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Brockman Mining has sold off its limousine business in Hong Kong for about $6 million and used the proceeds to buy Chinese copper assets, as it seeks to focus on its mining interests.

The long-running Subi Centro redevelopment is entering its final phases, with Otan Property Funds Management selected to develop one of the last remaining parcels of land at the historic Australian

Taking on an international industry standard would seem daunting for some, but it's a challenge that's heating things up for one WA chef.

Nomad Building Solutions has placed its Queensland operations on ice and appointed a new chief executive, having earlier moved to wind down its Western Australian-based regional housing and commercial modular building businesses.

Perth-based investment group Bentley Capital has launched a $2.3 million unconditional on-market takeover offer for South Australian minerals explorer Marathon Resources.

Canadian diary giant Saputo has increased its offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter to $449 million, insisting its takeover of the local company would not reduce competition.

Australian shares defied falls on other Asian markets to end the week with a gain.

Mineral sands junior World Titanium Resources has raised $2.6 million and bolstered its board with two new appointments.

The Swan Valley's Feral Brewing has cemented its status as one of the nation's top breweries, with its Hop Hog India Pale Ale winning best beer for the third consecutive year at Beer & Brew

Sandalwood producer TFS Corporation has received about $49 million from a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund to plant 595 hectares of Indian sandalwood at a new plantation in the Northern Territory.

A Fortescue Metals Group mine site in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been evacuated due to a bushfire caused by lightning.

Four of Perth's iconic sporting and community venues are going through major planning and redevelopment projects – but that's where the similarities end.

Governments the world over seem to think they have some skin in the game when it comes to the business of business.

A council representing industry heavyweights including BHP Billiton and Alcoa has thrown its support behind the City of Kwinana's proposal to take over part of the City of Cockburn and assume responsibility for the Kwinana industrial strip.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore and its former contractor HWE Newman Services have been handed a total of $238,000 in fines in relation to the death of a worker at BHP's Yandi mine near Newman five years ago.

Australian shares have opened higher following a positive night on global markets.

BC Iron has posted record production and exports during the September quarter, when shareholders received almost one-third of a dollar per share in a $37 million dividend payout.

Gold futures have climbed to a one-month high, lifted by expectations for continued easy-money policies from the Federal Reserve after a slate of mixed US economic data.

US stocks have risen amid a mixed bag of earnings reports, as investors punished underperforming companies while bidding the overall market higher.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower as traders take profits after the currency's three-week rally.

Weak performance in emerging economies is causing a world economic slowdown this year, but the advanced economies should step it up next year.

The state government has changed a key aspect of its metropolitan freight strategy, scrapping one of three rail projects designed to reduce the number of freight trucks servicing Fremantle harbour.

Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski says he remains wary about floating LNG technology but nonetheless predicts it will become more commonplace unless the costs of onshore developments are reduced.

Australian shares have finished higher, driven by strong gains among the big banks.

Rare earths explorer Northern Minerals struck a 50 per cent offtake agreement with Japanese trading giant Sumitomo Corporation last December – but it was nine months before the deal was announced. The timeframe is indicative of the measured approach taken by the Japanese, according to Northern Minerals managing director George Bauk.

Chinese interest in Australian property and resources may be in the spotlight, but Japan still has a significant foothold, particularly in WA.

John Hughes has convinced a lot of people to buy his cars over the years, but will investors be similarly enthused about his plan to float the business?

Non-mining investment is at levels not seen since the 1990s recession but a falling Australian dollar, low interest rates and improving business confidence should turn things around.

Northern Star Resources has announced that director Michael Fotios has resigned from the company's board and will take up a position as a consultant to the gold miner.

BC Iron has appointed former BHP Billiton executive Peter Wilshaw as a non-executive director.

ERM Power says it will seek to recover legal costs paid by Empire Oil & Gas for its directors' personal legal actions against shareholders as a showdown between the two companies looms at a general meeting next month.