After operating as a private company for 14 years, mining services firm ADG Global Supply Pty Ltd is planning a stock market listing to bring in new money and attract new talent for its growing business.
Miner Aquarius Platinum is to spend $790 million buying back all the shares held in it by Impala Platinum (Implats) and all the shares that company holds in its subsidiary, Aquarius Platinum (South Africa).
Subiaco-based iron ore company, Brockman Resources Ltd has completed a positive scoping study which indicates its Marillana iron ore project, located north of Newman, has a potential A$1 billion net present value for a 10Mtpa project development.
Cedar Woods Properties has won a competitive tender conducted by the Department of Housing and Works for the joint venture development of the Harrisdale Village project.
Premier Alan Carpenter today opened the Broome Power Station, marking the completion of the $700 million West Kimberley power project, one of the biggest infrastructure investments ever made in the state's far north.
Nedlands-based software provider ISS Group Ltd has announced its biggest every contract, valued at around $4 million with Malaysian oil and gas group Petronas.
The prospect of Australia's coal seam gas industry developing large-scale export projects has received a major boost with BG Group (formerly British Gas) agreeing to invest $664 million in Queensland Gas Company.
Engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has continued a run of big contract wins, being awarded a $260 million contract for Apache Energy's Devil Creek gas project in the Pilbara.
Iluka Resources Ltd has announced major changes to its board of directors, with Jenny Seabrook joining as a non-executive director and Bob Every set to replace Ian Mackenzie as chairman.
The owner of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline has announced further expansion plans after receiving additional firm capacity requests from existing and prospective users of the pipeline.
Woodside Energy and BHP Billiton Petroleum are the winners in the annual safety awards presented by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) for 2008.
Global energy company, Chevron, has selected the University of Western Australia to join its three year $6.9 million global university partnership program.
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Western Power has responded to the skilled labour shortages and rising costs in Western Australia by adopting a fundamentally different approach to its contracting and capital works program.
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Western Power has today signed a five year alliance agreement with Transfield Services, worth approximately $100 million in revenue in its first year of operation.
Perth-based CO2 Group Ltd has announced the company's 100% owned subsidiary CO2 Australia Ltd has reached agreement with Inpex Browse Ltd on a biosequestration assessment project to assess its potential in respect of the Ichthys field development.
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West Perth-based clean coal technology developer Metex Resources Ltd, through its Joint Venture with CSIRO and Carbon Energy Pty Ltd (CEPL), has announced today that it had received all necessary approvals to proceed with a large-scale A$20 million Underg
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Santos Ltd and its joint venture partner Apache Energy have today announced the go-ahead for the $842 million Reindeer project, which involves development of an offshore gas field and construction of a gas plant south of Dampier.
BHP Billiton's petroleum arm is expecting double digit volume growth for the next four or five years following flat production volumes over the last two fiscal years, the company said today.
The state government plans to introduce a $780 million subsidy scheme to limit increase in electricity prices, after rejecting a recommendation to lift prices by about 60 per cent over two years.
Western Power today announced a new alliance agreement with Downer EDI Engineering and Tenix Alliance which will provide Western Power, with resources for the future transmission and distribution infrastructure of its south-west interconnected system.
