Alkane Resources has contracted international engineering group Hatch to provide front end engineering and design works for its Dubbo zirconia project.
Western Australia's peak business group has forecast an easing in economic growth in Western Australia in the current financial year to 4.5 per cent, a decline from five per cent previously tipped.
New Energy Corporation has shifted its waste to energy projects into gear by contracting the Australian arm of US-based engineering company Kiewit to handle design and construction for two plants worth about $330 million.
Padbury Mining has sought another extension to its suspension from trading, saying it needs more information from its mystery backer to determine whether they have the capacity to provide a massive $US6.47 billion ($6.89 billion) funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.
Oil prices in New York have finished essentially flat as a bearish US oil inventory report offset concerns that rising political tensions in Ukraine could affect energy supplies.
The City of Subiaco has rebuffed a proposal from the City of Perth to incorporate its key commercial landmarks into the capital city borders while avoiding low-density residential areas.
The state government has secured private funding to build own and operate a 150 megawatt power station in South Hedland which will incorporate infrastructure from a smaller power station that collapsed engineering company Forge Group was building.
West Perth-based gold miner Red 5 has cleared a key regulatory hurdle on the way to resuming production at its mothballed Siana gold mine in the Philippines.
The share market has closed higher as investors were encouraged by good corporate earnings reports from the United States and shrugged off economic growth figures out of China.
Roy Hill Holdings has selected construction project management software firm Aconex to provide its services to the company's iron ore mining project in the Pilbara.
Finally, after decades of dithering and empty promises there is hope the ambitious Oakajee port and rail plan in the Mid West will move beyond the drawing board, not that there will be a ground-breaking ceremony for a few more years.
Property developer Australand is preparing for a possible takeover from fellow developer Stockland which would propel the combined entity to second position on the list of Western Australia's biggest land developers.
Western Australian households will be slugged by next month's state budget because the government "maxed out" spending on big projects and increased public sector wages, the new treasurer warns.
Fortescue Metals Group shipped record quantities of iron ore in the first three months of 2014, despite posting softer production on the back of seasonal wet weather.
Labor's Louise Pratt has conceded defeat in the Western Australian Senate election re-run, while blasting the party for allowing her to be dumped from the top spot on its WA senate ticket.
BHP Billiton has raised its full year guidance for iron ore and metallurgical coal production after achieving record output so far this fiscal year, but has trimmed guidance for petroleum production.
The US dollar has moved little against other major currencies ahead of China's first-quarter GDP data, expected to show further slowing in the world's second-largest economy.
Gold has locked in its largest one-day percentage drop since December as worries about weaker demand from China prompts some investors to reduce their gold holdings.
The Australian dollar has fallen to a one-week low after the release of some disappointing US home builder sentiment data and tensions in the Ukraine escalate.
