General Mining Corporation shares fell sharply today after the company announced revised terms for the acquisition of an interest in Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin tantalum project near Ravensthorpe.
Home loan approvals were surprisingly strong in April, up 1 per cent, as low interest rates sparked demand for new houses, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Mining giant BHP Billiton's spin-off, South32, has announced it will delay plans to restart operations at its Samancor Manganese joint venture in response to a slide in the price of alloy.
Treasurer Joe Hockey has offered two pieces of advice to solve Australia's housing affordability problem - build more homes and get a good job that pays well.
Gold miner Newcrest Mining had to shut its Lihir operations in Papua New Guinea for 36 hours over the weekend after a dispute with members of the local community.
The $70 million redevelopment of Cloisters Square is complete, with the opening of heralded American-style steak restaurant Chophouse the culmination of a three-year transformation that has repositioned the property from an ageing building to a go-to destination.
The Australian dollar is slightly higher as the greenback weakened overnight and the local currency benefited from the release of some positive Chinese economic data.
RESIDENTIAL investment adviser Momentum Wealth is broadening its offering, unveiling a merger agreement with long-standing commercial real estate agency Mair & Co.
At 25.3 per cent, WA's gender pay gap is the largest in Australia, and is one of four main barriers to women joining boards, according to a new report.
Mining company profits have fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter, taking their decline in the year to March to 25.7 per cent, according to the latest business indicators released by the Austra
Macquarie Capital's Kate Vidgen has been named as the inaugural chair of newly formed oil and gas company Quadrant Energy, which will have six directors representing its three owners – Macquarie, Brookfield Asset Management and Angela Bennett's AMB Holdings.
A Perth researcher has criticised the federal government's hands-off response to a national inquiry into fly-in, fly-out practices, released two years after the House of Representatives standing committee tabled its report and almost four years after an inquiry into FIFO practices was commissioned.
The state government expects about half of local prospectors' program of work applications will be fee-free from the start of July, after it substantially increased the size threshold.
Administrators at Deloitte say collapsed builder Capital Works Constructions may have been trading insolvent from at least June 30 last year, while it had not been paying trades and suppliers on ti
A former Western Power boss, the vice-chancellor of Curtin University, and a former Bethanie chief executive are among this year's local recipients of the Queen's Birthday honours list.
With apprenticeship completion rates below 30 per cent in some industries, the business sector is continuing to push for reforms to vocational education and training.
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Adelaide-based York Civil has won its fourth substantial project in Western Australia since opening its Perth office in 2012, after teaming up with an Italian contractor new to the WA market to win
