World oil prices have fallen as traders eye the imminent resumption of Libyan crude exports and Iraqi output remains unaffected by ongoing fighting in the country.
US stocks have fallen, retreating from last week's records as analysts point to profit taking and predictions from some experts that the market is due for a pullback.
The share price of Perth copper producer Aditya Birla Minerals risen 19.5 per cent on the announcement that its Nifty underground copper mine had been cleared to resume operations.
The state’s biggest home builders are innovating to tackle Perth’s housing affordability issues, but they say alternative construction methods are only part of the solution.
Perth-based explorer Zenith Minerals has acquired 51 per cent interest in Fitzroy Resources’ Rookwood project, with an option to purchase the remainder.
Shares in Perth-based Poseidon Nickel have risen 23.7 per cent after the company agreed to acquire Norilsk Nickel’s Black Swan project near Kalgoorlie for an undisclosed amount.
FEATURE: An investment in each of the 10 largest capital raisings by companies in Western Australia during 2013 would be 14 per cent underwater at current prices, according to research conducted by Business News.
Health workers at Perth's biggest hospitals say they'll walk off the job in a series of rolling stoppages after the state government refused to talk about a new pay offer.
Perth-based oil and gas company Antares Energy has received a fresh $US300 million offer from an undisclosed party for its Permian Basin oil and gas assets in Texas, less than six months after it backed out of a previous sale agreement.
Asian markets have rallied after the United States said its economy created more than a quarter of a million jobs in June, sending Wall Street to new records and boosting the US dollar against the yen.
Norton Gold Fields is poised to succeed in its Bullabulling Gold takeover bid after the Perth explorer begrudgingly accepted the increased takeover offer of 8 cents per share.
