West Perth-based mineral explorer Metex Resources Ltd will change its name to Carbon Energy Ltd tomorrow, the final touch on its repositioning as an energy focused company.
West Perth-based Adelphi Energy Ltd plans to raise $5.7 million through a non-renounceable rights issue with major shareholder ARC Energy Ltd subscribing for about 32 per cent of shares.
Redcliffe-based Global Construction Services has secured a contract to provide scaffolding for the construction of BHP Billiton Ltd's Newman HUB, part of the mining giant's iron ore expansion plans.
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North Perth-based Blue Energy Ltd has revealed a number of entities have registered interest in securing a 25.56 per cent parcel of shares controlled by the receiver of Primebroker Securities Ltd, part of the Chimaera Financial Group.
Prevailing market conditions have prompted nickel miner Minara Resources Ltd to investigate standby banking facilities as it quashed speculation over plans to raise equity.
Higher royalties and increased energy costs have pushed up iron ore miner Portman Ltd's operating costs, while a higher iron ore price will boost revenue per tonne by 87 per cent.
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Around 85 per cent of accommodation providers in the metropolitan and South West region may be without clean sheets next week as Prime Laundry reveals it has been without gas for the last three days.
The state gas crisis is expected to cut Alumina Ltd's underlying earnings by $31 million for the June quarter after the company revised down the impact for the month of June.
Western Australian companies APAC Coal Ltd and Kilgore Oil & Gas Ltd have succumbed to the overall market downturn today, debuting underwater on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The state government's 'Gas Bulletin Board' has not gone far enough to help alleviate problems according to Western Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector.
Chevron Australia has announced an extension at its Iago gas field, located offshore Western Australia, with drilling reaching an untested reservoir compartment.
Western Australia's gas crisis has already cost $2.4 billion in lost turnover and is expected to rise to $6.7 billion as the state's peak business group predicts economic growth will ease this financial year.
Rio Tinto Ltd will sell its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia to a joint venture consortium for $US495 million ($A520 million), as it moves closer to completing its $US10 billion ($A10.5 billion) asset sales target for this year.
A Perth sustainability expert believes the potential business opportunities created under an emissions trading scheme (ETS) would outweigh the risk of crippling Australia's economy.
FORMER technology company, Wavenet International Ltd, has joined the rush by local investors seeking to exploit booming coal prices, agreeing to buy a stake in four coal tenements in Queensland.
Many business people in Perth hanker for the days when Sir Charles Court ran the state with forceful conviction and a single-minded focus on development.
Visiting WA Robin Sharma, organisational and leadership coach and best selling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The Greatness Guide, to present his full day leadership workshop, ‘Lead With
While indigenous artworks represent a small, but growing, part of the overall Australian art scene, an international tour planned for works by a group of Western Australian artists further cements the strong demand from overseas galleries and investors.
The Liberal party has today released a blueprint for a state energy policy focusing on the gas sector while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry said any such policy needed to be fully costed to ensure the best outcome is achieved.
The Kwinana power station has been brought back to life but only partially as the Liberal party demands answers on the one-month delay to the re-commissioning of a Collie power plant and the shut down of another.
The mining boom is forecast to stay firmly between the nation's economy and recession for at least the next five years according to economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel, which today published a 15-year outlook for the mining sector.
Perth-based Coal of Africa Ltd has entered into an agreement with a joint venture held by Rio Tinto and Kwezi Group of South Africa to exchange certain coal tenements.
Part of the Kwinana power station has been brought back to life, one of several Verve Energy generators that were shut down fro planned maintenance before the pipeline rupture at the Varanus Island gas facility last month.
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West Perth-based Tap Oil Ltd has forecast a significant impact on its bottom line following disruptions at its Woollybutt oil field which kept it offline for most of the year.
Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd has alerted its shareholders of a possible unsolicited offer following a request for the company's list of shareholders.
