Staff Reporters

Anaconda Nickel Limited has cast its net farther into the prospective base metals pool by farming into the Tottenham nickel-cobalt laterite project owned by Perth-based Alkane Exploration NL.

ComplEmenting the Property Council's pro-active reform projects will be the 2000/2001 financial year pre-budget submission.

Estimates have revealed improved access for people with disabilities would add $6 billion to Australia's gross domestic product

The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme is the Federal Government's principal export finance assistance program.

AN UNPROTECTED window can render even the best security system useless, says Glass Security Services sales director Lloyd Gaunt.

A NEWLY approved proposal to amend the Mining Act and increase prospector's access to land across WA has drawn fire from a key mining industry group.

THE Bokay Group was the star of the recent WA Screenprinting Awards, winning the President's Award and two gold PICA awards for outstanding screenprinting and digital printing projects.

BROAD brushstrokes have been laid for the Northbridge Urban Renewal Project with an extensive consultation process planned soon.

SHIRE, town and city councillors and staff have a new handbook to guide them in disclosing interests.

Kalgoorlie-based miner Croesus Mining NL has opened its purse strings to consolidate its position in the gold and base metals sectors.

FRAUD auditing should be more widely embraced in Australia to combat rising levels of corporate fraud says corporate fraud expert and Orna Management managing director John Westall.

THE international diamond market is reported to be decidedly nervous over the enhancement treatment by General Electric which can produce high-grade precious gems from low-quality stones.

In spite of the challenges facing the resources sector, Monadelphous Group Limited directors are optimistic of sustaining solid financial performance.

UP TO 100 Western Australians will be offered apprenticeships in engineering and horticulture through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Training Services (CTS) apprenticeship program.

WA'S Waters and Rivers Commission and two consulting groups have won a tender to conduct a feasibility study on storage dams and water harvesting in the Sultanate of Oman.

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited has been granted two petroleum exploration permits in the Perth Basin, one of which includes a section of the Perth metropolitan area.

A SOFTWARE solution that fully automates the design, filling and printing of forms could save local councils millions of dollars, according to Perth-based information technology company Business Management Information Systems.

In the context of the digital revolution, if you were born before 1975-80 you are an old dog and need to learn new tricks.

Although companies may recognise the lucrative benefits of international trade, getting started can be a daunting prospect says WA Chamber of Commerce International Trade Centre manager, Ian Whitaker.

THE recent visit of the President of China Jiang Zemin to Sydney was another positive step forward in Western Australia's bid to be the first supplier of liquefied natural gas to China.

PUNDITS expect the new Australian Gold Index, to be launched by the Australian Stock Exchange in October, to become a “key world gold benchmark”.

AT A recent national planning conference sponsored by the Department of Transport and Regional Services, the Property Council-led planning reform agenda received public support from the Federal Government.

THE forthcoming Review of Business Taxation is likely to significantly alter the entity tax regime.

THE pure water market in Australia is growing at between 20 per cent to 30 per cent a year, according to Billabong Water Quality Management director Richard Patterson.

Encouraging drill results by Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited have provided a confidence boost for the company's plans to develop a major gold project in Sardinia.

THE WA Government's handling of the forestry debate is one of the factors destroying small business support for its policies, the latest Yellow Pages Small Business Index has found.

Winners of the Small Business Awards in Stirling and Belmont.

IN A recent article published in the Australian Financial Review entitled Trade in phony eyes doesn't add up, journalist John Davidson unwraps the duplicitous nature of some Internet advertising behaviour.

THE hydrocarbon prospective San Joaquin Basin in the United States continues to figure high on the exploration schedule of Victoria Petroleum NL, which holds a 63.3 per cent direct and indirect stake in the California hydrocarbon real estate.

THE humble earthworm has been the inspiration for a South-West business woman's award-winning education program.

GOLD miner Troy Resources NL has moved strongly to boost its gold earnings and take over 100 per cent ownership of the Mt Klemptz tenements in the Sandstone area of Western Australia.

RESTORATION of an eight-kilometre stretch of the Collie River commenced over winter.