Mark Beyer

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

Alinta is believed to have teamed up with Alcoa and Macquarie Bank to lodge a joint bid for the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.

Oil and gas giants ChevronTexaco and Woodside have set off alarm bells in business and government by raising the possibility of sending engineering design work for the Gorgon and Train Five projects offshore.

Bottled water company Refresh is raising extra capital to support its continued growth, including further moves into the big interstate markets.

State Opposition leader Colin Barnett has announced plans to reverse most of the Gallop Government's industrial relations reforms to pave the way for more individual employment agreements.

The State Government will make up to $50 million available for a proposed indoor sports and entertainment stadium, despite its expression of interest document making it clear the Government wants to limit its financial contribution.

Private equity fund Hawkesbridge has become a major shareholder in two of Western Australia's most innovative new companies, Advanced Powder Technologies and Vitrostone.

Integrated Tree Cropping will be the second largest integrated hardwood timber company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange following completion of its acquisition of Vict

The Federal Government has claimed its $15 million assistance program for Western Australia's timber industry will create 900 new jobs.

A recent survey by the National Insurance Brokers Association found that prices for ‘long-tail' insurance classes like public liability and professional indemnity have continued to climb.