New South Wales and Victoria have done it and Western Australia is heading there, but a recent World Energy Council review of the Asia-Pacific concluded no regional economy would benefit significantly from a fully
A southern Western Australian project requiring the cooperation of the WA and Federal Governments, three shires and two regional development commissions is a daunting enough concept for most.
WA’S industrial relations system could soon be run out of Canberra because many employers consider the WA Government’s proposed Industrial Relations legislation to be unworkable.
Achieving worldwide consensus is an admirable aim, but even more noteworthy is a process which has kept the mining and minerals industries engaged in the one global issues project for the past eighteen months.
In the shadows of the consolidation speculation, rally analysis and hedging debate spotlights, smaller WA gold explorers continue to manoeuvre themselves into production positions.
DESPITE the WA Government’s stated commitment to mediation in the settlement of Native Title claims, the northern Goldfields Wongatha claim is headed for the Federal Court next week.
Empire Oil & Gas has been chasing pounds and euros this past week, on a United Kingdom and European tour to help raise $2 million in a 60-million share placement.
ALINTAGAS is hoping to claim the number two spot in the WA electricity market as the State heads towards capacity constraint within two or three years, and full retail contestability in 2005.
Two recent oil discoveries in the northern Perth Basin have confirmed oil remains, without doubt, “first prize” when it comes to hydrocarbon finds in Australia.
JUST as environmental issues work became significant during the 1980s, for legal firms, the volume of Native Title and Aboriginal heritage work has increased significantly since the mid-90s.
PALADIN Resources is gearing up to take advantage of steady price gains and growing demand in world uranium markets, as well as renewed market interest in promising copper/gold deposits in WA’s north-west.
A LACK of electricity suppliers and constant undercutting from competitors has caused one of WA’s independent electricity retailers to close its doors.
NEGOTIATIONS for the supply of long-term power to Esperance were officially due to be completed this month, but the expected announcement of a power purchase agreement by Western Power with a private provider may be a little while off.
DECEMBER has been a time of celebration for Barra Resources, and not only because it was the first anniversary of the company’s Australian Stock Exchange listing.
RECENT listings by local companies on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market have highlighted the attraction of this market for smaller local companies with overseas foundation projects.
— they’re telling us— Association of Mining and Exploration Companies George Savell, Chief Executive Officer— “AMEC has been closely monitoring the events of 2001 and has come to the conclusion the downturn over the past four years in minerals explora
TWO years of work by Canadian oil and gas consultant Tom Fontaine and Hardman Resources managing director Ted Ellyard is coming together in a $5 million IPO and Australian Stock Exchange listing of local company Bounty Oil & Gas.
WHEN the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Economic Analytical Unit released its “India: new economy old economy” report in Perth last week, Clough Offshore was happy to speak of the company’s experience in India.
GOING on a recruitment drive when other firms are laying off staff is not just a display of community spirit, according to WA heavy machinery giant Westrac Equipment.
THOSE trying to do business in the industry know it, the Western Australian Government is taking a serious look at it and a timely PricewaterhouseCoopers report has publicly documented insider views of the nation’s energy arrangements.
SHAREHOLDERS in Australian Indian Resources subsidiary Rama Mines are expected to realise their investment when Rama lists a gold company on the Bombay Stock Exchange (in Mumbai) in March next year.
EXPLORATION data is recognised as a significant company asset, and the loss or corruption of such data can cost an exploration and mining company dearly.
AN initiative led by the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, in league with Beijing’s Energy Research Institute, appears to be paying dividends for Australia, in particular the North West Shelf LNG project.
THE opening last week of the Australian Resources Research Centre at Technology Park was more than the culmination of 10 years’ work built on initiative and negotiation between the CSIRO, Curtin University and three successive WA Governments.
