Oil prices have tumbled, with the US benchmark dropping 2.1 per cent, as investors weighed a mounting batch of weak economic data from around the world.
US stocks have advanced, extending the prior day's gains after jobless claims increased but overall the data continued to suggest an improving labor market.
The release of a discussion paper on how to fix the electricity market has reignited the debate over whether Synergy and Verve should be split into two separate generator-retailers.
A WA based company which is the world’s only supplier of pharmaceutical grade sandalwood oil has revealed a landmark deal it struck earlier this year was with global dermatology company Galderma.
Mid-tier iron ore miner Mineral Resources has increased its full-year net profit by 28 per cent to $231 million, with the help of a 93 per cent increase in iron ore export volumes.
If a fortune valued at $20 billion is not enough for Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, then perhaps she will be happy with $37 billion that is likely to be her net worth at this time next
Nickel miner Mincor Resources has released its full year results, revealing a net profit after tax of $1.85 million, a turnaround of more than $20 million from the previous financial year.
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has accused the Western Australian government of being asleep at the wheel for not immediately passing on savings from repeal of the carbon tax.
Stonehenge Metals has entered into an agreement to acquire a Protean Energy subsidiary for a cash and share package worth about $1.34 million, to gain access to Protean’s wave energy converter technology.
Former Kogi Iron and Galaxy Resources boss Iggy Tan has been appointed managing director of Australia Minerals and Mining Group, as the company moves to commercialise its High Purity Alumina project in the south-west.
Global Surface Mining has bought an office-workshop property in Welshpool from McMahon Haulage, in a $5.2 million deal brokered by Colliers International.
Perth-based Handley Surveys has been given a $25 million two-year extension to its contract with Bechtel for surveying services to the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project.
Having riled even coalition colleagues with his comments about the fuel tax, Treasurer Joe Hockey is now warning everyone else they may have to swallow tougher budget measures.
The Australian stock market has opened higher following positive leads from Wall Street and a raft of encouraging local earnings results, including telecommunications giant Telstra.
Perth-based explorer Tian Poh Resources has launched an initial public offering to raise up to $6 million, to fund exploration and development of its Mongolian assets.
Producing electricity for Western Australians costs at least 125 per cent more than elsewhere in Australia, according to a newly released state government discussion paper on the largest ever review of the electricity market.
Premier Colin Barnett is waging a "phoney war" by calling for a greater share of the GST, and should be battling with Canberra for more infrastructure funding, federal member for Perth Alannah MacT
Oil and gas firm Coretrack has signed a licence agreement with Specialised Oilfield Services for its core level recorder system technology, which will give SOS exclusive rights to develop, operate, manufacture and sub-license the technology.
The developer behind an $80 million shopping centre proposal at Subiaco’s Station Street Markets has responded to outcry over the loss of the markets by saying such facilities are the responsibilit
