Perth-based contractor Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a 34 per cent slide in profit to $4.1 million for the six months to December, with the company facing challenging and competitive conditions in the sector.
Fly-in, fly-out workers are increasingly afraid to report mental health issues because they don't want to be made redundant by struggling mining companies, a Western Australian parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Cedar Woods Properties says a strong second half to the 2015 financial year should produce another record profit result, with the Perth-based developer increasing its full-year profit guidance to $
Shares in Canada-focused coal developer Coalspur Mines surged after the company announced it had received a $15 million takeover proposal from KC Euroholdings.
Retail developer Hawaiian has purchased Forrestfield Forum & Marketplace from its Singaporean owners, in a deal understood to be worth around $40 million.
Shares in Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings have soared on the firm's plans for a share buy-back and despite a 74 per cent drop in first-half profit to $68.4 million.
The market has opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates.
CBH Group is set to invest $1.1 million in solar energy, commissioning Energy Made Clean to engineer and build power stations at three of its facilities across the state.
Oil prices have slipped as traders estimated a key report will show another increase in US crude inventories that already are at record levels, exacerbating the global oversupply.
Gold prices fell to the lowest level in almost two months on Tuesday after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen waxed positive about the economy's performance, even as she appeared to temper any expectations of an imminent rate increase.
Healthway chair Rosanna Capolingua has resigned from her role on the agency’s board, following a Public Sector Commission report that unveiled an extensive misuse of tickets and hospitality by its board and senior staff.
Western Australia's grain production could be valued at $10 billion annually by 2025, under a new strategy launched today by the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia.
Perth-based waste management company Tox Free Solutions has posted a 30 per cent boost in first-half profit to $12.4 million on the back of improvements in its industrial services operations.
A Curtin University spin-off company has been awarded $5.2 million in a federal grant to develop a biofuel project that has the potential to reduce diesel costs in rural areas.
BHP Billiton has scrapped the sale of its US Fayetteville shale assets in the face of weak oil prices, less than four months after it was announced, and announced big cuts to its capital spending.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher, boosted by what investors considered a good financial result from BHP Billiton despite a big drop in the global miner's profit.
Shares in Perth-based contractor Brierty slumped after it announced a 7 per cent slide in first-half profit to $4.06 million, as competitiveness ramps up in the sector.
Treasurer Mike Nahan has reiterated the state government’s commitment to return to surplus by 2016-17, but has pledged not to do it by hitting families or businesses, at today’s Business News Success and Leadership breakfast.
Subiaco-based gold producer Northern Star Resources will become Alchemy Resources’ largest shareholder by purchasing the company’s Hermes deposit in the Bryah Basin for $1.45 million.
