A higher Australian dollar combined with lower commodity prices is expected to more than offset higher production volumes for the nation's resources sector, with export earnings tipped to fall 20 per cent in 2009/10.
Subiaco-based Sylvania Resources has conditionally raised nearly $18 million from a new institutional investor, with funds to be used for development and acquisitions.
Chevron has made a deepwater gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, which could support the company's long-term growth plans for the Gorgon project.
Port Bouvard joint chief executive Matthew Perrott has resigned less than a year after his appointment, as the property developer continues to hold talks with St George over its debt funding.
Kairiki Energy and Nido Petroleum have given the green light for the development of their $US20 million ($A22 million) Tindalo oil project in the Philippines.
Talison Lithium's $196 million initial public offer has been withdrawn, days before it was due to list on the local stock exchange, making it the second major resources float in less than a week to suffer an eleventh hour setback.
The state government has used $17.8 million from stage two of the federal government's Nation Building Economic Stimulus package to build 50 new affordable homes in Mirrabooka, Housing Minister Troy Buswell said today.
The $203 million offering of the largest resources float for this year, Q Copper, has been delayed after a UK investor, introduced by Cape Lambert Resources, had to pull out.
Perth-based Rio Tinto executive Danny Goeman has been announced as the miner's new lead iron ore price negotiator for the company's Asian iron ore division.
West Perth-based Nkwe Platinum has raised $11 million that will settling the acquisition of International Goldfield's interest in a South African platinum project.
Home buyers looking to enter the market are being told houses in Perth and Brisbane will offer 'bang for your buck' as the roll back of the first home owners grant boost has had little effect on the lower-end of the market.
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has today secured the country's largest-ever aviation support contract for the resources industry with a $170 million contract to provide flight services for Chevron's operations in the north of the state.
Perth-based Mantra Resources will raise a total $C67.2 million ($A70 million) from North American and European institutional investors for its Mkuju River uranium project in Tanzania.
The Pulpwood Plantations proposal to take over Great Southern timber schemes was withdrawn today before the official vote was to take place, as attention now turns towards rival bidder Gunns.
A report released today has refuted commonly reported perceptions of the Australian housing market, saying homes in the country are not overly expensive with the median price at $371,000.
WITH more than half a dozen new conference facilities and function venues opening in regional Western Australia during the past year, businesses planning their next corporate getaway are spoilt for choice.
NOTHING says festive season more aptly than the pop of a cork from a bottle of fizz, but in these times of tight belts and Scroogish sentiment, shall we shave the Christmas spend a tad by going for the cheaper option this Noel?
A ROAD extension project considered vital for the development of the Rockingham/Kwinana industrial area has been indefinitely delayed due to health and environmental concerns.
THE release of long-awaited plans for the Northbridge Link may have grabbed the headlines, but the organisation responsible for delivering the project has unfinished business to attend to elsewhere in the city
THE CBD office leasing market is in a far healthier position than it was heading into the last boom, according to the latest market research from Colliers International.
AUTISM West Support Inc has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise awareness of the neurobiological disorder, following the opening of a new Autism West Centre in Nedlands last month.
FEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott named his front bench earlier this week, giving the country a taste of who he thinks will play the key roles in his attack on Kevin Rudd's government.
