Oil prices extended losses overnight after a steep US crude inventory build added to worries about a possible delay in resolving the US-China trade conflict which has hurt global oil demand.
Gold rose overnight on expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve but bullion held a tight range as caution set in with investors awaiting clarity on the central bank's future monetary policy.
Perth-based mining services company Mader Group has recorded annual revenue growth of 46 per cent, to $228.6 million, in its first annual report since listing on the ASX.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will receive an extra $1 billion in federal funding for a 'green bank' to invest in pumped hydro power, batteries, and gas energy projects.
Modec International has been selected to build a floating production platform for the Barossa gas project, beating a consortium of Technip and Samsung, with gas to be piped to backfill the Darwin LNG plant.
Bibra Lake-based Aurora Labs has announced plans to raise $4 million through a placement, primarily to accelerate the commercialisation of its 3D printers.
The state government's stimulus of the apartments sector has been welcomed by industry, but project eligibility and its likely effect on new home builds are being questioned.
Annual inflation inched higher to 1.7 per cent in the September quarter amid signs the lower Australian dollar is helping offset the impact of soft consumer demand.
Woolworths underpaid its employees by as much as $300 million over almost a decade, only discovering it had been keeping the cash when shocked store managers complained they were earning less than their staff.
Oil prices were mixed overnight, paring earlier steep losses as investors focused on signs that US-China trade tensions could ease next month and expectations that US refined product stockpiles declined last week.
Gold fell to a one-week low overnight as hopes for a US-China trade deal buoyed risk sentiment while gold investors will watch how other financial markets react to this week's Federal Reserve meeting at which the central bank is widely expected to cut US interest rates.
Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia have confirmed they are in the early stages of planning new campuses in Perth's CBD, while Murdoch is also partnering with Spacecubed to launch a teaching and events space on St Georges Terrace.
Perth-based Wright Prospecting has confirmed its status as one of the country's most profitable companies, lifting its annual earnings on the back of higher iron ore prices and paying a whopping $172 million dividend to its owners.
Surveying firm Veris Australia has announced the appointment of Michael Shirley as its new chief executive, replacing Brian Elton who led the company in an interim role since October last year.
About 1,500 housing lots will be developed under a deal between the Department of Communities and LWP Property Group announced today, in Casuarina, Forrestdale and Treeby.
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has used a speech in Perth to defend the importance of the mining industry, saying the market should be allowed to determine which projects, including in the coal sector, are able to proceed.
WA is estimated to have the country's fastest growing IT workforce over the next five years with annual growth of 3.2 per cent, according to a report commissioned by the Australian Computer Society.
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has appointed Cliff Lawrenson as its non-executive chairman, after Rick Crabb announced his intention to step down from the role.
Australian Vanadium has signed an option to build a vanadium processing plant at a site east of Geraldton, as it continues to work on a potential mining project.
The Australian Institute of Company Directors has announced EON Foundation chair Caroline de Mori and South Coast Natural Resource Management board member and audit committee chair Joanne Gilbert as the winners of the PwC Director Awards for Excellence in the Not-for-Profit Sector in WA.
