Aquila Resources and its joint venture partner AMCI have ended up in a legal dispute after failing to reach agreement on plans for a new port in the Pilbara for their proposed iron ore project.
Analysts at CommSec have forecast iron ore prices to fall by 25 per cent this year as Chinese consumers push for lower prices after being squeezed over the past five years.
The sharp deterioration in the Australian dollar has ensured the country's goods are more competitive on the international front as exports record the largest annual increase in over 34 years.
The Australian share market slumped to a five-year low as bank and resource stocks were weighed down by continuing concern about the health of the global economy following the release of economic figures from Asia.
It was a mixed December quarter for iron ore miners Murchison Metals and Mount Gibson Iron, as demand for the commodity lowered one miner's shipments but raised the other.
Brokerage Hartleys has started coverage of Woodside Petroleum, rating the oil and gas giant as a Buy as the company gets ready to report its most profitable year ever.
Western Australian companies ranging from conglomerate Wesfarmers to juniors Ironbark Gold and AnaeCo have returned to the markets with a vengeance in a bid to tap fresh capital.
As companies take stock of the global financial crisis, the securities watchdog has reminded listed entities of their obligations to announce any material difference to financial results.
Gold miner Resolute Mining has raised a further $6 million through the placement of shares not taken up in the previous rights issue, as total gold production fell 10 per cent in the December quarter.
As the fallout from the Ravensthorpe mine closure starts to unravel, the state's resources lobby group says mining companies are doing all they can to prevent further job losses.
Conglomerate Wesfarmers says it expects a lower dividend for the third consecutive year as it launches a heavily discounted rights issue to raise nearly $3 billion to help pay down debt from its $20 billion Coles acquisition.
Shares in Anvil Mining have closed up 27 per cent after it reached a deal with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo over its Dikulushi and Kinsevere mines.
Perth-based leisure technology firm V3 has been awarded a state government tender to provide online booking technology for Tourism Western Australia's website.
Cooper Energy says it is well placed to achieve record production for the 2009 financial year as it reports a 17 per cent lift in oil production for the December quarter.
Azure Capital managing director Michael Minosora has joined the executive team at Fortescue Metals Group as part of a reshuffle in a bid to sustain operations in the current economic climate.
Paladin Energy has exceeded production capacity at its Langer Heinrich uranium mine for a second consecutive quarter as it extends its takeover bid for Fusion Resources.
Great Southern says it will pursue other interested parties for the sale of a Queensland forestry estate after a private international timber fund pulled out of a $23 million deal.
Premier Colin Barnett has reportedly indicated the government could buy back some houses in the Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun areas following BHP Billiton's decision yesterday to close its nickel operation.
Newcrest Mining, Australia's biggest gold company, has delivered a drop in gold production during the second quarter and cut full year production forecasts for its Telfer mine in Western Australia.
Wesfarmers has launched an equity raising to raise a minimum of $2.8 billion, comprising a three for seven accelerated pro-rata non-renounceable offer, at $13.50 per share.
WESTERN Australian companies from the design, innovation and culinary industries are making their presence felt at the G'day USA campaign, currently under way in New York, Los Angeles and, for the first time, San Francisco.
IN a recent research report, my colleagues Rachel Ong and Richard Seymour of the Centre for Labour Market Research, and I investigated aspects of the lives of people living on the federal minimum wage.
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club's theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
Directors Richard Monti and Geoff Brayshaw have been given a combined $30,450 worth of Poseidon Nickel shares in lieu of directors fees, as approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting.
Developers of tourism accommodation are adopting a range of responses to the financial crisis, with some going full steam ahead while others are taking a more cautious approach.
THE state government says it will cut advertising spending by 15 per cent, after campaign and non-campaign advertising increased $20 million in five years under the previous Labor government.
