Mutiny Gold has signed a memorandum of understanding with GR Engineering Services for the construction of a processing facility at its Deflector copper-gold project in the Mid West.
Local miner Western Areas is extending its exploration program in South Australia, inking farm-in and joint venture agreements with Gunson Resources and Monax Mining.
Premier Colin Barnett has strongly criticised Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, accusing the major iron ore producers of flooding the market and hurting the state.
Shares in Perth-based minerals explorer Talga Resources surged after announcing it would cost $29 million to bring its Swedish graphite mine into production.
The sponsorship role of Healthway will be scrutinised by the state government as Colin Barnett says he's highly embarrassed by what appears to be its censorship of the arts.
How would you go at your job if you had to pay someone else's mortgage off before you received any income? Would that be an incentive to turn up to work?
The unemployment rate rose in September, but economists are taking the figures with a grain of salt after the Australian Bureau of Statistics admitted there were problems with its recent data.
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates.
Gold prices have risen, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting showed the central bank expressing concern about a stronger US dollar and weak economic growth overseas.
Wall Street stocks finished with large gains on Wednesday after traders viewed new Federal Reserve meeting minutes as a sign the US central bank will remain dovish on monetary policy.
Exploration firm Energia Minerals says it has received shareholder approval to place $6 million towards its flagship Gorno zinc project in Italy, with pre-development activities planned to begin within six weeks.
Perth-based marine farming company Cell Aquaculture has cancelled a deal with Noble Rate to buy its Roxy Casino in Cambodia after it failed to source skilled workers and keep up with ongoing reporting procedures.
The death of 174 sheep, believed to be from Western Australia, on an export cargo plane due to a ventilation failure is being investigated by Singapore Airlines.
The huge rise in employment in August and the spike in the jobless rate a month earlier didn't actually happen - the Australian Bureau of Statistics intends to revise most of it away.
Perth-based contractor and surveyor OTOC has obtained approval for an $8.1 million debt facility from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, on top of an $8.2 million facility it was awarded from the CBA last year.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to release $2.2 million into the hands of about 45,000 of its customers who had money left on expired CBA travel money cards.
