Global energy company, Chevron, has selected the University of Western Australia to join its three year $6.9 million global university partnership program.
WA's United joins forces with big rival; Opes probes widens to share price manipulation; BHP shares soar on China buy rumours; Stokes cool as WAN goes on foot with profit; Merger growth for Gemini
Mega-trends in the path of human society open up opportunities for investors and present threats, not only to your wealth. History is littered with examples of societies or indeed civilizations which flourished and then perished or withered away.
Visiting WA; Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance on May 1.
Petroleum is WA's biggest export earner and if the discussions at this week's Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference are any guide, oil and gas projects are set to make an even bigger contribution in the future.
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.
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.
Chevron chokes on $1.3b Pluto plant fee; China chasing stake in BHP; Moly Mines lets $100m contract for project; Palandri chief joins Chinese rescue bid; Rudd plan for infrastructure fund
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
Coal prices surge more than 200%; ANZ flags $1b for bad debts; Second Opes director in ASIC's sights; BHP's petroleum chief to woo Rio investors; Shell opts for $2b floating LNG plant at prelude field
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.
Perth-based engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been awarded a $200 million joint venture contract to build the LNG jetty berth for Woodside's Pluto LNG project in the Pilbara.
Small companies listed on the Australian stock exchange today continued to reveal details of their exposure to the collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime, including Perth-based Blackham Resources, Hodges Resources, Catalyst Metal and Conquest Mining.
Western Australia remains the driving force behind the nation's economy and is predicted to sustain strong growth rates despite higher interest rates, a weak stockmarket and the United States' economic downturn.
There seems to be a competition developing amongst finance journalists, along with some economists and market analysts, to be the first to call a base to the current bear market phase on stock markets.
Two weeks on from his retirement, the state's top industry policy adviser says the project approvals system and the development of the Pilbara are among the most pressing issues facing the Carpenter government.
The mining sector, the small business sector and the regions all claim from time to time to be the powerhouse of Western Australia's economy, and they will all find evidence to back up their claims in a new research report prepared by the Chamber of Comme
Clough Limited has been awarded a $30 million contract for Iluka Resources Limited's Murray Basin Stage 2 Development, which is due for completion in early 2009.
Explorer and aspiring potash producer Reward Minerals Ltd has reached what is being touted as a ground-breaking native title deal to potentially give the Central Western Desert's Martu people more than 10 per cent of the company.
The North West Shelf Venture has approved a $5 billion expansion of its gas production operations off WA's northern coast, adding to the extraordinary boom in oil and gas projects.
Incremental Petroleum Limited has announced that it has concluded the purchase all of a further 10 per cent equity in the Edirne licence in Western Turkey from one of its Turkish partners for US$1.5 million.
