Dan Wilkie

Metals of Africa has announced plans to raise nearly $2.5 million to fund exploration activities and first drilling at the Rulio prospect at its Rio Mazoe base metals project in Mozambique.

Western Australia’s tourism sector is expected to get a boost from a new marketing agreement between the state government and national airline Qantas.

Georgiou Group has been selected to build an $18 million office building for the City of Armadale.

The Barnett government’s move to integrate year seven students at the state’s high schools is paying dividends for WA builders, with Emco Building the recent beneficiary of a $10.8 million construc

Long-running chief executive David Hobbs has announced his resignation from Western Australia’s largest residential real estate group, Professionals.

Arafura Resources has inked an agreement with a China-based rare earths producer with an aim to jointly develop the Nolans rare earths project in the Northern Territory.

Construction of health insurance provider HBF’s new home has begun, with Planning Minister John Day on hand to launch the fourth office tower at the Kings Square precinct.

Corazon Mining has raised $3 million through a share placement, to fund exploration and drilling operations at its Top Up Rise project in Western Australia, as well as its Canadian gold and nickel

Altona Mining says it is considering the sale of its Roseby copper project in Queensland, after reporting its first full-year profit on the back of starting production at its Outokumpu gold operati

Electrical contracting firm GCo Electrical has won a $6.8 million contract at La Mancha Resources’ Mungari gold project near Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

A pair of Mineral Resources subsidiaries have made progress on two fronts, one winning a processing plant contract worth an estimated $450 million at Rio Tinto’s Nammuldi iron ore mine, while anoth

Fresh from its takeover of Wilkie Civil Engineering, Mineral Engineering Technical Services has bought out Queensland firm John Norden & Associates, announcing plans to integrate the firm under

Engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz has been bought out by global giant Jacobs Engineering in a deal worth around $1.3 billion.

The West Coast Eagles have announced plans to move from the team's traditional Subiaco home to Lathlain Park.

Perth-based oil and gas exploration firm Pura Vida Energy has lined up $7 million to progress works at its Nkembe block, off the coast of Gabon.

Eight Western Australia-based resources sector firms have been removed from the list of Australia's top 300 companies, providing further evidence that the slowdown in mining activity is hurting WA

Manganese miner Consolidated Minerals has boosted its coffers by around $111 million, after selling its 23 per cent stake in iron ore junior BC Iron.

A pair of genetics researchers at Murdoch University have won a national prize after developing a breakthrough therapy for children living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

International oil and gas giant Chevron has signed Chris Corrigan's Qube Logistics to beef up its port capacity to service the massive Gorgon project on Barrow Island.

Perth-based silver, lead and zinc miner Perilya has received a takeover offer from its major Chinese shareholder, Zhongjin Lignan Mining.

Engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group has secured $235 million worth of works at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert Port near Dampier.

Shares in Antipa Minerals made solid gains on the ASX today, after the exploration firm announced it would merge its Paterson province copper-gold tenements in the Pilbara with a suite of landholdi

Ramelius Resources has secured an agreement to raise $5 million, which it will use to finalise its acquisition of the Vivien gold project from Gold Fields subsidiary Agnew Mining.

The federal coalition has committed to provide tax break to investors in exploration firms if it wins Saturday's election, under an incentive scheme that has been widely lauded by the resources sec

Interest rates have been kept steady by Australia's central bank, as widely expected by economists and analysts.

Swick Mining Services’ underground division has renewed its contract with international miner Newmont for an additional three years.

Western Australia’s retail sector is showing the strain of the slowing state economy, with consumer spending falling for the first time since April 2010.

The state government has unveiled the boundaries of its Scarborough redevelopment, which will cover 100 hectares from the beachfront to Hinderwill Street and stoke more than $200 million in private

Gindalbie Metals shares slipped on the ASX today after the iron ore producer said it would need extra working capital to see out the end of the year, having run into more issues at its Karara proje

The highly-prospective Browse gas fields off the north-west of the state will be developed using floating liquefied natural gas technology, the project’s proponents have confirmed today.

Grange Resources has maintained dividend payments to shareholders despite a massive fall in net profit for the six months to June 30.

Duet Group subsidiary DBP Development Group has been selected to build infrastructure to link Chevron’s Wheatstone gas project to the Dampier to Bunbury pipeline for domestic use.