Mining companies operating in Western Australia’s Mid-West are in talks with the proponents of a $2 billion astronomy project to try and resolve potential conflicts.
THE Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has called on industry and government to work together to help improve the international competitiveness of Western Australian businesses to boost their chances of winning work on major projects.
EMBROILED in home loan wars for the past few months, the nation’s major banking institutions have turned their attention to business banking during the past week.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Andrew Forrest says he hopes to appeal a decision by the Federal Court that found he made misleading claims about infrastructure deals that never came to fruition.
APP Corporation is looking to expand its business in the state’s north-west after being appointed as project manager for Stage 1 of LandCorp’s Gap Ridge industrial estate in Karratha.
A NEW study by a high-profile think tank has found Western Australia is one of the best-managed states, but says it can largely thank the resources boom for THE good outcome.
Western Australia’s struggling hardwood timber industry has been given a glimmer of hope after sawmill operator Whittakers Timber Products struck a deal with the state government that will help it increase production and employment.
THE directors of Perth-based exploration company Ashburton Minerals have taken up their entitlement under the company’s recent non-renounceable entitlements issue.
