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The Australian share market has opened higher after the US market lifted on the back of a solid earnings report from Citigroup and encouraging retail sales data.

Rio Tinto produced and shipped less iron ore during the first three months of 2014 after bad weather affected its ports and mining operations in Western Australia.

Crude oil prices have marched higher as traders keep a wary eye on escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine and the prospects of resumed Libyan oil exports.

The Australian dollar is back above 94 US cents, helped by some slightly better-than-expected US retail spending figures.

The Australian market looks set to open higher after decisive rises on Wall Street following better-than-expected retail sales figures.

Managing community relations is proving a major challenge for oil and gas companies, and there's a lot of goodwill to claw back.

More than $2 million is expected to be spent at businesses in and around Fremantle over the Easter long weekend as a direct result of the Fremantle Street Arts Festival.

Rio Tinto is tipped to beat rival BHP Billiton on iron ore growth in their latest quarterly updates, but the latter's petroleum division should make up for that.

Aquila Resources says it has resolved its differences with joint venture partner Vale, with the two parties agreeing to the settlement of a long-running legal dispute related to their Eagle Downs coking coal project.

Labor says it will hold the Abbott government to its election promise to make no changes to the age pension ahead of next month's budget.

Supermarket giant Woolworths breached an agreement it had with the competition watchdog over its fuel discount scheme, the Federal Court has found.

The share market has suffered one of its biggest falls of the year so far as investors worry about the performance of US companies and instability in Ukraine.

Perth-based surveying firm Asphar Survey Group has appointed administrators to one of its key subsidiaries, with difficult trading conditions forcing the company to restructure its operations.

More than a decade of 40under40 winners represent the changing face of new business in WA.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's mid-tier builders are sharpening their focus on specialised areas to ensure they fend off growing interest in local construction projects from eastern states-based companies.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state's major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what's considered among Western Australia's most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.

West Perth-based junior African Energy Resources has announced plans to raise $4.5 million through a share placement and rights issue to advance its coal and power projects in Botswana.

Civil construction activity in Western Australia is set to fall by about 25 per cent over the next five years as a number of major resources projects are completed, according to a new report by forecaster BIS Shrapnel.

Coalspur Mines has dumped Forge Group's still-active North American business as its preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor, as the fallout from the failed engineering company's collapse continues.

One of Perth's largest apartment projects by value is due to be launched in coming weeks in Rivervale, testing demand and pricing in what has become a development hot spot.

Nothing can be ruled out in the search for information of the missing Malaysian Airlines jet.

The Australian share market is lower after a fall in technology stocks continues to cause a wider sell-off on Wall Street.

Palladium futures have closed at their highest level in two-and-a-half years, while platinum has neared a four-week high as escalating tensions between Russia and the West and continued mine-worker

The Kuwait National Petroleum Company has signed contracts worth $US12 billion ($A12.79 billion) with three international consortia to upgrade two refineries and invited bids to build a new multi-b

The Australian dollar is higher, supported by optimism about the local economy and the possibility of the euro zone getting more economic stimulus.

The state government will take on the management of Western Australia's performing arts venues, including His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of WA and Perth Concert Hall, squeezing out

Buru Energy has announced a major change in its Canning Basin exploration program after disappointing early results, saying today it was looking to release the specially-built rig it had contracted to use this year.

The owners of the Karara iron ore project have transfered Gindalbie Metals boss Dale Harris to a chief executive role at Karara Mining, in an apparent bid to bring the trouble-plagued project back on track.

Dio Wang will resign as managing director of mining explorer Australasian Resources before taking up his Western Australian Senate seat for the Palmer United Party.

Cassini Resources has raised $10 million via a share placement with the proceeds earmarked for exploration activities its recently acquired West Musgrave nickel project.

Under-fire Western Australian senator-elect Joe Bullock says he was surprised when a key union affiliated with Labor said he should step down over controversial comments, labelling the attack "wrong" and "silly".

A shake-up in Western Australia's dairy industry may be set to deliver for local stakeholders, but the broader sector is unimpressed with free trade commitments made with South Korea and Japan.