Emerald Clinics and Little Green Pharma have both completed their initial public offerings ahead of stock market listings this month, with Emerald getting ready for its ASX debut tomorrow.
Shares in Northern Star Resources have continued their steady recovery back towards record levels after the gold miner reported improved half-year profits, declared higher dividends and foreshadowed further growth.
The state government has appointed an industry reference group to develop a growth plan for WA's health and medical life sciences sector to be chaired by Peter Klinken.
Electricity provider Horizon Power has been fined $40,000 for incorrect work in Kununurra, causing a fire and telecommunications equipment at various properties to become potentially unsafe.
New housing finance data is painting a positive picture for Western Australia's residential property sector, with both the value and the number of loans increasing in the last three months of 2019.
Rio Tinto has contracted New Zealand business Scott Technology to build an automated mine site laboratory for its Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Telecommunications provider Norwood Systems has announced it will deliver value-added mobile network services to New Zealand telco Spark, in what the company is positioning as the first step in a strategy to provide its own network to telecom service providers.
CIMIC Group's specialist business UGL has secured $450 million in oil and gas contracts, including with Chevron for work at its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities in Western Australia.
Primewest is diversifying its portfolio into agricultural assets, fresh from announcing it would spin-out five office properties in Perth and Brisbane into a new ASX-listed trust.
Suncorp's net profit from continuing operations fell 7.2 per cent to $348 million during the first half, weighed down by a surge of bushfire and hailstorm claims.
Oil prices fell overnight to their lowest level since December 2018 on weaker Chinese demand in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and as traders waited to see if Russia would join other producers in seeking further output cuts.
The price of gold rose to its highest level in a week on Monday as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed and investors sought safe haven from the economic impact.
PSC Insurance Group has purchased Perth-based Ultimate Safety Solutions Australia (USSA) and the majority of shares in Eden Software, which owns USSA's SafeX technology, for an upfront payment of $700,000.
Julian Wright has commenced legal action in the Supreme Court, claiming he was defrauded when he sold his share of the family company to his siblings, 'rich listers' Angela Bennett and the late Michael Wright.
Developers have made progress on a pair of near-city apartment projects, with construction starting on a $15.5 million complex in Highgate by Momentum Wealth, while Willing Property has secured approval for its Clifton & Central project in Mount Lawley.
Specialist manufacturer LicenSys has received a $38 million contract renewal with Western Australia's Department of Transport for the supply of vehicle number plates.
Kalgoorlie-based Hampton Mining and Civil Services has secured an early works contract for Mincor Resources' Cassini nickel project in Western Australia's Kambalda district.
Goldminer Ramelius Resources has lodged a $208 million takeover offer for Spectrum Metals, after Spectrum settled its disputes with Venus Metals Corporation in relation to the acquisition of the Penny West gold project in Western Australia.
The state government has today pledged to spend $2 million promoting regional tourism and $8 million on aviation, as it ramps-up its response to the worsening coronavirus outbreak.
Ascot-based GR Engineering Services has been contracted to build a sulphide flotation and processing plant for Galena Mining's base metals project in Western Australia.
OPINION: Western Australia's lithium boom, which ran out of steam last year, will not be returning soon given the nationwide slowdown in China as it battles to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Alicanto Minerals has exercised its option to acquire Zaffer Australian which owns the Oxberg and Naverberg Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Projects within the highly endowed Cu-Au-Zn-Pb-Ag Bergslage
Boral boss Mike Kane has announced he is standing down after the company confirmed staff at its North American windows business had inflated earnings figures over a 20-month period.
JB Hi-Fi's Christmas has proven music to investors' ears, with strong summer sales and online growth helping the electronics retailer shake sector-wide softness and post a record first-half profit.
Oil prices fell 1 per cent on Friday as Russia said it needed more time before committing to output cuts sought by other large producers while the coronavirus outbreak fanned worries about global crude demand.
