Jim Hawtin

Fortescue Metals Group chief Andrew Forrest has signaled an appetite for another high demand commodity, bauxite.

Western Australia’s junior miners continue to secure South African mining assets, many being hived-off by global resource companies in the wake of a recent shake up of that country’s mining laws.

A shipping market riding high on the commodities wave has prompted UK shipper Braemar Seascope Group plc to expand its global presence with the purchase of Australian-based dry cargo shipbroker Seawise Australia for $A8.7 million (£4.6 million).

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A turf war has broken out in recent weeks as Perth’s new Super 14 team looks to negotiate the use of a home ground to play its first season next year and, ultimately after that, a long-term home ground.

Australian sport is littered with expansionary clubs and sports ventures that failed to capture the public imagination, let alone that of potential corporate sponsors.

Perth Glory Football Club hosted a razzamatazz launch early this month to tell its fans and everyone else that the club is back, and better than ever, as a participant in the Hyundai A-League, the new eight-team national competition that will kick off in

It’s no great stretch to suggest that the competition between states to secure major events can often be as intense as the on-field battles.

Western Australia’s oil and gas industry is getting set for one of the global industry’s biggest trade shows, to be held in Perth later this month.