Staff Reporters

Perth company Professional Gyprock Solutions and its sole director, Lin Qiao, has been fined $19,000 for breaches of the Fair Work Act relating to false, misleading and inadequate records of paymen

Murdoch University’s Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases has received a record personal donation; a $1.3 million gift from Fortescue Metals group chairman Andrew Forrest and his wife N

Former Home Building Society managing director Greg Wall is moving back into a management role after being named as the new chief executive at motoring industry cooperative Capricorn Society.

Conveyer belt manufacturer Fenner Dunlop has announced a $20 million expansion of its Kwinana plant.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has spent more than $60 million exercising options to increase its stake in Mineral Resources to 8.26 per cent.

Shire of Roebourne chief executive Collene Longmore is the sole Western Australian representative to be appointed to the federal government's new Ministerial Advisory Council on Regional Australia.

Newcrest Mining and Indonesia’s Aneka Tambang have suspended operations at their Gosowong joint venture after the death of nine people, including two Australians, in a helicopter accident.

Perth-based coal explorer Firestone Energy has announced it has received mining rights approval from the South African government for its joint venture development, the Waterberg Coal project.

The state government has tipped in an extra $7 million to include corporate facilities in the first stage of redevelopment at nib Stadium.

THE strength of Western Australia’s commodities sector has again been underlined, with WA-listed company values hitting all-time highs, according to new research from Deloitte.

Building and construction group Pindan has announced the launch of a joint venture hire business for its Formas range of modular accommodation.

Bathurst Resources, Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Iron were recognised as some of Western Australia’s most successful listed companies at an awards ceremony in Kalgoorlie last night.

The Bonaparte LNG joint venture has begun drilling at its Petrel-7 appraisal well in the Timor Sea, as it moves toward a possible go-agead for development of the offshore gas field.

Coretrack chief executive Nanne van ‘t Riet has been told his services are “no longer required” and he will relinquish control of the drilling technology company immediately.

Territory Resources managing director Andy Haslam says he will step down as part of a major restructure following the $133 million on-market takeover bid by Hong Kong investment house Noble Group.

Premier Colin Barnett has announced a $450 million plan to double the capacity of its desalination plant near Binningup, as it attempts to secure future water needs for communities stretching from

The strength of Western Australia's commodities sector has again been underlined, with WA-listed company values hitting all-time highs, new research from Deloitte says.

One of Western Australia’s largest unions says a significant decline in the number of people taking up apprenticeships in the state is a clear signal for urgent government intervention.

Matrix Composites and Engineering chief Aaron Begley and Vassallo Corporation boss Rory Vassallo were among the eight regional winners at Ernst & Young's Western Australian Entrepreneur of the

Civil and mining contractor Brierty has been nominated as the preferred proponent for a $100 million Main Roads maintenance project in a joint venture with AECOM Australia.

The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association has appointed former Committee for Economic Development of Australia boss David Byers as its new chief executive.

Harvey Fresh has announced it will take on the contract to supply Coles with private label milk for its Western Australian supermarkets.

Planning Minister John Day has announced a $10 million works program which will deliver the Perth City Link’s first development sites and public spaces.

Galaxy Resources has announced a technology licensing deal with US-based lithium ion battery producer K2 energy Solutions.

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company is in discussions with Chevron to buy into the Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project, after entering binding gas sales agreements with the international ener

Perth based development company Golden Group has picked up 1,492 hectares at Whitby and Nambeelup for almost $100 million.

Alkane Resources has passed significant milestone in the development of its Dubbo zirconium project, after announcing a joint venture to produce zirconium oxychloride at its plant in Kwinana.

Minerals explorer Dourado Resources has announced that its subsidiary, Abbotts Exploration, will acquire a 100 per cent interest in Anuman Holdings, which holds tenements in the same regions as Duo

Engineering services firm Norfolk Group has announced two new resources contracts in Western Australia and Queensland worth a combined $56 million.

South America-focused explorer Hot Chili has announced an $8 million share placement to fund economic studies of its Productora copper project in Chile.

 Aspiring Kalgoorlie-based gold miner MacPhersons Reward has confirmed it will purchase the Nimbus Silver project and its processing plant from Reed Resources in a