Rio Tinto says it has received a binding offer from French mineral conglomerate Imersys to buy the mining giant's global talc business for $US340 million ($A341.28 million).
Mining driller Boart Longyear returned to profitability in 2010 but said it was worried about growing labour shortages, which could affect its ability to deliver projects on time.
Treasurer Wayne Swan believes the world economic growth outlook has improved, but he's also warned that oil prices will rise as a result of instability in the Middle East and north Africa.
Rio Tinto has appointed Sinclair Knight Merz as the engineering, procurement and construction management contractor for the expansion of its Cape Lambert port in the Pilbara.
Engineering giant WorleyParsons says it expects higher full year earnings after a dip in first half net profit due to the strong Australian dollar and tight margins.
Entrust Funds Management has called on Aspen Group to shed more light on its position in relation to a series of recommendations the group put to its shareholders earlier this week.
Accountancy firm PwC has signed a ten-year lease agreement with Brookfield Office Properties to occupy 8,500 square metres of office space in City Square.
Shares in Macmahon Holdings slipped after it posted a disappointing first half loss due to a write-down on its joint venture Pilbara rail project with Leighton Holdings.
Perth based Amcom Telecommunications has increased its full year earnings guidance after announcing a 46 per cent increase in half-year net profit after tax of $7 million from its 100 per cent owned operations.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has awarded a $42 million contract for the duplication of a section of Dampier Highway to the Highway Works Albem joint venture.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett is disappointed in Troy Buswell for notching up nine speeding offences in three years but says he doesn't deserve to be dumped as transport minister.
The proposed takeover of Seven Media Group by West Australian Newspapers is evidence of the growing strength of the WA business community, Premier Colin Barnett says.
The adversaries in a heated battle over regulation of the franchising industry in Western Australia have used submissions to a parliamentary inquiry to argue their cases.
Bauxite Resources has been granted 13 additional exploration licenses in Western Australia's Darling Range, which the company says will strengthen its joint venture with China's Yankuang Group.
The state government has announced the first public private partnership in Western Australia's water industry, with Helena Water to fund, build and operate the new Mundaring Water Treatment Plant.
The three Aspen Group directors subject to a movement to remove them from the company's board have denied claims that the group had lost its way and had underperformed since jettisoning co-founder Angelo Del Borello in June last year.
