Dan Wilkie

Falling commodity prices and lower than expected Chinese gross domestic profit drove down the total market capitalisation of WA’s listed companies by 2.6 per cent in April, combining with a weaker

Engineering and construction contractor Clough says it is breaking new ground in a joint venture with South Korea's Coens Energy, to provide commissioning services for onshore and offshore oil and

Gold miner Silver Lake Resources has settled a dispute with engineering contractor Pacer Corporation for works on the Tuckabianna gold project in the Murchison.

Avalon Minerals has announced it will purchase a copper-iron prospect in Sweden from Hannans Reward for $4 million.

Australia’s corporate regulator has banned a WA-based investment adviser for three years for market rigging.

Prominent Perth business identity Tony Sage has continued to scale back his commitments, today announcing his resignation from oil and gas explorers African Petroleum and International Petroleum, f

An industrial property in O'Connor is part of a portfolio of packaging manufacturer PACT Group's warehouses being brought to market by privately-held investment company Centralbridge, which expects to reap around $80 million from the sales.

Boral says a downturn in demand for brick and masonry in Western Australia has contributed to falling earnings, leading the building products supplier to look to cut costs across its operations.

The purchase by Dexus of the first three towers in the Kings Square precinct caps a stellar month for city office sales as the major property groups home in on the new opportunities in Perth’s expanding

Western Australia’s peak industry lobby group has repeated its call for the federal government to come up with credible evidence to support its proposed changes to the 457 visa program for temporar

Perth-based lender P&N bank has pre-empted the Reserve Bank of Australia on interest rates, cutting the rate on its three-year fixed rate home loans to 5.1 per cent.

Cleveland Mining Company is assessing its legal options after stockbroker DJ Carmichael failed to complete a $1 million tranche of a share placement.

BC Iron and Cleveland Mining Company have taken the first steps to securing the first three projects under the iron ore miners’ Brazilian strategic alliance.

Feral Brewing Company’s Hop Hog India pale ale has been rated as Australia’s best beer in a soon-to-be released guide to the nation’s top brews, adding to a long list of accolades for head brewer B

Alcoa has announced it will review its alumina refining system, including its facilities in Western Australia, as the global aluminium giant seeks to cut costs in a weak industrial metals market.

Perth-based information and communications engineer Titan ICT Consultants has signed an agreement with a US-based group to enhance its underwater fibre optics services for the oil and gas sector.

Mining contractor MACA remains optimistic about its prospects of revenue growth in financial year 2013, despite losing a significant contract after Focus Minerals halted its Laverton operations earlier this week.

Western Australian home building approvals rose slightly in March, but it wasn’t enough to stem the largest monthly decline in national approvals since July last year.

A peak farmers’ lobby group is examining the possibility of administering the federal government’s farm finance package outside of the state, amid concerns the lifeline could get derailed by the st

Sandalwood plantation manager TFS Corporation has sold off most of its portfolio of managed investment scheme loans for $22.4 million.

Finbar Group plans to construct a 240-apartment complex in West Perth, after acquiring a 4,410 square metre development site on Murray Street.

New research has confirmed what Perth coffee drinkers have thought for a while; a hot mug of steaming java in the west is more expensive than any other capital in Australia.

Oil and gas exploration play Pura Vida Energy will tap investors and financiers for up to $12 million, to fund the ramp-up of drilling activities at its newly-acquired Nkembe block, off the coast o

Perth’s housing recovery has hit a stumbling block, with prices dropping in April and new home sales declining in March, but analysts are describing the falls as a temporary blip.

Focus Minerals has put its Laverton gold mine on stand-by, after a review of operations found the project is no longer commercially viable due to increasing costs and the falling gold price.

Gindalbie Metals has secured an agreement for a second $30 million loan from its joint venture partner in the Karara magnetite iron ore development, after delays in the project’s production ramp up

Waste management technology company Tox Free Solutions has expanded its footprint on Australia’s east coast, acquiring three related firms for $85 million.

Endeavour Mining has sold its 38.5 per cent stake in Toronto-listed Namibia Rare Earths for $5.3 million.

NRW Holdings’ joint venture with indigenous group Eastern Guruma has won a $180 million deal at Rio Tinto’s Nammuldi iron ore operation in the Pilbara.

Woodside Petroleum has announced a new agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to lay out an action plan to develop the Browse gas field off the Western Australian coast with floating processing technolog

Marengo Mining has entered a convertible notes agreement with its major shareholder to raise $US15 million.  

Poseidon Nickel says its historic Windarra nickel mine will cost $197 million to re-start, with a feasibility study flagging a 10-year mine life and first production in 2014.