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Global Advanced Metals has submitted a development plan to begin direct tantalum mining at Greenbushes in Western Australia’s South West, as it continues legal proceedings against the company that mines lithium at the same site.

Collaboration is key for the launch of the West Australian Ballet’s 2018 season, as ballerinas and indigenous dancers come together to perform the contemporary work Milnjiya, while opera singer Deborah Cheetham provides support with a score of traditional indigenous sounds.

Perth house prices fell 0.4 per cent in January, according to the latest data from CoreLogic, though its figures have disguised big gains in some of Perth’s more affluent suburbs.

The 2016 Aboriginal Western Australian of the Year, Rishelle Hume, has today launched a new not-for-profit organisation with Robyn Smith-Walley that aims to overcome Aboriginal disadvantage.

Tap Oil has announced the resignation of four of the company’s directors, including executive chairman James Menzies and Peter Mansell, with two nominations from major shareholder Risco Energy Investments appointed as replacements.

The Australian share market is stronger during morning trade following a positive lead from Wall Street and positivity over the local company earnings season.

Early signs of recovery are starting to emerge across Perth’s CBD office market, with vacancy rates falling below 20 per cent for the first time in two years, according to the Property Council of Australia.

Rival MinRES contradicts FMG on iron discounts

The Australian dollar is lower, extending the losses that started after the release of weaker than expected inflation figures on Wednesday.

Oil prices have rebounded from earlier losses to end higher, after the US Energy Department said oil inventories rose for the first time in nearly three months, but was offset by strong demand for gasoline and distillate products and news that OPEC countries maintained heavy supply cuts in January.

Oil and gas producer AWE has given suitor Mineral Resources three business days to match a superior proposal lobbed by Mitsui & Co, after reaching an in-principle agreement with the Japanese firm.

Robotic technology and the internet of things will dramatically change employment patterns, accident rates and digging costs in the mining industry over the next three years, business advisory firm BDO has boldly predicted.

Australian shares staged an afternoon recovery as US President Donald Trump delivered a market assuring State of the Union address.

Adventure World has become a major tourism attraction during its 35 years of operation, and there are no signs the business is slowing down.

Malaga company Galvin Engineering has developed Australia's first lead-free drinking tap as the state government deals with new revelations of lead contamination in taps at a number of Western Australian schools.

Perth-based building systems manufacturer Pro9 Global has completed an $8 million capital raising that will fund the construction of a manufacturing plant in Sydney.

In the first of a series of articles to mark Business News’ 25th Anniversary, we look back at the work of anti-tobacco campaigners.

Copper explorer MOD Resources has released a favourable pre-feasibility study for an open-pit mine at its T3 project in Botswana, which has an estimated annual free cash flow of $US77 million ($95 million).

Wesfarmers subsidiary EVOL has won a long-term contract to supply LNG to the power station and the process plant at Gascoyne Resources’ Dalgaranga gold project in the Murchison region.

Clinical trials company Zelda Therapeutics aims to pave the way for the use of medicinal cannabis to treat a range of disorders.

Global Energy Ventures has raised $6.7 million through a share placement, with the proceeds to be used on the development of the company’s compressed natural gas technology.

Australia's inflation rate has risen slightly in the December quarter, lifting the annual headline rate closer to the central bank's target range of between 2 per cent and 3 per cent.

Lithium hopeful Prospect Resources has tapped investors for $10 million as the company develops its Arcadia project in Zimbabwe.

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The Australian stock market has opened lower, after Wall Street's Dow Jones index suffered its largest two-day fall in well over a year, and most commodities prices also fell.

MacTiernan threatens cage egg laying ban in WA

Perth-based GM Property Group has sold its 4.1-hectare industrial site in Blackburn Victoria to east coast investment group Forza Capital for $31.5 million, on a passing yield of 6.6 per cent.

The Australian dollar has managed to eke out some small gains despite broad based weakness across US markets and in commodity prices.

Oil prices have fallen for a second day, driven by ongoing evidence of rising US crude output, while wary investors sold off stocks, bonds and commodities.

Western Australian builder Choiceliving (WA), which trades as Choice Living Homes, has been placed into administration less than one week after its building contractor registration was suspended.

A critical ruling by the corporate regulator has forced Quintis investors to adjourn a meeting that was called to appoint a new responsible entity for their 2002 sandalwood project.

The state’s organic wine market may be small but its product is in strong demand, according to local wine producers, with Blind Corner among a handful of growers planning to expand local operations and export activity.