WITH the takeover offer set to open shortly for Perth-based Pure Energy, managing director Steven Beardsall may be in for a nice cash bonus as he boosts his stake in the company.
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.
VENDORS and lessors of commercial buildings could be required by law to disclose the energy efficiency of their buildings under a proposed federal government scheme.
BHP Billiton has today announced plans to cut 2100 jobs in Western Australia as it suspends operations at its Ravensthorpe nickel mine indefinitely and scales back production at its Mt Keith nickel mine on the back of a falling metal price.
West Perth-based explorer Advance Energy has received a return on investment of over 100 per cent as it finalises the $3 million sale of its Lone Camp gas project in Texas.
West Perth-based Carnegie Corporation has entered into a preliminary agreement with the Department of Defence to investigate the feasibility of a wave energy facility at Garden Island off Western Australia.
Shares in BHP Billiton have climbed higher despite a report the miner could close its Ravensthorpe nickel mine and some 700 employees may lose their jobs.
West Perth-based oil and gas explorer GB Energy says it has the option to spend over $2 million to acquire a major interest in Protean Power which was developed a concept for a wave energy converter.
Shares in Balcatta-based Target Energy have fallen as the company withdraws from two gas joint ventures in the United States which is expected to save them over $2.5 million.
A study into the Mount Thirsty cobalt-nickel-manganese project in Western Australia has found the $606 million operation could catapult the joint owners into the world's top five cobalt producers.
SOME of the state's biggest users of energy have begun publicly reporting their energy consumption, many for the first time, under the federal government's Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act.
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.
PERTH-BASED IT company L7 Solutions has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Western Power, the latest in a string of lucrative deals for the growing organisation.
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.
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
TIGHT credit conditions significantly hampered commercial property sales activity in the Perth CBD last year, with the number of properties sold almost half that of 2007.
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Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy says it will defer this year's exploration work at its Canning Basin tenements and reduce employee numbers in response to the current economic climate.
Perth-based Coal of Africa has appointed Morgan Stanley & Co and Evolution Securities as joint brokers as it prepares to list on the London Stock Exchange.
Spending in the latest inquiry into the Varanus Island gas explosion has been capped at $1 million as former Woodside executive Dave Agostini and federal government appointee Kim Bills join the expert panel.
Western Power has been ordered to get its act together by October this year by the independent regulator or face fines of up to $100,000 after it was found to have breached its transmission and distribution licences.
Equinox Minerals has hit a hurdle with its offtake partners over its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia as it puts its uranium project on the backburner and prepares for a court hearing over power supply.
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The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies remained steady at $75 billion in December but was down by over $100 billion on the same period last year, according to the latest Deloitte WA Index.
Shares in engineering and construction firm Clough have skyrocketed 60 per cent in trade today on hopes its previously terminated contract for work on the Reindeer gas field will be resurrected.
