Shares in Great Boulder Resources have tripled in value today after the company announced encouraging drilling results at Mt Venn, within its Yamarna copper-nickel-cobalt project east of Laverton.
Cement and masonry supplier Adelaide Brighton, which owns Cockburn Cement, is investigating some transactions that may have hidden customer underpayments for supplied products.
Crude is down slightly as expectations that OPEC and other producers will extend their production cut agreement were offset by US drillers adding the most oil rigs in a week since June, indicating output will continue to grow.
The Australian dollar is lower against its US counterpart which itself has slipped, along with equities, amid concern over President Donald Trump's planned tax reform.
Gold prices have turned lower as US Treasury bond yields rose, but losses were limited by weaker stock markets and the US dollar, which fell due to uncertainty over US tax reform.
Six projects designed to make Perth a smarter city were launched yesterday, and they comprise a very eclectic collection, from a driverless electric bus in South Perth to management of wetlands in Joondalup.
In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss stock market hits highs, renewables privatisation, Perth Stadium, Historic Heart, Perth Festival, and junior miners.
Western Australian universities will receive 8 per cent of the $333.5 million in federal government funding announced today to support new research projects nation-wide.
The competition watchdog has had its first major win enforcing a new franchising code of conduct, with the Federal Court today fining Pastacup franchisor Morild and co-founder Stuart Bernstein $150,000 for a failure to disclose he had been a director of two insolvent entities.
A fashion collaboration between internationally renowned Jimmy Choo, local designer Alvin Fernandez, and Western Australian indigenous artist Peter Farmer was brought to Perth earlier this week for a temporary exhibition.
Pilbara Minerals has struck an agreement to work on the possible development of a lithium processing facility in joint venture with South Korean companies Polaris Shipping and LG Chem.
US media giant CBS's $41 million takeover of the Ten Network can proceed, with a court approving the transfer of all shares in the local network to the American company.
The board and management of gambling giant Tabcorp should have done more to ensure that the company was meeting its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligation, a Federal Court
The Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale has prepared the release of 650 hectares as part of a project to develop industrial and commercial precincts in Mundijong and Cardup.
The Western Australian cooperative and mutuals sector continues to perform strongly on the national stage, with WA accounting for four of the country’s top 10 co-ops and mutual enterprises, a new report has found.
The increasingly competitive nature of the arts marketplace has prompted a rebrand at the longest-running international arts festival in Australia, Perth International Arts Festival.
Gold is higher as a weaker US dollar pushes prices during the session to a three-week high for the second time in successive days, while palladium dipped but stayed close to 16-year peak hit during the session.
Oil prices have risen nearly one per cent, supported by supply cuts by major exporters as well as continuing concern about political developments in Saudi Arabia.
Mineral Resources has acquired Empire Oil & Gas’s Perth Basin assets, including the Red Gully processing plant, just more than a month after the energy junior entered administration.
Peel Mining has announced completion of a $6 million share placement to fund work on its zinc-lead project while Triton Minerals has launched an entitlement offer for the same amount.
Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has won a $75 million contract with BHP Billiton to upgrade and expand accommodation for the miner's existing operations and its planned South Flank iron ore project near Newman.
The board of Kalgoorlie-based bank Goldfields Money has knocked back a fresh takeover bid from Brisbane financial business Firstmac Holdings, which valued the company at $1.27 per share.
A former real estate sales representative has been permanently banned from holding a Western Australian certificate of registration after the State Administrative Tribunal found she fabricated a se
