Dan Wilkie

Phoenix Gold and Aphrodite Gold have delivered some rare good news for the sector, with Aphrodite announcing plans to build a new processing plant near Kalgoorlie and Phoenix to develop a new mine.

Engineering and project services group Clough has announced an earnings upgrade, despite a drop-off in resources sector investment.

Iron Road has shrugged off uncertainty in the iron ore sector, going ahead with plans to raise $50.7 million to complete a feasibility study at its Central Eyre iron ore development in South Austra

Up to 1,000 jobs are on the chopping block as the state government seeks to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of the public sector.

The nation’s peak business group has revealed the four top priorities for small business in the upcoming federal election.

Junior resources plays have shared in $7.2 million in grants in the latest round of a state government exploration subsidy scheme.

Contracting group GR Engineering says the start of a $123 million works package at Wolf Minerals’ Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in England is a welcome boost in a murky mining services market.

Western Australia’s flagship golf tournament, the $US2 million Perth International, will be broadcast on Seven Network under a new multi-year partnership announced today.

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources is on the lookout for a new boss, after Iggy Tan announced his resignation today.

Poor health has forced Northern Iron chairman David Griffiths to vacate his seat on the company’s board.

Engineering and construction firms Kentz and AusGroup have won contracts collectively worth more than $114 million at Inpex’s Ichthys NG project in Darwin.

Chinese steel producer Ansteel will take majority ownership of the Karara iron ore project in the Mid West, after its local partner Gindalbie Metals struck a financing deal to help it through the p

Mining services provider NRW Holdings has forecast a drop in revenue and profit because of contract delays and project deferrals.

The team behind Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle has unveiled its latest project – a 74-room hotel on William Street in Northbridge.

The $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital will open in October 2014, half a year later than originally scheduled, a delay the state government has blamed on the scale and complexity of the project’s in

The state government has shortlisted two consortia to move the Wellington Street Bus Station underground.

Nexus Minerals has become the latest in a long line of gold players to announce cost cutting initiatives as uncertainty prevails in the gold market.

Perth will need twice as many performing arts venues as it currently has over the next 40 years to cope with growing demand, according to a new report.

Women’s professional development and executive mentoring group Behind Closed Doors has nominated the first Western Australian recipient of its Luminaries scholarship.

Car dealer network Automotive Holdings Group has added Mazda to its stable of WA dealerships, with the acquisition of Jason Mazda in Osborne Park for $13 million.

Western Australia has featured strongly in a list of residential building hotspots, with three local suburbs featuring in the top five nationwide for activity.

The state’s leading business group says confidence in the local economy remains on edge, and any significant shift in sentiment could have a negative impact on growth, despite new research suggesti

Victorian copper explorer Rex Minerals has signed an agreement with Allmine Group subsidiary Arccon and a Chinese state-owned resources giant to negotiate a $US550 million engineering, construction

Global Construction Services has won a new contract to provide all of the onshore and offshore scaffolding works for Woodside Petroleum’s North West Shelf project.

IT services firm ASG Group has announced $25 million in new contracts, while flagging it is in the process of finalising $60 million worth of additional deals.

Diversified explorer FairStar Resources has secured $260 million in project finance, which will cover 80 per cent of the development cost of its Steeple Hill iron project in the eastern Goldfields.

Grange Resources says it is still committed to its Southdown iron ore project near Albany, despite announcing yesterday it would close its Perth office and move its administrative operations to Tas

US-focused oil and gas junior Sundance Energy has raised $48.1 million through a share placement, to fund development of its shale gas and conventional oil acreage in Texas and Mississippi.

Nickel miner Western Areas says it expects nickel sales and production to be better than anticipated for the 2013 financial year.