Local explorer Empire Resources is set to begin operations at its Penny’s Find gold project near Kalgoorlie, after contracting NRW Holdings to undertake mining operations at the open pit.
Spot gold has held modest gains, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting that showed several voting policymakers judged an interest rate rise would be warranted "relatively soon" if the US economy continued to improve.
Oil prices have settled one per cent lower after OPEC reported its September oil output hit eight-year highs, offsetting optimism over the group's pledge to bring a global crude glut under control.
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average indexes ended Wednesday's session with small gains as expectations for timing on a rate hike were largely unchanged after US Federal Reserve minutes and investors waited on earnings reports.
ASIC urges more bank competitionCorporate regulator Greg Medcraft has called for more competition in Australia’s banking system, urging the big four banks to help borrower
Advisers to mining and exploration companies have tentatively welcomed new guidance from the corporate regulator on forward-looking statements but believe more clarity is needed.
Two well-known Leederville cycling businesses have hit differing problems this week, with retailer Riders Choice going into voluntary administration and accessory manufacturer Cycliq facing a regulatory speed bump on its path to an ASX listing.
The state owned Gold Corporation, which trades as The Perth Mint, has doubled pre-tax profit to $41 million, with a big increase in sales of minted coins among the factors assisting the result.
Gage Roads Brewing Company has executed a key plank of its five-year 'returning to craft' strategy, signing a pair of new agreements to get its beer into 17,000 pubs, bottleshops, restaurants and h
A $400 million lithium hydroxide plant to supply the battery industry will bring highly skilled technical and scientific jobs with it, Premier Colin Barnett said at the facility’s groundbreaking ceremony today in Kwinana.
LandCorp is offering to pay stamp duty of up to $100,000 to purchasers of land at 23 of its industrial estates across Western Australia, in its latest effort to stoke sales.
Pool and spa maintenance franchise Poolwerx Corporation has taken home two top accolades at the Franchise Council of Australia’s Excellence in Franchising Awards.
Automation is making some real changes in the workplace, but it’s the next generation of robotic technology that will really challenge our ideas about people and employment.
Working on trading relationships has benefited two nominees in the upcoming state exporter awards, while recently negotiated trade agreements will also boost business.
Perth-based contractor Macmahon Holdings has flagged a hit to its earnings for the year after terminating its contract in Nigeria and incurring losses at Newcrest Mining’s Telfer gold mine in WA.
Vocus Communications boss Geoff Horth has survived a proposal to remove him from the helm of the firm by Perth venture capitalist Anthony Grist and Vocus founder James Spenceley.
Thousands of aggrieved Slater & Gordon shareholders will be represented in a $250 million-plus class action against the law firm for wrongdoing including allegedly "blindsiding" them with bad news.
The Australian dollar is hovering at a three-week low as the US greenback found support among investors following falls in global equity markets and oil prices.
Oil prices have retreated from one-year highs, after OPEC said it was trying to reach a global agreement to cap production for at least six months amid doubts about how much that would reduce a crude glut.
Slumping crude prices and a dour start to Wall Street's corporate earnings season have pulled down US and European equities, while the dollar hit an eight-month high on increasing bets US interest rates will rise in December.
Rio’s iron ore boss blasts Grylls in letter to workersRio Tinto’s iron ore boss has warned WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls’ mining tax plan would “seve
Western Australian gas producers shipped 2.2 million tonnes of LNG in September as quarterly exports were up 45 per cent nationally on last year, according to consultancy EnergyQuest.
