17-Nov-05 Has entered a $7.35 million 20 year agreement with the South Australian Broadband Research and Education Network to build, manage and access an extensive fibre-optic network throughout Adela
Dwyka Diamonds Ltd has appointed Adrian Griffiths as CEO of the company which listed on the ASX and the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.
Resources giant Rio Tinto has reported that its Kwinana-based pig iron plant using its HIsmelt technology has moved to continuous production, and is set to enter a three-year ramp-up phase to reach 800,000 tonnes a year.
An auction of 12 bottles of wine from some of the state's best known wineries has raised more than $30,000 for the Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation.
Perth-based engineering group Clough Ltd and joint venture partner Aker Kvaerner have won a $45 million contract from Woodside Energy Ltd as part of the development of its Angel gas field near Karratha.
Blina Diamonds NL has announced its own almost $6 million rights issue, to be fully underwritten at no cost by its parent company, Kimberley Diamond Company NL which revealed a $41 million expansion plan yesterday.
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd has secured a 1.5 million tonne per annum deal to sell liquefied natural gas from the Chevron-led Gorgon Project to Japan, the world's largest LNG consumer.
Hamilton Hill-based Cell Aquaculture has announced it is to take a 30 per cent stake in Marine Farms Ltd, a fish hatchery business operating near Exmouth.
Western Australia's property and housing contruction market was at its hottest in October with land transfers reaching new highs as one of the state's materials suppliers was forced to import bricks.
Grange Resources Ltd has raised almost $11 million from investors to fund further development of its Southdown magnetite project near Albany and in Malaysia.
West Perth-based AKD Ltd has issued a prospectus seeking $2.2 million to fund a drilling program at the Yogyakarta Ironsands Project and commence feasibility on a 300,000 tonne pa pig iron plant in central Java.
The daughter of former West Australian premier Brian Burke is one of a number of Labor hopefuls tipped to be seeking to become the party's next state president.
The WA Data Linkage System, technology used to assist medical research and patient management, has received a big boost with a state government grant of more than $2 million.
Western Australian polymetallic explorer Washington Resources Ltd debuted on the ASX today, closing at 21.5 cents a slight premium to its 20 cent subscription price.
Melbourne-based Structural Systems has reported a strong year for its WA-based Rock Engineering Pty Ltd mining subsidiary as mining sector demand increases, including specialised drilling.
Property Resources Management Pty Ltd and its partner Lang Walker's Walker Corporation are to be the private sector developers of a new 338 hectare housing project called Banksia Grove.
Former high profile Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association executive director Barry Jones, who stood down from the role in July, has passed away after a short illness.
