The use of renewable energy in the mining sector is being given a boost, with the federal government and Alinta Energy jointly funding a $200 million solar facility that will help to power Fortescue Metals Group’s iron ore mines.
Former deputy prime minister Julie Bishop has urged Australia to act as a voice of moderation on international trade, criticising the US for exacerbating threats to the rules-based world order.
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The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia’s latest data has confirmed the dire market for Perth’s homeowners, but Floreat, Karrinyup and Mindarie were among the handful of suburbs to record a positive median price shift.
A team of Western Australian entrepreneurs is preparing to launch a new brewery designed to create employment opportunities for Aboriginal people, with proceeds from one of its beers to support returned servicemen and women.
Continued Chinese investment into Western Australia could hinge on a fair outcome in the long-running dispute between CITIC Pacific and Clive Palmer's Mineralogy, according to Consul General Zhihua Dong.
Seven West Media has announced an agreement to acquire regional TV broadcaster Prime Media, while the Kerry Stokes-chaired company will also divest its radio assets in Western Australia to Southern Cross Austereo.
BHP shareholders are poised to reject a motion urging the world's biggest listed miner to suspend membership of some industry bodies judged to be at odds with goals to tackle climate change.
Oil prices rose about 1.0 per cent overnight after draws in US fuel inventories but gains were capped by a larger-than-expected rise in crude stockpiles and a series of weak economic figures.
Gold rose overnight as weak data from the United States rekindled fears of an economic slowdown and as concerns surfaced over possible risks to a new Brexit deal while supply-squeezed palladium continued its record run.
The Supreme Court has rejected the final bid from Perth mining executive Derek Ammon to have the Raffles Hotel bar closed at night over noise complaints.
A Perth business running a collaborative farm management system will chalk up 10 years as one of the world’s key players in agricultural software this month.
Western Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points in September to 5.7 per cent, marking the fourth month in a row the rate has remained below 6 per cent.
Central Earthmoving has secured a contract for the construction of 4.5 kilometres of new carriageway and new traffic lights on the Great Northern Highway.
BHP says it will make a final investment decision on its long-delayed Jansen potash project by early 2021, and announced its South Flank iron ore project is now half complete.
Shares in Northern Star Resources slumped today following the release of a quarterly update for its Pogo mine in Alaska, but the gold miner has assured investors that the weak results from the highly-touted operation were expected.
Altura Mining has announced plans to raise approximately $21.5 million through a rights issue to primarily fund works on its flagship lithium operation in Western Australia.
Woodside Petroleum is priming itself to begin design work on its $30 billion Browse LNG project by the end of the year, and has reiterated its intention for a final decision on construction during the first half of 2021.
Oil rose about 1.4 per cent overnight, gaining support due to signs that OPEC and allied producers will continue to curb supplies in December, a weaker US dollar and as traders covered short positions ahead of an industry report on US crude inventories.
Gold rose overnight on concerns that a US House vote on Hong Kong could hamper trade negotiations between the country and China and as investors awaited a key Brexit summit but bullion's gains were overshadowed by deficit-hit palladium as it again set a record.
