Vysarn has appointed former AFL player and Sea Harvest managing director James Clement to lead the company next year, three weeks after he was added to the Fremantle Dockers board of directors.
As Australia prepares for a UN climate summit in Spain, a new report shows annual greenhouse gas emissions have dipped slightly, mainly due to more renewable energy use and the impact of the drought.
Ruah Community Services has announced it will merge with Mental Health Law Centre, providing WA's disadvantaged population with increased access to legal and community services.
George and Peter Atzemis' $90 million investment into Accor's latest Art Series hotel on Hay Street reflects a return in confidence for the once flagging hotel market.
A group of 11 academics and entrepreneurs have joined to found the Commercialisation Studies Centre, a member-run, resource centre and events hub designed to aid relationships between academics and entrepreneurs in Western Australia.
Oil prices have fallen for a second consecutive day overnight after US President Donald Trump signed into law a bill backing protesters in Hong Kong, fuelling tensions with China.
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.