The share market closed nearly 1 per cent higher, boosted by a positive session on Wall Street and confidence the resources sector will continue to improve.
Shares in oil and gas explorer Transerv Energy tumbled today as managing director Stephen Keenihan announced his resignation in the wake of news yesterday that the company’s proposal to acquire assets owned by Origin Energy had been terminated.
Shark detection technology developed by Perth-based environmental consultancy Astron and its partner, C4D Intel, has completed its first prototype field trials.
The owners of a new Northbridge eatery have placed a big emphasis on connecting with the community, and used crowdfunding to provide one element of that relationship.
Copper explorer MOD Resources has released a scoping study for an open-pit mine at its T3 project in Botswana, which has an estimated development cost of $US135 million ($A181.7 million).
LandCorp is seeking businesses to populate a new industrial estate in Nambeelup, a key plank of the state government’s plan to create more than 33,000 jobs in the Peel region by 2050.
A proposal to roughly double the royalties paid by the state’s two biggest iron ore miners was divisive and could set a dangerous precedent for fixing budget issues, Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power told this morning’s Business News Success & Leadership breakfast.
Creating a tourism precinct on the southern side of Fremantle Port has again been floated as a possibility, after the City of Fremantle put out the call for government and private sector support for its next wave of development opportunities.
TPG Telecom has reaffirmed its annual earnings guidance in a bid to ease investor concerns, a week after rival Vocus Communications spooked the market with its worst-than-expected earnings update.
Perth-based land developer Peet has sold a parcel of land in Victoria for $30.5 million, but it doesn’t expect to receive any proceeds from the deal for nearly a year.
Bunnings’ long-serving chief executive John Gillam has announced he is stepping down from the role, but will continue to serve the business as an adviser.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has revived its $375 million takeover of Sierra Rutile, a week after the deal fell under a cloud due to geotechnical risks at the target's tailings dams.
Wall Street has climbed as telecom stalwarts AT&T and Verizon gained and bank shares added to their torrid post-election rally, helping the Dow set another record closing high.
The Australian dollar is nearly flat with traders taking a breather ahead of the release of Australian GDP figures and next week's US interest rates meeting.
Gold hovered near 10-month lows on Tuesday as the market braced for an increase in US interest rates this month and anticipated more monetary tightening next year.
Oil prices overnight ended lower for the first time in a week since OPEC agreed to cut output on growing scepticism that the cartel would be able to reduce supplies as data showed record high production in most major export regions.
Shorten says no to loan for Adani mineOpposition Leader Bill Shorten has declined to back a call by the Queensland Labor government for the Commonwealth to help finance a
Three leading professionals have joined forces to take control of the Peppermint Grove branch of the Liberal Party, which is influential in the preselection process for Colin Barnett’s state seat of Cottesloe.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has been ranked the most trusted charity of the nation's top 40 largest and most recognisable charities for the sixth consecutive year, according to the recently published 2016 Charitable Reputation Index.
Vocus Communications appears set to deliver the Perth-to-Singapore subsea telecommunications cable after inking a construction agreement with French company Alcatel Submarine Networks.
Singapore-listed property developer Oxley Holdings has embarked on a mission to get a foothold in Australian property, acquiring 40 per cent of local development and construction group Pindan for $32 million.
As a child, Cockram Construction project manager Crystal Jordan wanted to be a firefighter like her father. Instead, as she grew up, she gravitated towards the construction sector – and it’s a decision she has never regretted.
Social media technology company HearMeOut has closed below its offer price on its first day on the ASX, after completing a $6.5 million initial public offering.
Hand crafted and high tech are terms that rarely go together, yet a small Perth company is reinventing bicycle manufacturing with both those concepts at its heart.
