Potash West has received $3 million from Chinese backers to help fund a feasibility study for its Dandaragan Trough potash project in Western Australia.
Conservationists say the government's marine park network is a step forward but fails to protect important underwater environments off the West Australian coast.
Who would have thought a three-letter acronym could cause so much angst?It's hardly as if making changes to the make-up of the goods and services tax would be a walk in the park.
Western Australia's big Argyle diamond mine appears destined to shine as a key part of a new company being packaged by mining giant Rio Tinto for listing on the London stock exchange.
The head of the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) says the federal government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to engagement in Asia.
US stocks zig-zagged around the break-even line in volatile trade on Thursday before ending slightly lower, pulled down in part by Walmart's disappointing earnings.
Privately-owned Kalgoorlie-based contractors CPC Engineering and GWH Equipment have won new deals in the Goldfields, from MacPhersons Resources and KalNorth Gold Mines, respectively.
The stockbroker who brought about the demise of Perth firm Hogan and Partners has pleaded guilty to fraudulent activity totalling more than $7 million.
Gindalbie Metals has passed a major milestone at its Karara project in the Mid West, with the first magnetite concentrate produced at the mine this week.
WA small business advisory groups received a boost today with the federal government announcing it will allocate $2.5 million in funding to organisations across the state.
The state government is facing a massive compensation bill after finally agreeing to total responsibility for the property lost when a prescribed burn got out of control in Margaret River las
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has dipped its toe into the onshore gas exploration sector after taking an 18 per cent stake in Melbourne company Oil Basins, which holds acreage in the Cannin
Shares in rare earths miner Lynas have fallen by more seven per cent after Malaysian activists continued legal action against the company's controversial processing plant.
Department store chain Myer has experienced its second consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth but chief Bernie Brookes is remaining cautious about Christmas sales.
Seven Group Holdings managing director Peter Gammell has painted a mixed picture for the diversified media and industrial services group, forecasting a rise in first-half underlying profit for 2012
US stocks tumbled on Wednesday as President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff.
Premier Colin Barnett has defended comments by federal opposition leader Tony Abbott in which he described Liberal MP Ken Wyatt as an "urban Aboriginal".
The Greens say BHP Billiton must be made to prepare a new environmental impact statement (EIS) after indicating new technologies may be used to expand the Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia.
Amid rumours that a Chinese property conglomerate has won the right to develop land in the second stage of the Ord River expansion in the Kimberley, Premier Colin Barnett says he will not reveal wh
