Oil prices edged lower overnight after US President Donald Trump fired national security adviser John Bolton, who took a strident stance against Iran, raising speculation of a return of Iranian crude exports to the market.
Tianqi Lithium has officially started operations at the first lithium hydroxide refinery built outside China, with the company aiming to achieve practical completion of stage one of the Kwinana plant next month, while works on stage two have been put on hold.
The McGowan government has inked its biggest privatisation deal yet, with Landgate's titles register to be operated by a consortium including industry superannuation funds and a Macquarie Group fund, in a deal worth $1.4 billion.
Accolade Wines has sold its Swan Valley winery to the Graeme Yukich-owned Oakover Wines, which is the owner of the neighbouring Oakover Grounds winery.
Investors have welcomed Centaurus Metals' announcement that it raised $10 million via a share placement to underpin an exploration and development program at its recently acquired Jaguar nickel sulphide project in Brazil.
ASX-listed Maximus Resources has reached a $5.2 million sale agreement for its Burbanks gold processing plant in the Coolgardie region, after its previous $5.8 million deal with Adaman Resources fell through.
Farmers are upbeat in west and south of the country after a drop of winter rain, though confidence in the drought-affected eastern states continues to crumble.
Investment group QIC will need to increase its $422 million offer for Pacific Energy, after a consortium consisting of OPTrust and Infrastructure Capital Group lobbed a superior offer to the remote power provider.
The number of women in executive leadership positions across Australia's largest listed companies is slowly increasing according to a new report, with Emeco Holdings, Wesfarmers and South32 the top performers for Western Australia.
Sheffield Resources has raised $18 million via a share placement, in lieu of a bridging loan facility, and to progress the strategic partner process for its Thunderbird mineral sands project.
Oil prices rose about 2.0 per cent on Monday after the new Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, confirmed expectations that he would stick with his country's policy of limiting crude output to support prices.
Gold has fallen to a more than two-week low, briefly breaking below the key $US1,500 support, as renewed risk appetite and gaining US yields outweighed support for bullion from expectations for interest rate reductions by top central banks.
The long-running debate over Brexit is frustrating but there are much larger issues that will shape business and trade opportunities, the lord mayor of the City of London told a Perth business audience today.
Western Australia's peak property industry groups have called for the establishment of an independent body to decide how local governments manage developer contributions.
Perth will soon be home to three venues with a very different type of entertainment - axe-throwing - adding to a growing number of nightlife options offering interactive activities to lure in punters.
Perth residents' median age is up, they share their home with fewer people, but are much more likely to be working and paying off a housing loan than their forebears 70 years ago, a new study has found.
Perth company OncoRes Medical is in the midst of an unusual fundraising campaign, the success of which is tied to the number of clicks on one of its videos on social media (click through to see the video).
Lending to investors and first homebuyers in Western Australia is showing early signs of a rebound from its record slump, according to the latest seasonally adjusted data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Lifeline WA is on its way to meeting its ambitious goal to answer the equivalent of all the state's crisis calls by June 2020, after doubling its volunteer workforce in the past three years to answer a record 32,000 calls last year.
Some of Western Australia's top private schools are feeling the effects of the state's ongoing economic malaise, recording a decline in enrolments in recent years.
Australian Potash's Lake Wells sulphate of potash project is edging closer to production, after the company struck a joint cooperation agreement with Geraldton port owner Mid West Ports Authority.
