Dan Wilkie

BHP Billiton's latest production figures have exceeded those announced by rival Rio Tinto yesterday, driven by record production in the Pilbara, but the miner warns that the effect strikes at its Q

The mining industry says fly-in fly-out work practices ensure the resources sector is supplied with the right skill sets necessary for expansion, and has tipped a further increase in the practice,

Sumatra Copper and Gold stocks have risen after the company released a study showing increased upside at its Tembang gold and silver project in Indonesia, and received a 20-year mining lease approv

Paladin Energy has lowered its full-year guidance after quarterly production came in around 10 per cent below analyst expectations, the result of bottlenecking issues at its Langer Heinrich uranium

The Serpentine-Jarradale area is one of five Western Australian locales named in the Housing Industry Association’s top 20 hotspots for 2010/11.

The state government is set to unveil a design concept this evening for the Mulataga master planned community, considered a key plank of its $1.5 billion Karratha city of the North development.

Construction of Australia's largest solar power station near Geraldton has passed a major milestone, with the first panels installed today.

The resources sector has welcomed the state government's plan to underground a series of power lines between Perth and Newman, a move it says will reduce significant costs and delays in moving larg

Demand for rental accommodation in Perth has stabilised, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, despite rents rising slightly over the past few weeks.

Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners have been given an extra year to finalise their plans for the $30 billion Browse liquefied natural gas project near Broome.

WESTERN Australia’s new housing sector is showing signs of a recovery, with building approvals, home sales and land sales all increasing over recent weeks.

Nexus Energy has selected a new chief executive, appointing former Woodside Energy executive Lucio Della Martina to head up its operations.

Teachers Credit Union, which today relaunched itself as Teachers Mutual Bank, has reported a large shift of Western Australian banking customers towards the mutual sector.

Perth Airport has welcomed a review released today by the competition watchdog, which showed Perth was among the nation's cheapest airports for car parking and international charges.

A consortium featuring Japan’s Marubeni and Korea’s POSCO has confirmed it will take a 30 per cent equity stake in Hancock Prospecting’s Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara, in a deal that val

The state opposition has aligned itself with the Urban Development Institute of Australia in a pledge to streamline Western Australia’s residential planning and approvals system if successful at ne

Perth-based energy junior FAR has announced a $15 million capital raising to fund oil and gas exploration off the Kenya coast.

Strike Energy has completed a $20 million share placement to fund further drilling programs at its Cooper Basin fields and demonstrate the commercial potential of its Eagle Ford shale gas assets.

SCARCE supply and growing demand from the resources sector have helped push Perth’s hotels market to the top of the class, with the Western Australian capital outperforming all major Australian cit

Magnetite hopeful Mindax’ $115 million tie-up with Japan’s Sumitomo could be in jeopardy, after one of its board members lodged paperwork to block the deal by ousting two company directors, includi

Atlas Iron has signed an agreement to buy out its joint venture partner in the Daltons tenements at its Mt Webber iron ore project in the Pilbara, for $33 million in cash and shares.

Sentiment among Western Australian farmers dipped over the last quarter, but they remain the most confident in the nation, according to a new survey.

Property agent Jones Lang LaSalle says developers’ appetites for large-scale residential land packages are growing, after booking a record year for land and apartment development transactions in 20

Perth-based oil and gas junior WHL Energy says it is looking for farm-in partners after being awarded a 100 per cent working interest in a highly prospective gas exploration block in Victoria’s Otw

POLICE & Nurses Credit Society chief executive Fred Huis says he’s identified a glaring hole in Western Australia’s banking sector.

Perth’s office market has been tipped to record the strongest growth among capital cities, as vacancies tighten further, new figures from CBRE say.

Sixteen per cent of homes in Western Australia’s South West are now worth less than the initial purchase price, according to statistics released by RP Data today.

More evidence has emerged underlining Perth’s severe shortage of rental accommodation, with new figures released today showing just 973 vacancies at the end of February.

Forge Resources shares have jumped after it announced it had lined up $50 million in funding and signed a joint venture partner for its Balla Balla iron ore project near the Pilbara coast.

Public examinations of three private companies associated with Luke Saraceni are set to proceed after the Supreme Court of Western Australia threw out objections over the appointment of administrat

Rio Tinto has signed up another group as preferred contractor for its expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, inking a framework agreement with Downer EDI.

Police & Nurses Credit Society is in discussions with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and its members to change its name to P&N Bank.