Gold prices fell overnight after better-than-expected US retail sales data lowered the likelihood of an aggressive interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in investors' eyes, boosting the US dollar.
The Perth Mint has created the largest ever coin to celebrate the official launch of its Physical Gold Exchange Traded Fund on the New York Stock Exchange last night.
The City of Kwinana could become home to one of two Costco stores planned for Perth, after the Western Australian Planning Commission approved changes to planning guidelines to facilitate its development.
Arafura Resources' rights issue has only raised only around a third of its $23.2 million target, with underwriter Patersons Securities set to be issued with $7.9 million worth of shares.
Demand for construction workers in Western Australia could double within 12 months, putting pressure on wages and schedules, according to an industry analyst.
Austral chief executive David Carter reflected on his career as a deckhand as well as the importance of sustainability at a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.
WA opposition leader Liza Harvey's blaming of "meth zombies" for Perth's weak retail sector talks down the WA capital, Labor leader Anthony Albanese says.
Fifteen businesses have expressed an interest in buying Berrington Care Group, an aged care provider which went into administration earlier this month, while residents consider options for nearly $125 million of deposits.
The cost of year 12 tuition at private schools in Western Australia rose by an average of 1.6 per cent for 2019, the lowest hike in fees among any state in Australia.
Galaxy Resources has reported strong production results in the June quarter, after it exceeded its guidance at the Mt Cattlin lithium operation despite shipment delays.
Rio Tinto shares are subdued in early trade after the mining giant flagged a scheduling blowout at its Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia that could cost it an extra $2.7 billion.
Oil Search says both its second-quarter production and revenue have dipped by 5 per cent as expected, but analysts were reportedly looking for a more substantial first-half recovery after last year's earthquake in Papua New Guinea.
Oil prices sank about one per cent overnight on signs that the impact of a tropical storm on US Gulf Coast production and refining would be short-lived while Chinese economic data dimmed the crude demand outlook.
Gold edged lower overnight as global stock markets gained with investors focusing on some upbeat economic readings from mixed Chinese economic data while a firm US dollar further weighed on bullion.
The recently announced sales of Perth stockbroking firms Patersons Securities and DJ Carmichael will reshape the sector's pecking order in Western Australia.
Struggling gold miners Dacian Gold and Gascoyne Resources have both taken a small step in the right direction, after they announced positive production results today.
Bis has had its haulage and site services contracts for Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin mine in the north-eastern Goldfields extended by four years.
A junior miner's chief executive says he has voluntarily submitted to ASIC the contents of an internal investigation into a failed project expansion in India.
Australia exported 75.1 million tonnes of LNG in the 2019 financial year, 21.2 per cent higher than the previous fiscal year prior, and is expected to become the largest LNG producer in the world this financial year.
OPINION: Now might be a good time for a walk down memory lane in terms of trade and business, particularly given the behaviour of some of the world's major economies and political players.
Uptake of rooftop solar is being severely distorted by a flawed pricing structure for electricity, forcing higher costs across the grid, according to one of Australia's leading authorities on energy markets.
Agrimin has awarded Primero Group the engineering design contract for the process plant component of its $545 million Mackay sulphate of potash project.
