Staff Reporters

The state government has committed $65 million to complete the first two stages of a new city centre in Karratha.

Private Perth company Strategic Marine has announced it will establish a maintenance and servicing facility in Karratha.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group will become the eighth Western Australian company included in Standard & Poor’s ASX 100 index when trade resumes on Monday.

On a day its chief executive was making headlines battling politicians over the minerals resources tax in Canberra, BC Iron achieved a milestone of its own.

The University of Western Australia has appointed Department of Finance director general Anne Nolan, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman and Alverstoke Group founder John Willinge to its Busines

Lands Minister Brendon Grylls has launched a nation-wide expressions of interest program, seeking a development partner to deliver a bulky goods complex in Karratha.

The state government has announced a $15.5 million plan to provide power for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio astronomy project in the Mid-West.

Ipernica founder Graham Griffiths has resigned as the company switches its focus to the growth of mapping services company nearmap.com.

The state government has put out the call for a $200 million contract to design and construct the inlet and surrounding public space for the Perth Waterfront redevelopment.

A joint venture led by US-owned construction contractor Kiewit Australia, which is a new player in the local mining sector, has won a $247 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for works on

Anvil Mining shares slipped today after the company said its $C1.3 billion ($1.2 billion) takeover offer from MinMetals Resources may be in danger of falling over.

Empired has won a $14 million, two-year extension to its contract to provide IT services for Main Roads Western Australia.

New planning rules in the Swan Valley will force a “small number” of trucking and commercial businesses to relocate to industrial areas.

Mutiny Gold has formally notified ATW Gold Corp that it has elected to proceed to 100 per cent ownership of the Gullewa gold project.

The state government has struck an agreement with a consortium of builders and land developers to deliver 450 affordable homes across Perth.

Perth-based gold explorer Volta Mining has been admitted to the official list of the Australian Securities Exchange, after it successfully raised $3 million through its initial public offering.

Rio Tinto plans to use surplus water from its Pilbara iron ore mines to cultivate crops on its pastoral leases in the Pilbara, to use as stock feed for its little-known cattle farming activities.

A joint venture led by Perth-based engineering and construction group Clough has won a two yea contract extension worth around $100 million from international energy giant ConocoPhillips.

Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien has announced changes to workers compensation laws, abolishing aged-based discrimination.

Mermaid Marine Australia announced today that proposed overtime bans by its employees on the Dampier Supply Base have been lifted.

There has been a surge in demand for rental properties in Perth, resulting in higher rental rates for houses and apartments and a fall in the vacancy rate.

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The state government has struck a deal with Brookfield Rail to reopen four rail lines in the wheatbelt to cope with the expected large harvest in the coming season.

Energy and Minerals Australia has announced a $10 million capital raising, in the form of convertible notes, to support continued work on its Mulga Rocks uranium project.

A peak mining industry group hopes a new website will help the sector find workers to fill the thousands of jobs created by the mining boom.

Apple's former CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs has died aged 56, two months after resigning from the company for health reasons.

Qantas Airways says its decade-long association with Rio Tinto has been extended for a further three years after the airline signed a new agreement with the mining giant.

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A state government review has identified 61 parcels of Crown land in the Pilbara that are underutilised or surplus and could be put on the market for private development.

The number of corporate insolvencies in Australia and the cost of those insolvencies are setting new records, and continuing to run at over four times pre-GFC levels, a new report has found.

The Australian dollar fell to its lowest levels in more than a year overnight but subsequently recovered to be slightly stronger than yesterday’s close.

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