Mark Beyer

One of Western Australia’s top public servants has raised the possibility that private funding, including direct charging of motorists, will be needed to help pay for the State’s road network.

Bill Wyllie’s Wyllie Group has backed capital raisings worth $9 million for oil producer Amadeus Energy and aspiring gold miner Crescent Gold.

Private company Coogee Chemicals is close to finalising its biggest deal, the $250 million development of the Montara oil field in the Timor Sea.

A new report has called on the State and Federal governments to work together more effectively on infrastructure provision for major investment projects.

Western Australian companies have attracted just 5 per cent of national venture capital investments over the past six years and the trend is declining, a new report has found.

Perth-based agribusiness cooperative CBH Group has ventured into the South Australian market through a marketing venture with agribusiness company Elders.

Industry criticism of the Australian Tax Office’s hard-nosed approach to GST audits has failed to sway the Federal Government.

A nickel processing plant built in Africa by Osborne Park company Western Minerals Technology has won the top prize at Engineers Australia’s annual engineering excellence awards.

South African firm Murray & Roberts is planning to increase its stake in Clough to at least 50.1 per cent but insists Clough will remain an indepen

Listed engineering and contracting companies have been among the biggest winners from the boom in resource and infrastructure investment across Australia.

Engineering firm Murray & Roberts last week joined a long list of South African companies making major acquisitions in Australia. Mark Beyer reports on their patchy track record.

ICONIC Western Australian food manufacturer Mills and Wares has been sold to Sydney company Keith Harris & Co for about $10 million in cash.

The preferred bidder for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline is planning to spend more than $400 million over the next five years to increase the pipeline’s capacity by 35 per cent.

Home Building Society’s new managing director is confident the business has laid solid foundations for more substantial growth and success in future.

THE potential investment in Western Australia’s iron ore industry could top $10 billion, with at least three aspiring producers seeking to break the domination of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

The current problems facing biotech company Chemeq add to Western Australia’s poor track record in technology commercialisation. Mark Beyer reports.

WA Business News’ inaugural survey of resource and infrastructure projects has found that China and energy are the two common themes. Mark Beyer reports.

THE development of new and improved infrastructure will account for a big chunk of investment spending over the next few years.

INVESTORS will have a rare opportunity to invest directly in the mining services sector when Bassendean company Labtech Essa launches a $3 million share market float next month.

Concern about Western Australia’s skills shortage is growing as industry finds it increasingly difficult to recruit the people it needs. Mark Beyer reports.

Total Shareholder Return is a well-recognised tool for analysing the high-level performance of listed companies.

Food manufacturer Kailis & France Foods is planning to increase its size and diversify its business in response to margin pressure from Australia’s big supermarket chains.

The 2004 Trudo WA Business News Total Shareholder Return survey has highlighted the strong recovery of the sharemarket.

The number of people undertaking apprenticeships in Australia has gone through a long-term decline, driven in part by the privatisation of government utilities, a national study h

The strength of the State’s resource sector has been reflected in the companies that dominated the top-performing stocks over the past 12 months to June.

Publishing and Broadcasting chairman James Packer and Burswood chairman Don Watt have written a joint letter to Burswood shareholders to try and hasten