ANNE Nolan has been appointed director general at the Department of State Development, with Tim Griffin acting director general at the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
WESFAMERS expects first half 2008-09 net profit to be between $850 million to $880 million, after about $150 million in pre tax provisions and write-downs in the values of some investments.
A WESTERN Australian geospatial software developer has won an Asia Pacific award for its software warning system, which helps protect infrastructure during major emergencies and natural disasters.
AGRIBUSINESS Great Southern Ltd is pursuing alternative options, including the sale of assets, as received proxy votes indicate investors may not be willing to exchange their interest in plantation
The closure of BHP Billiton's Ravensthorpe nickel operations will strip the state government of up to $20 million in mining royalties a year and is expected to cut the region's population by half.
BHP Billiton has reported a rise in iron ore production for the first half of the 2009 financial year but said it had received requests from some iron ore customers for deferrals to shipments amid the weak economic environment.
Nickel miner Western Areas says it has probably recorded the lowest cash costs in Australia as production at its Flying Fox mine in Western Australia exceeded its yearly target.
There is speculation today that former editor of The Sunday Times, Brett McCarthy, is being sounded out to take over the vacant editor's position at The West Australian following Paul Armstrong's departure.
Debt-laden Centro Properties Group completed a long-term refinancing agreement with lenders today, delivering its lenders 90 per cent of the company's equity and reducing pressure for asset sales.
Herald Resources has stopped port and road construction activities due to a protracted delay in gaining forestry approval for its Dairi zinc-lead project in Indonesia.
Shares in Rio Tinto have fallen by as much as 10 per cent today as the miner posts a significant drop in iron ore output during the fourth quarter as the global market weakened amid the global economic slowdown.
WESTERN Australia has suffered the biggest fall in job advertisements in December as ads across the country slump to recession-like levels, a key employment measure has found.
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Kenneth Ambrecht bought 3,070 shares in Fortescue Metals Group at $2.281 per share at share market price, bringing the total value of his shares to $14,362369.
PERTH will host a major marketing and business conference – the Australian Masters Marketing Summit 2009 – from March 17-18, featuring some of the world’s top marketing executives.
FORMER Woodside Petroleum executive Dave Agostini (pictured) has been appointed executive of the state government-Commonwealth inquiry into the Varanus Island gas explosion, along with Kym Bills of th
A WESTERN Australian geospatial software developer has won an Asia Pacific award for its software warning system, which helps protect infrastructure during major emergencies and natural disasters.
AGRIBUSINESS Great Southern Ltd is pursuing alternative options, including the sale of assets, as received proxy votes indicate investors may not be willing to exchange their interest in plantation
BUILDING approvals in WA slumped 30 per cent in November to levels not seen in nearly eight years, as credit shortage and economic uncertainty deterred investors, according to the Australian Bureau of
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club’s theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
