Dan Wilkie

Gold miners Norseman Gold and Apex Minerals have announced fundraising plans collectively worth around $23 million as the companies seek to ramp up production at their Western Australian operations

Energy and Minerals Australia stocks have rocketed on the Australian Securities Exchange after the uranium hopeful settled legal matters hanging over its Mulga Rock project in the north east Goldfi

Tony Sage’s push to add a rugby league team to his portfolio of investments is gathering steam, with the consortium he leads officially given the moniker Western Miners.

Perth-based agency Guns for Hire has been appointed to handle the Australian and New Zealand publicity and marketing account for Italian chocolatiers Baci Perugina.

Global investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs is establishing a permanent Perth base, which it expects to open on August 1.

Paladin Energy says it is reviewing three seperate proposals for joint venture or asset sale agreements, after reporting a high level of interest in the company by outside participants in the urani

Perth was the standout capital city performer for land sales over the March quarter, with transactions increasing by 22.9 per cent, but the Housing Industry Association has warned that sales are ti

More than $300 million in residential building projects have been delayed by the introduction of new legislation covering Western Australia’s building industry, a peak industry group says.

Monadelphous Group has established a new base in the Pilbara, taking a large tract of industrial land at Karratha’s Gap Ridge estate.

Western Australia’s building and construction industry has launched a new campaign to push for regulatory changes, saying residential development in the state has been stifled by more than just a “

Weakening commodity prices may have dampened the outlook for the mining industry, but business conditions in Western Australia continue to be the strongest of all states, according to a survey rele

Centaurus Metals  has completed a $26.2 million equity raising, with major shareholder Atlas Iron maintaining its 19.85 stake in the Brazil-focused iron ore miner and a US-based resources inve

The joint financiers of Raine Square have launched further legal action against Luke Saraceni, alleging misleading conduct over the use of proceeds from the sale of a stake in a residential develop

The Australian Hotels Association says Western Australian hotels continue to offer value for money, despite the fact that a night's lodging in Perth costs more than any other capital city in Austra

A consortium between Leighton Properties and Mirvac has moved into pole position to secure development rights for more than five hectares of inner city land as part of the Perth City Link redevelop

Carnegie Wave Energy is in discussions with the Water Corporation to provide renewable energy to power the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant.

Automotive Holdings Group has beefed up its Rand Refrigerated Logistics division, acquiring Toll Holdings’ interstate refrigerated transport business for $6.5 million, on the same day it offloaded

The state’ economic watchdog has released its final report on its inquiry into electricity retailer Synergy, saying the utility would have to hike residential bills by 29 per cent on average to ens

Georgiou Group and its indigenous partner, Gumala Enterprises, have won a $37 million construction contract with Rio Tinto.

AUSTRALIA’S export credit agency is increasing its presence in Western Australia, opening a permanent office to help provide export and mining services companies with alternative sources of finance

Building approvals recorded a significant jump in May, but remain near record-lows, reinforcing Western Australian building industry concerns over blockages in the approvals system that are threate

Rubik Financial has announced an agreement with Macquarie Group to acquire the COIN Software financial planning business for $23.75 million.

Interest rates cuts are having a positive effect on the housing market, new research says, with median home values rising across nearly all capital cities, including a 2 per cent jump in Perth.

Altona Mining has commenced discussions with Xstrata over the price of a 51 per cent interest in the Roseby copper project near Mt Isa in Queensland, after the international mining giant exercised

Gina Rinehart has thrown down the gauntlet to Fairfax Media in her push for board representation, challenging chairman Roger Corbett to set and meet a share price target of 87 cents by the company'

St Barbara and Allied Gold have unveiled a merger plan aimed at creating an international gold producer and explorer with a market capitalisation of more than $1 billion.

Regional air carrier Skywest is anticipating full year revenue to hit $S300 million ($232 million) by the end of June, a 25 per cent increase in expected earnings, but has warned its profit could b

New home sales declined in Western Australia by 4.7 per cent in May, but the Housing Industry Association says conditions are right for the sector to bounce back by the end of the year.

The state government has confirmed DORIC has won a $90 million contract to expand Acacia Prison.

Downer EDI has won a $175 million Western Power contract to construct a major transmission line from Perth’s northern suburbs to Eneabba in the Mid West.

Fremantle, Stirling and Murdoch are set to receive an economic boost, with the state government announcing plans to relocate 80,000 square metres of office space from the CBD to suburban locations.

A 1.68 hectare tract of land at Leighton Beach has been placed on the market, raising the possibility for further high density residential development just 200 metres from the ocean in North Freman