A legal dispute between Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart and two of her children will be heard in private after the High Court ruled in her favour.
TPG Telecom shares have crashed along with those of Vodafone's local joint venture partner after the competition watchdog blocked the communications giants' $15 billion merger.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting appears to have emerged victorious in its $644 million bid to acquire metallurgical coal hopeful Riversdale Resources, after Resource Capital Funds accepted the deal.
A big expansion of lithium production at the Greenbushes mine is a step closer after Talison Lithium was given environmental approval for its plans to lift output to 2.8 million tonnes per annum.
Shares in Perth biotech Orthocell more than quadrupled in value today after the company released positive results from a trial of its nerve regeneration product.
Automotive Holdings Group’s $2.3 billion takeover from rival AP Eagers is set to go through, after AHG urged its shareholders to accept a revised offer from AP.
Oil prices closed at their lowest in about a month overnight as renewed doubts over a US-China trade deal stoked concerns over global growth and on expectations that US crude stockpiles could hit fresh 19-month highs.
Gold prices gained overnight as stock markets weakened after a US threat to hike tariffs on Chinese imports renewed trade tensions and improved demand for safe-haven bullion.
Administrators have been called in to 12 companies under the umbrella of South Perth-based Sterling First, which claims to have a residential property portfolio of $900 million.
The Australian share market has closed up slightly, having given up some of its gains following the Reserve Bank's decision to keep rates on hold for a record 33rd month.
Mont Royal Resources has become just the second Western Australian exploration company to list on the ASX this year, with the help of high-profile directors and ‘family office’ investors.
Canadian contractor SNC Lavalin has announced it picked up work at two gas operations in Western Australia, including design work for a new power station at the Devil Creek gas plant.
OPINION: The stubbornly high level of unemployment – despite a stronger economy – has many worried, particularly as new mining technologies increasingly cut into workforces.
PS Structures, Ertech and WBHO Infrastructure are among contractors that have won $53 million of work from the state government in recent weeks, while PwC has been selected for two major consulting reviews.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has resisted temptation to cut the cash rate from its record low 1.5 per cent, but a move could still be on the horizon after it flagged concerns at the pace at which unemployment is falling.
Fortunately in our country we can be fairly confident that considerations about our energy future factor in direct environmental impacts but should we be going further and considering a wider climate
The electrification of our transport network — a future where electric vehicles (EVs) abound — will be central to a looming shift in how we move around our cities and regions, and how we manage the he
How do decarbonisation, electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and smart devices benefit Western Australia? They all involve modern li-ion battery production using minerals sourced in the state.
Shares in Empired fell as much as 20.5 per cent today, after the company announced it would not have its contract extended for the provision of ICT services for Main Roads Western Australia.
Fenix Resources has formed a strategic alliance with trucking and logistics company Mineheaul, to be led by Craig Mitchell, which the mining company said is a significant step towards the development of its Iron Ridge project.
The battery minerals boom may have captured the public’s imagination, but WA is also at the vanguard of applying batteries and other technologies at the consumer level.
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