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Rio Tinto has kept intact its target for iron ore shipments in 2017 after hitting the mid-point of its revised guidance range for 2016.

The Australian share market has opened lower as investors cash in and await major political and economic events from the UK, US and China this week.

Expenses rorts spread to unionsAuditors have raised a red flag over more than $700,000 in credit card expenses racked up by Queensland mining union officials due to a l

Aged care provider Rosewood is responding to increasing demand for its services by booking $105 million in developments for its West Perth and Leederville facilities.

With fewer exhibition opportunities or prospects of gallery representation, local artists have diversified their approach to the market. 

The Australian dollar is flat as risk aversion offset positive China data.The local currency was trading at 74.77 US cents at 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, unchanged from Monday.

Gold climbed on Monday to its highest in more than seven weeks on buying fuelled by political uncertainty after comments by US President-elect Donald Trump on NATO and China.

Oil prices were up on Monday, buoyed by Saudi commitments to reducing production, even as US output is expected to increase again this year.

The state government has approved Canadian miner Cameco’s proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine in the Goldfields, despite its failure to meet one of nine Environmental Protection Authority recommendations.

An Osborne Park-based building company and its nominated supervisor have been fined a combined $45,000 for negligent work that led to the roof of one house blowing off and another being badly damaged during a storm.

SPECIAL REPORT: Nearly 70 WA-connected companies listed on the ASX in 2016, but current prospects indicate there will be substantially fewer this year.

SPECIAL REPORT: There was a big rise in the number and value of completed capital raisings in WA last year, according to data compiled in the BNiQ Search Engine.

SPECIAL REPORT: Investment bank Gresham Partners and law firm King & Wood Mallesons were the top advisers on mergers and acquisitions in WA in 2016.

The Australian share market has closed stronger, boosted by mining heavyweights, but afternoon trading was flat as investors await the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May's speech on Britain's post-European Union future and Chinese GDP figures.

OPINION: The environmental lobby is no less worthy of scrutiny in terms of foreign influence than big business.

Satterley Property Group is closing its long-time South Perth headquarters, taking advantage of historically high levels of vacant office space to move across the river to West Perth.

Gold-focused Kalamazoo Resources has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a downsized $5 million initial public offering.

Colin Barnett has criticised protesters for disrupting the government's Roe 8 project, saying they were refusing to accept the courts' decisions and did not deserve sympathy.

Disqualified and bankrupt former One Nation senator Rod Culleton has had a rare legal win after a second attempt to have him declared bankrupt was thrown out of the Federal Court.

National Australia Bank has followed its big four rivals by raising the rates on several of its fixed-rate home loans.

Subiaco-based Regis Resources has delivered its highest quarterly production result since September 2014, yielding 80,090 ounces in the second quarter of 2017.

Hong Kong investor CKI will be hoping the federal government approves its $7.3 billion takeover bid for DUET Group if the energy utility operator's shareholders back the deal.

Woolworths has appointed long-standing Tesco executive Claire Peters as managing director of its supermarkets chain, which is battling Coles and Aldi to lure customers.

The Australian share market has kicked off the week strongly with gains across the board, led by resource heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

Ciobo says TPP still alive despite Trump warningThe Australian government refuses to concede the Trans-Pacific Partnership is head and says the United States needs more

The Australian dollar is nearly flat after little economic or political risk events over the weekend.

The price of gold turned higher on Friday, hovering below the prior session's seven-week top as the US dollar weakened and US Treasury yields came off their highs, with the metal on track for a thi

Oil prices fell on Friday and ended the week three per cent lower on lingering doubts over the extent of OPEC cuts, with sentiment worsened by concerns over the economic health of the world's second-largest oil consumer, China, after it reported the steepest falls in overall exports since 2009.

New research shows homebuyers are willing to pay extra for energy-efficient design.

A new agriculture research centre at Curtin University plans to tackle the $1.5 billion economic impact of crop disease in Australia. 

In this Business News podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss South West water, building subcontractors, WA Business awards and the deals environment.

A Perth team hoping to break a land speed world record has turned to crowdfunding to raise $50,000 to avoid a potential liquidation caused by a fight with the Australian Taxation Office, and is 20 per cent of the way to its target.