More than 200 junior mining and exploration companies would fail to meet new listing requirements the Australian Securities Exchange plans to introduce later this year, a study has found.
Perth-based gold stocks Blackham Resources and Red 5 are a step closer to commencing major new developments after completing feasibility studies and receiving final approvals.
IMX Resources spin-off Graphex Mining has enjoyed a strong ASX debut, with its shares trading 80 per cent higher than its initial public offer raising price.
Indian businessman Pankaj Oswal misappropriated more than $150 million in company funds for his Perth homes, a vegetarian restaurant chain, luxury cars and planes, a court has heard.
Shares in marine services business MMA Offshore were lower after the company warned of a profit reduction and no reprieve in the coming financial year.
Wall Street has stumbled for a third straight session as tech stalwarts Microsoft and Apple dragged on indexes and investors braced for major economic and political events in the United States and Europe.
Gold rose for the fourth straight session and hit its highest since mid-May on Monday, driven by rising investor risk aversion before central bank meetings this week and Britain's June 23 vote on whether to leave the European Union.
World stock markets have fallen, while the safe-haven yen firmed amid concerns that Britain may be on the verge of voting to leave the European Union in a referendum that is two weeks away.
Labor, Libs leave $60b health holeBoth sides of politics now face a hospital funding ‘‘black hole’’ of more than $50 billion – or will have to revisit lifting the goods an
It's the end of the beginning for what had been Western Australia’s only remaining major iron ore project under construction, Citic Pacific’s Sino Iron, according to chief executive Chen Zeng, as the final two of six magnetite ore processing lines enter production.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA’s economic slowdown hasn’t led to the dramatic rise in insolvencies many had expected, according to leading industry representatives.
The Australian stockmarket was spared volatile trading today thanks to a public holiday in the eastern states, as Asian stocks fell the most in more than four months and the Japanese yen jumped as risky assets took a hammering.
Big private car retailer DVG Automotive Group has released its results for the 2015 financial year, showing a tightening economy had not significantly hit its sales ahead of the sale of a majority stake to Japanese interests.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia has partnered with some of the state’s biggest resources players to launch a pilot training framework to improve safety in the workplace.
Prominent corporate adviser John Poynton, former mining executive Bill Turner, and Supreme Court judge Carmel McLure are among the Western Australian luminaries to receive honours as part of this year’s Queen’s Birthday awards.
Techboard has named Velpic as its top trending company this fortnight, with the eLearning platform undertaking a capital raising and signing its first sporting and hospitality client.
The chairman and co-chief executive of a Melbourne-based toy company has become the first Australian to be selected as global winner of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Julian Hanna has announced his retirement from the board of nickel miner Western Areas, after serving as its inaugural managing director for over a decade and then taking on a non-executive role.
The state government has launched a new advertising campaign to further promote Western Australia as a thriving tourist destination for domestic and overseas travellers.
Two new technology companies listed on the ASX today, led by LiveHire, which is backed by Perth business figures Adam Zorzi, Michael Haywood and Antonluigi Gozzi.
Perth-based Energy Made Clean has completed its first major project under its alliance with New Zealand power utility Infratec, with the installation of a battery energy storage system (BESS).
An increase to the minimum wage announced today will mean Western Australian businesses pay roughly $20 per week more for mimimum wage workers than their eastern states counterparts, while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA warns it will have a flow-on effect on employment.
Investors have punished local agribusiness Wellard for announcing another downgrade to its profit outlook, which could be as little as half of its original estimate.
