Dan Wilkie

Exploration firm Mount Magnet South has shelved plans to develop its Kirkalocka gold project in the northern Goldfields, in response to the falling gold price and generally challenging conditions i

Michael Minosora’s Atlantic has shipped the first iron ore fines produced at its Windimurra vanadium and iron development in the Mid West, signing a sales contract with an unnamed Chinese buyer.

The City of Perth has slammed the federal government’s infrastructure grants program after being allocated $57,209 from a national funding pool of $150 million.

The Department of Education has started the process to find a builder for a new high school to be built in Perth’s northern corridor at Banksia Grove.

Vanadium hopeful TNG is seeking to raise up to $3.5 million to put towards completing a definitive feasibility study at its Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.

Gindalbie Metals has received an $84 million cash injection from its joint venture partner Ansteel, to cover its working capital requirements at the Karara iron ore mine in the Mid West.

Wolf Minerals has signed UK-based CA Blackwell as its mining contractor at its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project near Devon in the UK.

Hong Kong investment house Dingyi Group has made a formal $190 million takeover offer for Perth-based explorer Elemental Minerals.

Perth-based contractors Decmil Group and Forge Group have reacted to the mining slowdown by seeking work in other industry sectors, with the two companies announcing new deals today outside their traditional scope, worth a combined $207 million.

Troy Resources has finalised a $40 million financing facility to boost working capital as it progresses a $188 million merger with Azimuth Resources.

The state environmental regulator has given its nod to a 10-year plan for managing the South West, which sets aside nearly two-thirds of the region’s forests to be protected.

Private equity group Resource Capital Funds has emerged as MZI Resources largest shareholder by taking up $3 million worth of the company’s shares.

Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.

Rey Resources has reached agreement to sell its Duchess Paradise coal project in the Canning Basin to its Hong Kong-based major shareholder for $21 million.

Perth median home values remained among the fastest growing in Australia over the past 12 months, despite staying largely steady over June, analysts say.

Oil and gas explorer African Petroleum has announced plans to list its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Developer and investments manager Aspen Group has acquired a caravan park in Dubbo, New South Wales, for $10.7 million.

Mutiny Gold says it is deep in negotiations with a local iron ore producer to commercialise iron ore deposits at its Gullewa project in the Murchison.

Administrators for collapsed miner Kagara have sold off the company’s remaining Queensland assets in two deals worth more than $71 million.

Charter Hall has bought a shopping centre in Perth’s southern suburbs for $33.2 million.

Perth builder Gavin Construction has officially ceased trading, capping off a horror month that has seen six significant Western Australian businesses in contracting, engineering and mining fall into administration or receivership.

Gold producer Resolute Mining is the latest miner to feel the crunch of the falling gold price, deferring $US113 million of spending at its Syama gold mine in west Africa and reviewing its operatio

Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group Holdings says WesTrac will slash 350 jobs as difficult conditions in the resources sector take their toll on the mining equipment distributor.

The corner pub that pioneered craft brewing is no longer making its own, but it is still the place for a fancy frothy.

The state government has moved to completely shut down the Kwinana Power Station by the end of 2015, as Labor leader Mark McGowan teed off on the government's report on the Muja AB refurbishment.

Construction and development firm Diploma Group has announced $21 million worth of new contracts, for a residential project in Perry Lakes and a Dan Murphy’s liquor store in Kwinana.

Troy Resources will slash the pay of its senior management, cut its exploration budget and jobs will be lost in Perth and South America, as the gold miner looks to restructure on the back of the fa

Struggling lithium miner Galaxy Resources has appointed First Quantum Minerals co-founder Martin Rowley to a special management committee tasked with overseeing a review of the company’s operations

Gavin Construction has appointed administrators to see if it can continue trading, after the company ran into issues on a project in the state's north-west.

IT services provider ASG Group has signed a $14.8 million contract with the Department of Education.

Premier Colin Barnett is keeping a tight lid on how much has been spent on the government's failed attempts to revive the Muja coal-fired power station in Collie.

Point of sale financing provider ThinkSmart has signed a three-year contract with electronics retailer Kogan to develop a system to provide customers the ability to organise finance for purchases o