Fortescue Metals Group Ltd will shift its attention from mining its Christmas Creek deposit in favour of developing a 100 kilometre strip of potentially rich iron ore dubbed ‘Solomon’.
Shares in Golden West Resources Ltd surged more than six per cent today after junior explorer Fairstar Resources Ltd launched a scrip-only takeover bid for the emerging iron ore producer.
The Holmes a Court family's Vasse Felix winery business has expanded through the purchase of the Gosatti family's Arlewood estate property and vineyard in Margaret River.
Palandri Ltd’s planned Australian stock market float appears to be gathering momentum, with industry sources revealing the Margaret River winery has appointed a stockbroking firm to advise its listing.
Regular customers of David Coomer’s Star Anise restaurant in Shenton Park will know that the highly acclaimed chef goes to great lengths to source produce (he gets his Glenloth game pigeons flown over from Victoria to Perth).
Growing Alcock Brown-Neaves Group from two building companies to more than a dozen businesses was a matter of identifying opportunities in the market and going after them as they arose, according to the firm’s managing director, Dale Alcock.
It would be easy for the uninitiated to walk past Gwenael Lesle’s French bistro in Wembley and assume it was just another suburban eatery with adequate food and service for a predominantly local clientele.
Dale Alcock and Garry Brown-Neaves have ruled out listing their successful building empire following a recently completed 20-year business plan that is designed to steer the group smoothly through their eventual retirements.
Cazaly Resources Ltd will consider taking its fight with Rio Tinto Ltd over the Shovelanna iron-ore tenement to the High Court of Australia after the Supreme Court of Western Australia dismissed Cazaly's appeal to wrest back control of the tenement.
Evans & Tate creditors today met to form a committee in an attempt to try and recoup $185 million they are owed by the Margaret River winery, although administrator Ferrier Hodgson partner Martin Jones believes the process will be difficult.
Property developer and fund manager Peet Ltd today revealed net profit had jumped 23.6 per cent in the past year largely on the back of its east coast operation as sales prices in Western Australia hit a plataeu.
Iluka Resources Ltd has revealed plans for the phased closure of its South West mining operations after handing down an interim net profit fall of 15.2 per cent due to a stronger Australian dollar and shipment delays.
Western Australia’s gas supplies continue to ignite debate among the state’s resources community, but as the discussion between suppliers, users and the government rolls on the potential risk to upcoming mining developments is reportedly increasing.
There would more than likely have been a lot more Andrew Forrest cynics around when the mining entrepreneur decided he’d have a crack at becoming a serious iron ore player after leaving Anaconda Nickel in crisis back in 2002.
Swan Valley microbrewery Mash Brewing plans to open a second venue in Bunbury as part of an expansion plan that includes establishing a presence on the east coast and retailing its boutique beers through bottle shops and other pubs.
Albany’s Tanglehead Brewing Company has experienced such strong interest in its boutique beers that its owners are considering buying a bottling plant and finding some storage space to tap the demand.
The Australian sharemarket staged a remarkable recovery this afternoon following its biggest one-day plunge since April 2000 as nervous investors abandoned the market in their droves.
Melbourne-based media buyer Mitchell & Partners has marked its entry to the Western Australian advertising market with the purchase of a 51 per cent stake in the media arm of Workhouse Advertising for $6.4 million.
Woodside Energy Ltd has hit back at claims by an allaince of big gas users that WA's gas market is in a state of failure saying that the gas market was in transformation and that the days of cheap gas are simply gone.
Western Australian wineries have begun searching for locally grown grapes for next year’s harvest much earlier than usual in a bid to lock in supply amid predictions the national grape harvest will yet again be smaller than usual.
Empire Beer Group Ltd, the owner of Margaret River’s Colonial Brewing Co, is still searching for a suitable site to launch the mircrobrewing business into the Perth market.
ING Real Estate Entertainment Fund is expected to make its first entry into the Western Australian market with the purchase of Geoff Hayward’s The Brisbane Hotel.
The value of Australia’s wine exports broke through the $3 billion mark for the first time last month as consumers from around the globe drank more premium wines from regions such as Margaret River and the Swan Valley.
