Gold traded in a narrow $US5 range overnight as investors gauged the impact of US backing of Hong Kong protesters on its trade negotiations with China while palladium scaled a record peak on a sustained supply crunch.
A move to use lasers to perfectly load rail cars is worth about $300 million to BHP and is an example of how the area around the town of Newman is world class in applying technology to resources.
Empired shares have risen more than 8 per cent today after the IT services provider forecasted an increase in net profit and earnings per share for the current financial year, on the back of a $200 million pipeline of multi-year contracts to contest.
West Perth-based Vysarn announced it has entered a two-year drilling and construction agreement with Fortescue Metals Group for works across its mine sites in the Pilbara.
Fresh forecasts have pushed any recovery in Western Australia’s embattled home building sector out another year, while concerns have been raised about the capacity of the state’s building sector to cope with a predicted increase in activity in civil and engineering construction.
About 27,000 casual school workers including cleaners and gardeners will be compensated after being underpaid by Western Australia's Department of Education.
Alkane Resources has received commitments to raise $20 million through a share placement, and up to $34.8 million through a 1-for-8 rights issue, to accelerate exploration and development programs in the Tomingley gold corridor in New South Wales.
NRW Holdings has purchased BGC Contracting for $116.4 million in cash, three weeks after it was named preferred bidder, and plans a capital raising of $130 million to fund the transaction.
Westpac is allowing investors to withdraw from a $500 million share purchase plan it launched two weeks before a money laundering and child exploitation scandal hit the lender's share price.
Flinders Mines has announced the negotiation of a binding agreement with BBI Group, bringing the aspiring iron ore miner one step closer to pursuing its Pilbara iron ore project.
Oil eased overnight after a report showing US crude inventories grew unexpectedly last week and gasoline stocks surged but losses were limited by optimism that a US-China trade deal would be reached soon.
Gold fell overnight as equities climbed to record levels bolstered by hopes that the United States and China were close to signing an initial trade deal and by the release of robust US economic data.
West Perth-based Catalyst Metals has received commitments to raise $7.9 million through a share placement, backed by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting, to accelerate its Four Eagles and Tandarra gold projects in Victoria.
Two Australian Finance Group founders have sold shares worth about $27.6 million, about 5 per cent of the company, as they plan to diversify their portfolios.
With Australia’s rate of disability employment stagnating, Business News spoke to businesses and people with disabilities to find out how to improve participation and be more inclusive.
Perth-based Perdaman Industries has entered into an agreement with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation as part of its plans to build Australia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing plant near Karratha.
The state government has today introduced harsher industrial manslaughter penalties, in an effort to bring WA’s WHS laws in line with that of other states.
New figures suggest the Australian economy is still crawling along at a growth rate below two per cent, but Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has made it clear that negative interest rates are "extraordinarily unlikely" in response.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Peter Jianchao Xu from providing financial services for five years, after surveillance showed Mr Xu providing improper advice to clients.
Rio Tinto has approved a $1 billion investment in its Pilbara iron ore operations, including the rollout of more autonomous trucks, on the same day the state government urged Canberra to support changes designed to fast track approvals for major resources projects.
Construction company John Holland said it was seeking more than $300 million in compensation from the state government, following a two-year dispute in relation to the Perth Children's Hospital contract.
