Dan Wilkie

Shares in Perth-based explorer PMI Gold have rocketed after the company revealed a 270 per cent increase in reserves at its flagship Obotan gold project in Ghana.

Global economic uncertainty has had a marked effect on the stockmarket value of Western Australian companies, with Deloitte’s WA index falling 11.9 per cent over the month of September.

Treasurer Christian Porter has called for a 75 per cent floor in goods and services tax grants and a 50 per cent discount to the redistribution of mining royalties in the state government’s submiss

Property statistics released today revealed a mixed bag for the sector, with the total value of home sales plunging over the last financial year, despite a fifth consecutive month of rises in home

Two recent sales campaigns for neighbourhood shopping centres have underlined the strength of the sector in Western Australia, according to Colliers International.

The state’s peak business body and Premier Colin Barnett have taken opposite views on where the state’s economy is headed, as the global economic uncertainty continues to provide mixed signals for

WESTPAC says it is cashing in on opportunities provided by the resources boom, with the launch of two initiatives designed to expand its reach in regional areas.

Perth-based pearl farmer Atlas South Sea Pearl is launching a flagship store in Claremont as it looks to make the transition from producer to retailer.

The state government has lifted the suspension on lead exports from the Port of Geraldton to allow a trial shipment, after a review of operations following a lead scare in December last year.

The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) says despite repeated warnings of skills shortages in the resources sector, geology, mining engineering and metallurgy students are stru

Engineering and infrastructure services firm Downer EDI has been awarded a $142 million contract to carry out electrical work on a resource project in the Pilbara.

Strategic Marine has gotten a leg-up into the growing European wind vessel and passenger ferry markets through a collaborative agreement with UK-based vessel design firm BMT Nigel Gee.

ERM Power and its joint venture partners Empire Oil & Gas and Wharf Resources have signed a gas supply agreement with Alcoa of Australia for gas from its Gingin West and Red Gully gas fields, o

The state environmental watchdog says there was no problem with Magellan Metals' licence to transport lead from Wiluna to Fremantle, but has recommended a series of tough new restrictions to be add

Fixed rate home loans have enjoyed a surge of popularity over September, with first home buyers returning strongly to the market, according to the latest mortgage analysis by AFG.

Acquisitive gold miner Focus Minerals has announced a net profit of $7.6 million, down on the previous year’s $10.6 million due to an increase in costs of production and an uptick in mine developme

Noble Mineral Resources has successfully raised $34.1 million needed to refurbish its three-million tonne per year plant at the Bibiani gold project in Ghana.

Navigator Resources has announced a maiden net profit of $3.04 million for financial year 2010-11, driven by the first full year of production from its Bronzewing gold mine and trial mining at Leon

Perth median house prices have fallen for the 15th consecutive month, dropping a further 2 per cent over August to $450,000, and have been tipped to fall further towards the end of the y

Aquila Resources has secured a $250 million, 12 month interim finance facility as it deals with delays in obtaining the main funding for the $6 billion Anketell Point port and West Pilbara iron ore

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has had an interim victory in its Supreme Court battle with Indian energy giant Lanco Infratech and its subsidiary Griffin Coal, with the court granting a freezin

Six Western Australian businesspeople have made the cut in the latest instalment of BRW’s Young Rich list.

Diversified resources group Atlantic has signed an agreement with Vietnam’s Institute of Mining Science and Metallurgy to evaluate the potential development of a bauxite industry in Vietnam’s centr

Paladin Energy says it has completed the book build for a $68.2 million share placement, putting a $1.20 per share price tag on the capital raising initiative, first announced yesterday.

Perth-based waste management firm Tox Free Solutions has entered an agreement to acquire Port Hedland’s Pilbara Waste for a cash payment of $4.54 million.

The Australian dollar rebounded two US cents, after reaching a 10-month low yesterday, on renewed optimism that world finance leaders were close to a long-term solution to Europe's debt crisis.

Clive Palmer-controlled iron ore hopeful Australasian Resources’ shares have soared after the company announced a funding and development strategy for its Balmoral iron ore deposit in the Pilbara.

Northern Star Resources shares have spiked after the company announced a maiden $16.2 million net profit for financial year 2010-11.

Iron Ore Holdings has offloaded its Koodaideri South iron ore tenements in the Pilbara to Rio Tinto in exchange for $32 million cash plus a 2 per cent royalty payment.

Subsea engineering firm Neptune Marine Services has sold its Henderson-based fabrication division to privately-owned Kempe Engineering for approximately $400,000.

The seemingly never-ending parade of global law firms hitting Australian shores is continuing, with Ashurst’s Asia-Pacific division announcing it will merge with local firm Blake Dawson.

US-based titanium dioxide pigment producer Tronox has acquired South African miner Exxaro’s mineral sands projects; including the Tiwest mineral sands project north of Perth.