SPECIAL REPORT: Henderson shipbuilders have plans to put on hundreds of apprentices as billions of dollars in naval investment is expected in the next few years.
SPECIAL REPORT: A 19 per cent drop in the number of trainees and apprentices in WA over the past five years is a challenge for the new state government, but also an opportunity to grow the sector.
Shares in mineral sands miner MZI Resources were higher on news one of the company’s existing offtake partners had agreed to take additional leucoxene product from its Keysbrook mine near Serpentine.
Eastern Goldfields has announced a $28 million capital raising and share sale facility as it works towards commissioning of its Davyhurst gold operation near Kalgoorlie.
South32 has scrapped its $US200 million purchase of a NSW coking coal mine after deciding against making what it called significant concessions to gain approval from the competition watchdog.
TPG Telecom shares have slumped in their first trading session since the internet provider launched a capital raising to help fund its plan for its own mobile network.
The Australian share market is trading lower following falls in iron ore and oil prices and as tensions between the US and North Korea weigh on investor sentiment.
Gold pared gains from a five-month high on Monday, losing steam as U.S. Treasury yields turned higher and the dollar came off its lows, after rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea spurred earlier safe-haven buying in bullion.
Cormann rules out NBN write-offFinance Minister Mathias Cormann has rejected calls from Australia’s most successful telecommunications entrepreneur, Be
TRG Properties executive Tanya Trevisan has been elected president of the Property Council of Australia’s WA division, replacing Tony Perrin who left the role after just two months following his departure from Frasers Property Australia.
In this Business News podcast, Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss house prices, training and apprentices, iron ore prices, apartment projects and student housing.
The share market has fallen as investors fretted over political tensions related to Syria and North Korea, and mining stocks were pummelled after a steep drop in the iron ore price.
The Japanese owners of the Bluewaters Power Station near Collie face the prospect of substantial payments to the energy market operator, after an incident that has put one of its generating units out of service for up to six months.
Not-for-profit organisation People Who Care is calling on the community and local businesses to pledge funds or donate items for kits to help those fleeing domestic violence.
Company director John Poynton has moved into the gas sector as the new chairman of Cooper Basin-focused Strike Energy, which has also recruited a new managing director from Shell.
The two-speed economy that hampered Western Australia during the peak years of the mining boom continues to linger in sectors where labour markets lack flexibility.
Construction and contract mining giant CIMIC Group's quarterly profit has jumped 23 per cent and the company says it has solid pipeline of potential projects and opportunities to expand its mining and mineral processing activities.
A day after the Takeovers Panel put restrictions on the voting power of a group of shareholders in Indiana Resources, the same group has withdrawn plans to seek a board restructure vote at an upcoming general meeting.
A local subsidiary of South African company Murray & Roberts is set to be awarded an underground mining services contract for Dacian Gold’s Mt Morgans project near Laverton.
The share market has opened weaker after a sharp fall in iron ore prices and a global risk-off mood among investors, due to ongoing political concerns.
US stocks opened slightly lower on Wednesday amid lingering geopolitical risks as investors braced for the first rush of corporate earnings, starting Thursday.
