Grange Resources says it will close its Port Latta iron pellet plant in Tasmania for four weeks as Bluescope Steel cancels a further four contracted shipments.
The viability of the state's beef processing industry is in doubt after a breakdown in talks between troubled red meat exporter, Harvey Beef, and its employees.
The company behind a planned $3.5 billion urea plant near Collie hopes to secure financing from banks by early next year as it reveals a 25-year deal with coal supplier Griffin.
The City of Cockburn has elected a new mayor, Logan Howlett, after the resignation of Stephen Lee two months ago prompted an extraordinary mayoral election.
Some 17 Western Australian listed companies, ranging from carbon sequestrian firms to beer manufacturers, have been added to the All Ordinaries list as Standard & Poor's rebalances Australian stock indices.
Mirabela Nickel says that uncertainty over a planned $US133 million equity capital raising has cast significant doubt over its ability to continue operating.
ABC 720's Eoin Cameron has taken the top spot in the breakfast radio slot while Triple J has substantially lifted its audience share in the latest radio ratings survey by Nielsen.
Nomad Building Solutions has secured contracts worth nearly $30 million from Woodside Petroleum for the construction of two housing lots in the Pilbara, which will house workers for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
Building approvals in Western Australia have nearly halved over the past year as the latest January figures solidifies the property slump in the state.
The turn in global markets has prompted Reindeer gas project owners Apache Energy and Santos to re-tender contracts, with Clough today awarded a substantially smaller contract compared to the $460 million deals it won last year.
COMMODITY exports are forecast to fall by 17 per cent in the 2010 financial year but farm export earnings are tipped to rise over the next two years, a report for the nation's commodities forecaster says.
THE possible closure of one of the state's largest integrated pallet manufacturers, Pinetec, could prove to be a boon for the local industry with one player keen to keep jobs in Western Australia.
TWO Japanese companies will buy into the Lake Maitland uranium project in Western Australia after owner Mega Uranium sold a 35 per cent stake for $77 million.
The office vacancy rate in Perth's central business district is projected to rise to 12 per cent in two years, and climb even higher under a worst case scenario, while tenants are expected to have more bargaining power, an economic forecaster says.
Eight mining deals done in Western Australia have featured in the top 250 deals completed globally in 2008 as the value of transactions in the country fell 11 per cent.
Gallagher Holdings, controlled by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, has spent close to $2 million increasing its majority stake in Strike Resources to over 19 per cent.
Mirabela Nickel has secured a $US150 million ($A238 million) facility from a consortium of lenders to fund development works at its Santa Rita nickel project in Brazil.
Shares in Catalpa Resources have jumped as high as 56 per cent as the company executes a $67.5 million project financing deal with Macquarie Bank and plans to launch a $30 million capital raising.
Perth-based Tasman Resources has demanded that former joint venture partner WCP Resources pay $713,848 after it declared force majeure on the Lake Torrens project in South Australia.
Brookfield Multiplex has been appointed as the managing contractor for stage one of the Fiona Stanley Hospital under an innovative contract by the state government.
Orbital Corporation founder Ralph Sarich and mining heiress Angela Bennett have been named in the top 100 of an inaugural Green Rich List for their contribution to the environment.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official interest rate at 3.25 per cent, bringing a temporary halt to a series of rate cuts by the central bank that started in September last year.
Shares in Albidon have slumped as much as 43 per cent as the nickel miner places its Munali operation on care and maintenance and lays off some 350 employees and contractors.
Two Japanese companies will buy into the Lake Maitland uranium project in Western Australia after owner Mega Uranium sold a 35 per cent stake for $77 million.
