoca Resources' recommended proposal.
Mining services company NRW Holdings, in joint venture with the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation, has been awarded a $15 million construction contract by Rio Tinto.
Chevron has taken the next step in its ambitious plans to become a major gas operator in WA, awarding the onshore front-end engineering and design contract for its $25 billion Wheatstone project to US company Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Inc.
Avoca Resources' recommended takeover offer for Dioro Exploration has been trumped by Adelaide-based Ramelius Resources, which today launched a superior $92 million all-scrip offer for the gold miner.
Neptune Marine Services says it has ended negotiations over a US-based acquisition as it progresses its plans to acquire Singaporean company Core IRM for $11 million.
Perth-based Sino Gas & Energy plans to list on the local stock exchange in the coming months as it prepares to launch a $10.3 million rights issue and initial public offer.
