Ship builder and defence contractor Austal has upgraded its after-tax profit guidance for the 2012-2013 financial year to between $35 million and $40 million.
Silver Lake Resources has deferred the development of its underground Caustons mine at its Murchison gold operations for approximately 12 months due to a tumbling gold price.
While the salary packaging sector, tax advisers and automotive manufacturers are up in arms about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed changes to the fringe benefits tax deductions for vehicles, the two largest car retailers have said the changes will not significantly affect their businesses.
The Environmental Protection Authority has signed off on a port expansion proposal for Bunbury that could lift coal exports to 15 million tonnes per year, almost double the current overall export capa
Perth mid-tier accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron has increased its focus on the Queensland market by merging with MHM Accountants in Brisbane.
The deal which will see 30 staff from MHM join RSM Bird Cameron is the most recent of several acquisitions after RSM acquired businesses in Port Lincoln, South Australia and Ballarat, Victoria.
Rio Tinto has boosted its global iron ore production to a record level during the June 2013 quarter, as it reviews new options to achieve its growth target at its Pilbara operations. Rio has also disclosed the high cost of a legal dispute with Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting.
Analytical testing services group ALS will spend nearly $600 million on two acquisitions to increase its exposure to the growing oil and gas industries.
Minotaur Exploration has announced an agreed takeover offer for Perth-based Breakaway Resources and the establishment of two new joint ventures to fund exploration of Breakaway's tenements.
The printing business has made headlines recently for redundancies and corporate failures, but not everyone is pessimistic about the sector as new technology and competition from the internet change t
Poseidon Nickel has hailed new drilling results at its Windarra nickel project and outlined plans to resume drilling in coming months, which meant it expected to re-engage contractors who had finished
Construction has started on a $20 million apartment building in Mindarie, after the developers acquired the land at one-third of its previous sale price.
The City of Joondalup has selected UK-based firm Seven Capital to enter negotiations to build the city’s biggest commercial and residential development.
Three major infrastructure projects heralded by Premier Colin Barnett in the March state election as top priorities have been ranked in Infrastructure Australia's latest report as being in their early
Perth builder Gavin Construction has officially ceased trading, capping off a horror month that has seen six significant Western Australian businesses in contracting, engineering and mining fall into administration or receivership.
Difficult to define but becoming impossible to ignore, the Australian METS sector – made up of mining equipment, technology and services companies – has emerged from the mining boom as a leader in tec
Major investments in Latin America by some of the world's biggest miners have provided a number of mining services companies with the opportunity to get a toehold in the region.