Dan Wilkie

Eastern states tourists have spent a whopping $103 million less in Western Australia in 2010-11, compared to the previous year, according to data released today.

The head of Chinese steel group Aosen Steel has acquired a cornerstone interest in Cleveland Mining Company, taking up $4.08 million of the miner’s recently completed $10.1 million share placement.

A third of Western Australia’s employers say they expect to increase hiring over the next year, but job seekers are still reluctant to head west, according to a new survey.

Australia has joined Europe as the only markets globally to record a significant increase in company collapses over the June quarter, according to a new report.

Hanlong Mining is under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for suspected insider trading activities in the stock of its takeover targets, Perth-based miners Banne

Catalpa Resources and Conquest Mining will be known as Evolution Mining upon completion of their friendly all-scrip merger.

Phoenix Gold has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kalgoorlie Mining Company for the processing of up to 300,000 tonnes per year of ore at KMC’s Bullant gold mill, near Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Cockburn Cement has won a Supreme Court challenge over its licence conditions, and will no longer be required to install pollution control equipment on one of its kilns at its Munster cement plant.

ADG Global Supply has unveiled a new strategic base in Europe, establishing a new office in London to go alongside distribution facilities in London and Antwerp.

Perth-based mine planning solutions provider Scope Systems has announced a partnership with financial planning and reporting software developer Alight LLC.

Perth-based miner Bass Metals says it is seeking to raise a further $8 million, after increasing its debt facility with RMB Australia Holdings by $13 million.

Four projects in regional Western Australia have shared in $32.9 million of Regional Development Australia Fund grants, which add to the flow of money from the state government's Royalties for Regi

Mutiny Gold has taken its interest in the Gullewa gold project to 70 per cent after raising $1.75 million through a share placement to New York-based investors.

Perth-based metals explorer TNG says an initial meeting with the Central Land Council to discuss its plans for the Mt Peake vanadium-iron ore-titanium project in the northern territory was a positi

Resource industry employer group AMMA says a report from the Australia Institute that downplayed the importance of the mining sector to the national economy is “riddled with errors and flies in the

Perth’s domestic airport led all Australian airports for passenger growth in 2010/11, up 9.1 per cent despite the disruptive effects of floods, ash clouds and other natural disasters.

Building and construction company Northerly Group has been appointed to develop a $12.3 million housing project for the City of Perth, in Goderich Street East Perth.

Perth-based drilling technology company Coretrack has signed a $2 million-plus rig services contract with Newcrest Mining for use of its GT3000 drill rig.

Western Australia’s tourism and hotel industries have strongly endorsed the federal government’s plan to extend its guest worker scheme to East Timor, which will be able to send workers to Bro

Perth-based Cortona Resources has received approval from the NSW Planning Commission for the development of its Dargues Reef gold mine, 60 kilometres east of Canberra.

Perth-based waste management technology firm AnaeCo has announced a joint venture with Singapore’s Sindicatum Sustainable Resources to deploy its patented DiCOM system in Asia.

Pankaj Oswal has launched further legal action against PPB Advisory, calling into question the insolvency firm’s release of confidential documents pertaining to Burrup Fertilisers, which could affe

The magnetite iron ore industry says the federal government’s carbon pricing scheme does not provide it with appropriate assistance, and more compensation is required to ensure jobs growth is maint

International tourism to Western Australia is on the rise, new research says, but the head of the state's top tourism body says an increase in business travel is masking the poor performance of the

Port Bouvard has been awarded the top prize in the high density development category by the Urban Development Institute of Australia, for its Oceanique development, near Mandurah.

UK-based bank Standard Chartered has acquired 100 per cent of Adelaide-based Gryphon Partners Advisory, which has advised a host of Western Australia based resources firms fielding takeover offers

The two-speed economy is rearing its head in Western Australia, with corporate insolvencies hitting a record high in July despite solid economic fundamentals in the resources sector.

Linc Energy has taken its stake in Perth-based Firestone Energy to 9.6 per cent, in a share placement deal worth $1.8 million.

Perth-based boutique brewer Little World Beverages has entered a $51 million, three-year conditional debt facility with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Padbury Mining has announced the appointment of former Gindalbie executives Garret Dixon and David Southam to its board of directors, effective immediately.

Global Construction Services has been announced as Probuild Constructions’ preferred contractor for the QEII medical centre car park project.

Newly-listed exploration company Naracoota Resources says surveying activities at its Horseshoe Range gold project in the Kimberley has identified 21 significant anomalies that will help define its