China has stopped evaluating new investments in Australia until some of its existing projects deliver better returns, according to Gindalbie Metals chairman George Jones.
Premier Colin Barnett has used the official opening of the $2.6 billion Karara iron ore project in the Mid West to announce a royalty rebate to support magnetite developments in Western Australia.
Shares in Australia's Alumina have leapt up after its joint venture partner Alcoa signalled that the aluminium industry had turned around, with a jump in profit.
The impact of disappointing commodity prices on the wider Perth economy has become clear this week with a key annual conference postponed due to low numbers.
Shares in Sundance Resources plunged after resuming trade today, after it officially canned its $1.3 billion takeover deal with China's Hanlong Mining overnight.
Four Filipino men hired to paint two oil rigs off the coast of Western Australia were paid less than $3 an hour for working 12-hour days, a Perth court has been told.
The high costs of compliance with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax are destroying confidence and threaten to push investment offshore, industry leaders have told a Senate committee hearing in Perth.
Perth-based pipes and fitting manufacturer David Moss Group has announced the acquisition of Queensland-headquartered irrigation and draining products supplier PPI Corporation.
Atlas Iron and Brockman Mining have announced the extension of their Pilbara infrastructure study agreement with rail operator Aurizon, after reporting positive results from their initial analysis.
Oil Search's liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea remains on track to deliver its first gas sales next year, despite overall costs blowing out to billion.
Wesfarmers' inexorable shift from its Western Australian roots has continued with the announcement this week that Jennifer Westacott will join its board, ensuring that the Perth-headquartered congl
Federal Labor has accused the coalition of a "staggering backflip" after the opposition signalled it might keep the government's extension of the petroleum resource rent tax to onshore projects.
Silver Lake Resources is embroiled in a dispute with Resource Development Group subsidiary Pacer, after the engineering contractor did not explain why the Murchison gold project's costs had blown o
Central Petroleum has increased its stake in a lightly-explored but highly prospective shale gas play, while at the same time announcing plans to sell off its coal assets for $1.8 million.
The strong three-month rally in Perth company Atrum Coal's share price was halted today, after the company unveiled a 460 per cent increase in resources at its flagship Groundhog anthracite deposit
The head of Australian oil and gas producer Santos has rejected claims one of its major Queensland coal seam gas projects wasn't subjected to a rigorous approval process.
Revenue from the federal government's controversial mining tax is likely to remain modest unless there is a sizeable spike in coal and iron ore prices.
ExxonMobil has submitted plans for a large floating LNG project in Western Australia's Scarborough gas field that it hopes to exploit with BHP Billiton.
USA-based investment house Vulcan Phosphates has emerged as Minemakers' major shareholder, after investing more than $2.5 million in the Perth-based explorer.
