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Mermaid Marine Australia has won a contract, worth up to $500 million, to provide support services to Inpex's Ichthys liquefied natural gas project.

Azure Capital's return to management consulting is an exercise in post-boom diversification.

Steep falls among Australia's biggest miners have pushed the sharemarket lower after weak Chinese trade data lead to a fall in commodity prices.

Uranium explorer Peninsula Energy has raised $5 million in a share placement to asset manager JP Morgan.

Northern Star Resources is planning one more acquisition after two recent purchases and an “aggressive” strategy made it Australia's fifth largest ASX-listed gold producer.

Kresta Holdings chief executive Jules Di Bartolomeo has left the company following a restructure under which the chairman of one of its major shareholders will be appointed as managing director.

Chevron Australia and the state government have signed a landmark deal to boost residential development in Onslow, near Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

Premier Colin Barnett will be forced to undertake another cabinet reshuffle in the lead up to May's state budget after the resignation of Treasurer and Transport Minister Troy Buswell.

Germany's Hochtief has moved to boost its stake in construction giant Leighton Holdings and shake up the company's board.

The Australian share market has opened lower in the wake of disappointing Chinese trade data and escalating concern over Ukraine.

Wall Street stocks have finished mixed as a better-than-expected US jobs report helped offset anxiety over Ukraine that sent European equities lower.

The production phase of the resources boom is likely to put upward pressure on the dollar and therefore the manufacturing sector.

Gold and silver futures have dropped as investors come to grips with the prospect of continued stimulus reduction by the Federal Reserve in the wake of better-than-expected US employment data.

The Australian dollar is lower as more worries about tensions between Russia and Ukraine overshadow positive US economic data.

Mining and engineering contractors were the biggest losers today when the S&P Dow Jones rebalanced all of its Australian indices, with RCR Tomlinson one of the few to buck the trend.

Chevron is well known as the company behind two of Australia's largest resources projects, but today the oil and gas giant released data indicating it is also one of the country's biggest inve

Commercial real estate agency Colliers International has set a Perth CBD record for strata sales, with the $5.4 million sale of an office at 160 St Georges Terra

The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council says funds from a likely Native Title agreement with the state will provide its members with a much-needed boost for business development.

New Standard Energy has reported a profit of $1.2 million for the half financial year ended December 31, with an income tax benefit helping shift its performance back into the black.

At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.4 points, or 0.3 per cent, higher at 5,462.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.3 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 5,477.0.

Emerging Perth-based oil and gas explorer WHL Energy has recorded an improved financial position, although still a loss, this half financial year.

Finbar Group has unveiled plans to build an apartment tower in South Perth with an expected final value of more than $100 million.

WA has become a more attractive jurisdiction for the resources sector, but more can be done.

Wild Bakery isn't the kind of place you might stumble upon in the lunchtime scramble for a sausage roll and sweet pastry.

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens said while inflation is not quite as low as it might have looked six to 12 months ago, he does not believe it is accelerating to the extent a literal reading of the latest data might suggests.

The S&P 500 Thursday jumped to a new record high on a mixed day for stocks as investors looked ahead to Friday's monthly jobs report.

The public has a poor opinion of politicians but seems loath to pay more if it meant attracting better candidates.

Gold prices have risen while palladium has set a fresh 11-month high after tensions between Russia and the West escalate.

The Australian dollar continues to climb after a series of stronger-than-expected economic data boosts confidence in the local economy.

Iron Ore Holdings has announced its development partner mining services company Mineral Resources has begun construction on its Iron Valley Project.

The four major industrial precincts in Kwinana, Cockburn and Rockingham, known as the Western Trade Coast, contributed more than $14.7 billion to the state's economy in 2013, making it the mos