DESPITE recent feverish consolidation, the future of the global gold industry remains dependent on cooperation between the mega-majors and juniors, and
THREE companies shortlisted to operate WA’s gas market when it becomes fully contestable at the end of the year will be invited to submit formal proposals this month.
THE Western Australian Government is about to approve the appointment of a public servant to head the practical transformation of WA’s electricity market.
IT may surprise some that Australia has never had a Gold Week, but there are no prizes for guessing which State will host the first ever such event, nor for naming the organisation behind the initiative.
LOCAL listed explorer and producer Amity Oil Limited says its Turkey operations are unaffected by hostilities within Iraq and airline Emirates is reporting business as usual despite the Iraqi conflict.
THE State’s leading resources lobby group and some air charter services sought urgent meetings with the Government last week after it signalled a desire to convert resource industry fly-in fly-out charter services to regular passenger transport flights.
WHILE a few dozen additional tourists may not raise the temperature of the local tourism scene, the largest trade mission in WA for 50 years is making a mark in one industry this week.
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WHILE most ports are “steaming along very nicely”, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan acknowledges she and some port authorities have faced several difficult situations in the past two years.
WA regional ports’ executive management and their boards are overseeing major expansions, planning for trade in new commodities, and negotiating rural industry setbacks.
SRK Consulting is continuing its Perth expansion.
The international services firm, which has established itself in mining services in WA, has recently moved offices in West Perth to accommodate significant growth during last year.
WHEN Anaconda Nickel paid out its creditors last week, managing director and chief executive officer Peter Johnston was understandably keen to spell out the company’s turnaround.
AUSTRALIA needs cheaper oil, and a cast of smaller companies has put reputations on the line this summer in the search for new fields in the offshore Perth Basin near Dongara.
TWO joint ventures proposing projects that could monetise a significant proportion of WA’s north west gas reserves are at critical stages in their decision-making.
Two of WA’s smaller listed companies have recently headed towards ventures significantly different from their traditional core business, to ensure their survival.
THIS week’s drilling of the Perth Basin Vindara prospect is of particular consequence to those companies with interests in both offshore exploration permits where wells have been drilled this summer.
THE disappointment following the discovery of a dry offshore oil exploration well near Dongara this week shows how perceptions of the Perth Basin have changed, according to Roc Oil chief executive officer John Doran.
IN an industry first, ChevronTexaco has put to the State Government and stakeholders an extensive environmental, social and economic review underpinning the use of Barrow Island to develop a quarter of Australia’s known gas reserves.
AMITY Oil is hoping to take the Whicher Range gas field off ice mid-year after talks with a potential joint venture partner progressed to an “advanced stage”.
