Dan Wilkie

Western Australia’s environmental regulator has recommended approval of Murchison Metals’ plans to expand the Jack Hills iron ore mine in the Mid West.

Queensland is expected to produce more liquefied natural gas by 2020 than Australia's total current output, energy economics firm EnergyQuest says.

Mount Gibson Iron has announced a life-of-mine off-take agreement with commodity producer and marketer Glencore International for hematite iron ore from its Extension Hill mine in the Mid West.

Macmahon Holdings says it has bounced back from a disappointing first-half result to lodge a full year profit of $1 million.

Shares in Greenland Minerals and Energy spiked by 20 per cent after the Perth-based explorer announced it had finalised an agreement to acquire the remaining stake it does not already own in its fl

National Hire Group subsidiary Coates Hire says it has entered an agreement to acquire equipment rental counterpart Tru Blu Hire.

Minara Resources has tipped it will book an interim after tax profit of $27 million, down from $40 million in the previous corresponding period.

Internet service provider iiNet has launched a plan to buy back five per cent of its issued capital, after reporting a strong rise in underlying profit and a small dip in net profit.

Property investor BWP Trust has announced an increase of distributable profit of 12.2 per cent for the year to June 30, driven by fast growth in rental incomes stemming from its acquisition of 11 B

Austal has formally signed a $330 million contract with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to build eight new high-speed patrol boats.

Contract miner Macmahon Holdings has announced a series of new deals worth a combined $90 million.

Navigator Resources says it has raised just over $20 million from a rights issue that was restructured twice due to the company's falling share price.

VDM Group shareholders have voted in support of the troubled contractor and consulting group’s plan to raise up to $52 million to return its balance sheet to the black.

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has won a court victory in its acrimonious native title battle with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which appears to pave the way for development

Perth-based oil and gas junior Otto Energy has announced a $US18.7 million deal to increase its stake in the Galoc oil field in the Philippines to 33 per cent.

Planning Minister John Day says he is considering an amendment to further strengthen local government input into his plan to introduce a redevelopment authority to oversee the entire metropolitan a

Mount Gibson Iron will issue its first dividend to shareholders after booking a net profit of $239.5 million for financial year 2010-11, an increase of 81 per cent on the previous year’s results.

Gindalbie Metals says it is in the home straight for the commissioning of its Karara iron ore project in the Mid West, after signing on AGC Industries as its preferred supplier for structural mecha

The owners of the Guildford Hotel have submitted redevelopment plans to the City of Swan that include a small retail complex and fresh food market at the southern end of the site.

The number of company collapses in Western Australia decreased in June from the previous month, while climbing across the nation, in another sign the state is the driving force behind the nation’s

Bankwest has announced a big lift in its cash net profit, raking in $463 million in financial year 2010-11 after lodging a $45 million loss the previous year.

Focus Minerals has increased its stake in Crescent Gold to 62.1 per cent, after finalising acceptances from Deutsche Bank for its remaining holding in the takeover target, but a new shareholde

Polymetals Mining has sold its Boorara gold project near Kalgoorlie to MacPhersons Reward Gold in a scrip and cash deal worth around $3 million.

Harvey Norman says it will close three of its Rick Hart stores in Western Australia after posting a 1.7 per cent increase in global sales for the year to June 30, earning $6.18 billion.

Shipbuilder Austal has made a push into the resources sector, announcing a $1.5 million modular building joint venture with Nomad Building Solutions.

PLANS by property developer Mirvac to build a $125 million hotel and residential project in Port Hedland will add to the already significant investment in accommodation and infrastructure within th

The state government says the first 18 lots in a 2,700 subdivision near Armadale will be sold from August 20, as part of its initiatives to provide more affordable housing in the metropolitan area.

Prepaid transaction card company Emerchants has launched a new payment card it says will consign petty cash tins to the history books.

West Perth’s ICON Engineering has won a multi-million dollar deal to supply equipment for a new generation of offshore jack-up drilling rigs.

Mining and civil contractor Minepower says it has received a proposal from Atlantic Limited’s subsidiary Midwest Vanadium to provide mining services at the proposed Windimurra vanadium project in t

National insurance law specialist Gilchrist Connell has recruited Minter Ellison's Perth-based insurance team, just days after most of Minter Ellison’s Perth-based partners said they would join US-