Staff Reporters

WA IS set to strengthen its position as the world’s number one supplier of alumina with the completion of the $260 million expansion at Alcoa’s Wagerup refinery which will allow Alcoa to boost its share of the WA market by around 5 per cent.

WA companies are raking in regular orders from Selfridges department stores in England as a result of the recent Land of Plenty promotion.

The banner ad is almost five years old, but already it’s looking haggard.

Perth-based exploration junior Alkane Exploration NL is on the point of proving up the marketability of product from its 100 per cent held Dubbo Zirconia project, located twenty kilometres south of Dubbo and 400 km north-west of Sydney.

PRETZEL Logic has received favourable comment for its creation of the World E-Com 1999 conference web site.

The Family Business Australia WA chapter has held its first workshop for members.

There’s an old saying with more than a grain of truth in it that one should ‘never trust a restaurant with a view, which revolves or which overlooks the water’.

EXPLORATION discoveries and a strong reinvestment program have augured well for gold miner Hill 50 Gold NL which posted a net profit after tax of $10.77 million for the last fiscal year.

A few weeks ago the world rather dubiously celebrated the birth of the sixth billionth citizen on planet Earth.At the end of the first millennium, the world’s population was estimated to be about 300 million. At the beginning of this century it was 2.5

Capital gains tax changes proposed under the Ralph review could be both a boon and a burden to mum-and-dad investors, according to the Australian Society of CPAs.

THE appointment of former Homestake CEO Richard Tastula as a director of Titan Resources NL has given a significant corporate boost to the company’s various resource endeavours.

PERTH-based Energy Equity Corporation Ltd has managed to resolve some financial problems experienced with the Indonesian Government-owned electricity authority, PT PLN (Persero).

THE period from 1995 to 2005 is often described as the Decade of Transition – transition from the old economy to the new economy.

The GST comes loaded with a host of hidden traps for those in the property and investment industries who refuse to face up to its imminent arrival, according to Geoff Stevens of law firm Phillips Fox.

BASE metals miner Western Metals Limited has extended its exploration operations in Tasmania.

OtherWise Restaurant at Yallingup has proved a boon, not just for the dining public but for its young owner, Heath Townsend.

WITH State legislation before the Parliament in preparation for the introduction of Australia’s new tax changes – now less than nine months away – there is also a need to ensure the Government is GST compliant by next July.

A number of research companies have released their latest statistics on Australian Internet access.

BOTSWANA – described as ‘elephant country’ when it comes to diamond production – might yet prove a lucrative hunting ground for Auridiam Consoli-dated NL.

FLEXIBILITY and control are sought-after qualities by clients of export marketing and management providers, says Kindred Inter-national director Stuart Crockett.

CRUCIAL issues impacting property are well known and frequently discussed. These include interest rates, the product and its location, building costs, inflation, capital gains tax and the goods and services tax, yields and economic and property outlooks.

PERTH-based telecommunications carrier Amcom Telecommunications will complete another stage of its multimillion dollar broadband telecommunications network rollout by December.

WA-BASED manganese miner Consolidated Minerals Limited has clinched two important deals for the sale of product from its Pilbara mine.

A NEW Federal Government-funded program will help small to medium enterprises take advantage of international trade on the Internet.

AN ON-SITE massage service is carving a niche in the WA corporate health market.

PERTH-based hydrocarbon major Woodside Energy Limited has continued its drive to expand production and take advantage of surging oil prices.

AN AUSTRALIAN-made diagnostic software package has the potential to save business operators thousands of dollars on computer service calls.

THE determination by South African gold miner Durban Roodepoort Deep to move into the Australasian region has taken another step forward.

FAST food chain Nando’s has achieved total WA sales growth of more than 80 per cent per annum during the past four years, says national marketing manager James Tomlinson.

The Review of Business Taxation changes handed down by the Treasurer in September will have a significant impact on the property and construction industry according to KPMG taxation experts Carlo Franchina and Craig Yaxley.

AUSTRALIAN stockbroker Bell Securities Limited has again rated Perth-based Aquarius Platinum NL as a buy for resource investors.

CLOUGH Engineering has been named preferred tenderer to build the Minerva Gas Field Development flowlines and gas plant near Port Campbell in Western Victoria.