Dan Wilkie

The state’s retail market will remain the nation’s strongest over the next 12 months, despite consumer spending growth expected to ease as expansion in the resources industry tails off, new researc

Perseus Mining shares have tanked in early trade after the miner said late yesterday that production from its Ghanaian gold operations would come in below its forecasts.

Apex Minerals has run into another hurdle at its Wiluna gold mine, with the site’s power generation facility breaking down over the weekend.

Coal miner ZYL’s stock plunged on the ASX today, after it told the market it would no longer proceed with the purchase of a mine in South Africa.

Continuing weakness in commodity markets and a failure to pay staff adequate superannuation will combine to take a $5 million chunk out of Matrix Composites & Engineering’s expected earnings fo

A UK-based business has swooped on Cool Clear Water Group, buying the Perth-based water purification and dispensing system distributor for $60 million.

Troy Resources has extended its $188 million takeover offer for Azimuth Resources by two weeks, after failing to secure enough acceptances from existing shareholders to close the bid.

One of Perth’s oldest law practices has been acquired by national firm HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, which will open its first Perth office at the start of next month.

Arafura Resources has formally cancelled an agreement to purchase an industrial site in Whyalla, South Australia as part of its cost-savings initiatives.

Rialto Energy is seeking to raise up to $21 million to fund exploration and development work at its oil and gas acreage off the coast of Cote d’Ivoire.

Forge Group’s newly acquired US-based subsidiary Taggart Global has been named preferred contractor for a $US221 million engineering and construction contract at the Vista coal project in Alberta,

Murdoch University has been named for the first time in Times Higher Education’s top 100 universities under 50 years old rankings.

Premier Colin Barnett is pressing ahead with plans to acquire land at James Price Point for a gas processing precinct – without having a proponent lined up to build one.

Rio Tinto has signed a new native title agreement with traditional owners the Yindjibarndi people, covering two of its Pilbara railways and a number of mineral deposits.

Litigation financier IMF Australia says it will fund new claims against Lehman Brothers Asia on behalf of 63 churches, councils and charities, including the cities of Swan and Melville.

Property developer and fund manager Aspen Group has sold the remaining six assets in its Aspen Diversified Property Fund for $76.5 million.

The state opposition has called for an explanation why the government has been left to foot what it says is a $250 million bill to refurbish the Muja power station in Collie, after Premier Colin Ba

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s personal war on poor customer service has culminated in a City of Perth awards program, with businesses offered the chance to meet with Ms Scaffidi as part of a monthly p

Metals X has become the latest Western Australian exploration play to down tools because of prevailing pessimism in the sector, suspending work on a definitive feasibility study at its Wingella nic

IT services firm Intergen has outgrown its Leederville office, shifting to a new premises on William Street.

The prevailing gloom in the resources sector has failed to slow first homebuyer activity, with Western Australian recipients of the grant up 22 per cent in May.

Satterley Property Group has added a further 44 hectares of land in the southern suburbs to its development portfolio, located just south of its existing Honeywood estate near Wandi.

Canadian office giant Brookfield Office Properties has confirmed it will commence construction of a second tower at Brookfield Place, as reported exclusively by Business News late last month.

Gold miner Lachlan Star has pressed pause on its plans to move its corporate office out of Perth, after a subscriber to its $C12.9 million ($13.2 million) non-brokered private placement failed to c

Cleveland Mining Company has secured a $10 million finance facility to fund further exploration of its Brazilian portfolio of mining assets.

Budget airline Jetstar says it will introduce non-stop flights from Perth to the Indonesian island of Lombok in September.

Forge Resources’ plan to construct a new six million tonne per year iron ore export facility in the Pilbara has been recommended for approval by the state Environmental Protection Authority.

AusGroup’s scaffolding subsidiary has won a $34.5 million contract for works on Chevron’s $52 billion Gorgon LNG development.

German minerals processing giant Haver & Tyler has opened a Western Australian outpost, its first branch to be established in Australia.

Green energy firm Solco has established a national finance business, offering solar power products for lease through retailers and installers.

Mining services firm Allmine Group has elected Robert Wilde to chair its board of directors, just over a month after installing a new chief executive.