Gold has given up earlier gains after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she expected the central bank to raise interest rates sometime this year but pointed to concerns that US labour markets remain weak.
Loans for new houses have fallen to their lowest level for three and a half years, another sign of slowdown in Western Australia's home building sector.
Local miner Metals X has reached an agreement with Northern Mining to acquire the Georges Reward gold project at Bulong in Western Australia for a cash sum of $4.5 million.
The number of 457 visa applications that require employers to seek Australian workers first could slump to just 25 per cent because of free trade agreements, unions say.
Brookfield Multiplex has completed the non-processing infrastructure facility at Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara, marking the finish of a $270 million workbook at the project.
Several local councils are hoping the state's assets privatisation program will give them control over one of their most significant expenses – the cost of operating street lights.
Telstra has passed the costs of delivering copper wire for new residential developments onto developers, with the charges being described as another blow for housing affordability in Western Australia.
Perth-based gold miner Manas Resources has launched a $4.7 million capital raising plan to fund pre-development work at its Shambesai gold project in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Spot gold has climbed after a recovery in Chinese shares cooled fears of a wider rout in the major bullion consumer while strength in the US dollar kept a lid on gains.
Oil prices have risen after a spate of losses, as a rebound in Chinese stocks somewhat eased concerns about financial turbulence in the world's biggest energy consumer.
Troubled mining group FairStar Resources has been put in the hands of receivers and managers with the appointment of PPB Advisory's Simon Theobald and Melissa Humann.
Resolute Mining has outperformed its own expectations in both production costs and volume, which has more than doubled the company's cash on hand in the final quarter of the financial year.
The Australian share market has rebounded from its early losses due to big gains by the miners, strength on China's market and better-than-expected jobs figures.
To best understand what's gone wrong with Western Australia's iron ore industry you need to start by looking back 12 years, to 2003, when an ambitious Andrew Forrest created Fortescue Metals Group.
Doray Minerals has announced a 15 per cent increase in full-year gold production at its Andy Well gold project, located in the Murchison region of Western Australia.
Global fashion giant H&M says its first Western Australian store will open at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City on August 29, while it also appears to be making progress on opening its planned C
Drilling contractor Swick Mining Services has flagged an impairment of up to $25 million in its full-year result, on the back of troubled times in the mining services sector and the low use of its assets.
The benefits of the nation's mining boom years appear to have benefited those on lower incomes more than initially thought, and the nation is one of the most reliant on income taxes, according to a report recently released by the OECD.
