Energy

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.

MINING tenements in the iron ore rich Pilbara region have all been secured, after a land-grab triggered by Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

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.

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.

Briefcase would like to take this opportunity to set the scene for the 2009 financial year.

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.

It's a curious thing when a company sheds some light onto its commercial dramas - sometimes the problem fixes itself under the glare of the spotlight.

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

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.

Former Woodside Petroleum Ltd director and State Training Council chairman Keith Spence has been appointed as a non-executive director at Clough Ltd.

Murchison quits bid with shot at Sinosteel; No need for exporters to fear: Garnaut; Pratt accuses ACCC of 'abuse of power'; Veteran brokers drive $150m takeover by Bell; Shock downgrade rattles market

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.

Engineering company Neptune Marine Services Ltd is set to capitalise on the $40 billion European subsea market following its acquisition of Aberdeen-based Subsea Engineering Services Ltd.

Following a structural glitch that halted the project in March, Woodside Petroleum Ltd has announced that first production has started at its $1.2 billion Neptune project in the Gulf of Mexico.

General manager of Aviva Corporation Perth, Mark Chatfield, has briefly appeared in court to face allegations of insider trading.

Nickel miner Minara Resources Ltd has confirmed that it shut down its Murrin Murrin operation for five days following the Varanus Island gas incident, and has disclosed its new gas supply, secured last month, is partly interruptible.

Billionaire Clive Palmer's plans to raise $5 billion by floating his company Resources Development International will see an alliance forged and funding for MEO Australia Ltd's Western Australian projects.

West Perth-based Jabiru Metals Ltd has secured alternative gas supplies to power its Jaguar zinc-copper mine near Leonora up to the end of September.

Resources slump leads market carnage; Palmer planning $5b float; Eastwood set to call time after 45 years; US regulators clear BHP Rio bid, now for Europe; CBH looks to double share of exports

Former technology company Wavenet International Ltd has joined the rush by local investors seeking to exploit booming coal prices, agreeing to purchase a stake in four coal tenements in Queensland.

Two days after stopping the pseudo privatisation of the state's $9 billion superannuation fund, treasurer Eric Ripper and his government have yet to reveal significant detail on why they acted at the last minute.