NRW Holdings expects its annual profit to be in line with the previous year, following delays to major contracts with BHP Billiton, Citic Pacific and Fortescue Metals Group.
The acquisition of various assets and businesses of OZ Minerals by China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Company has taken a step forward, with China's development and reform commission today giving the transaction the green light.
Treasurer Troy Buswell has again defended the government's decision to not release the State Infrastructure Strategy, saying its framewok needs to be revisited.
The high end of Perth's property market has taken a battering from the global slowdown with seven metropolitan suburbs dropping out of the $1 million club, a new survey has found.
Gold hopeful Resolute Mining has raised $25 million through a share placement, with funds to be used for the commissioning of the Syama gold mine in Mali.
Two weeks after Gage Roads Brewing Co cancelled its distribution deal, the brewer has agreed to supply beer to major retailer Woolworths, which will take a 25 per cent interest in the company.
Western Australia's Liberal government has handed down its first budget, delivering a $647 million surplus but warning the state will be in deficit by 2012.
State regional air carrier Skywest Airlines is reportedly considering re-listing on the Australian stock market, nearly three years after it was taken over by Singapore-based Advent Air.
Minerals testing company Essa Australia has clashed with global firm SGS over a $3.2 million outstanding payment over a contract related to automation projects.
Shares in carbon offset specialists in Western Australia and Aviva Corporation have jumped after the budget unveiled a $4.5 billion Clean Energy Initiative, a move welcomed by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA.
Around two-thirds of small to medium enterprises in Western Australia are in favour of daylight saving with over 50 per cent of respondents to a new survey claiming the extra daylight increased business productivity.
Osborne Park-based A1 Minerals says it is on track to becoming a gold producer later this year as it awards a $1.7 million plant refurbishment contract to CPC Engineering.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has approved Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation's (Ansteel) $162 million acquisition of an additional stake in Gindalbie Metals.
The Matt Birney-chaired Carbon Conscious says it has reached a substantial deal with an unnamed ASX top 50 company to plant "many millions" of Mallee Eucalypt trees in the Wheatbelt region.
BHP Billiton says it Yeelirrie uranium project could be the state's first uranium mine as it works closely with government agencies over an appeals process.
Great Southern has entered a trading halt pending the release of details relating to its managed investment scheme sales program and working capital requirements.
THE high calibre of the University of Western Australia's alumni was on show this week, with the opening of its business school premises and the launch of an international conference.
Stirling Resources has extended its financial relationship with Austrian commodities trader DCM DECOmetal, raising $10 million to acquire Matilda Minerals mineral sands assets.
Perth company Plantation Energy Australia (PEA) has struck a $70 million, three-year deal with a Belgium-based power company to supply densified biomass fuel pellets.
Publisher West Australian Newspapers Holdings (WAN) has posted a modest rise in reported net profit for the March quarter but nearly all other performance indicators showed a major slump.
There has been a mixed response to the federal government's back-flip to delay the emissions trading scheme by one year, with some saying the changes do not go far enough.
Job advertisements in Western Australia have fallen more than 7 per cent in April while national figures fell for the 12th consecutive month, a survey shows.
Macquarie Group has posted a 52 per cent fall in annual profit - its first decline in 17 years - as chief executive Nicholas Moore takes a hefty 99 per cent pay cut.
Nomad Building Solutions has announced it will retain Alan Thomas as managing director, a week after securing Paul Depiazza as chief financial officer.
