Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd has appointed mining engineer Andrew Carter (above) as its new chief executive officer, ahead of the company’s tender for the Oakajee Port and Rail infrastructure project.
As Liberal parliamentarians and power brokers assess the polls, which all point to electoral demise and thus “wall-to-wall” Labor governments for the first time ever, some have begun to suspect that November 24 will bring utter devastation.
Indonesia should be firmly in the sights of Western Australia’s mining industry, with the country’s economic growth rate approaching those of China and India, according to Austrade senior trade commissioner, Rod Morehouse.
Investment group Babcock & Brown has entrenched its position as the biggest private sector player in energy generation in Western Australia after agreeing to buy 100 per cent of the AlintaAGL business.
AN $11 million research collaboration designed to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design was launched in Perth last week.
Glencore International AG has lifted its stake in Minara Resources Ltd from 52.2 per cent to 53 per cent through the purchase of a further 4.4 million shares in the company at a cost of $26 million.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has appointed Reg Howard-Smith as chief executive, replacing Tim Shanahan, who now serves as director of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Initiative.
The owners of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline are in a commercial stand-off with the new operators of the pipeline, after investment group Babcock & Brown teamed up with Singapore Power to buy Alinta Ltd.
West Perth-based freight vehicle maintenance company Transerv Australia Ltd will acquire a 10 per cent interest in the Warro Gas Field - owned by Latent Petroleum Pty Ltd - for $3 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based clean energy developer Carnegie Corporation Ltd has completed its $14.8 million capital raising, through a private placement and share purchase plan, the company has announced.
Henderson-based ship builder Austal Ltd has blamed a difference of opinion between project partner General Dynamics and their client, the US Navy, for a cancelled order that has seen its share price fall 14 per cent today.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary Straits Asia Resources Ltd will acquire the Jembayan coal mine in East Kalimantan for around $379 million, the company has announced.
The State Government will call for tenders to supply 26 gigawatt hours - five per cent of the energy it needs - from a renewable source, Energy Minister Francis Logan has announced.
The State Government's Forest Products Commission has signed a $12 million deal with Nedlands-based Plantation Energy Ltd to supply low grade plantation pine logs to the company for use in its timber fuel pellet plant.
Perth-based commercial property investor Aspen Group Ltd's Aspen Parks Property Fund has acquired eight caravan parks in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales for a combined $54.6 million, the company has announced.
ARC Energy is standing by its plan to pursue a $1.1 billion merger with Anzon Australia Ltd despite attempts by one of its biggest shareholders, Clive Palmer's Mineralogy Pty Ltd, to oust the current board and scrap the merger.
An $11 million collaboration between universities and the CSIRO to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design will be launched today at the University of Western Australia.
On Monday last week, Ric Stowe’s private Griffin Group released a statement claiming success for an experiment to reduce salinity levels at Wellington Dam.
South Perth company Aviva Corporation is confident of joining Alinta, Griffin Group and NewGen Power as major new entrants to Western Australia’s energy generation sector.
Another long-established mining services player is taking the leap on to the Australian stock market, with Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Ltd embarking on a $58.8 million capital raising next week.
Followers of the nickel sector are expecting further takeover activity after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.
The housing shortage in regional Western Australia has become a bigger issue than skill shortages for companies like BHP Billiton, according to one of the mining giant’s senior executives.
Xstrata meets with WA government to discuss its $3.1b Jubilee takeover; Harold Clough quits Clough board after family sell down; Coventry rose by 3pcts yesterday; WA Department of Agriculture quits involvement in wheat breeding; Myer staff wins pay rise.
Specialist mining and energy software developer ISS Group Ltd has disclosed that its European office has concluded a purchase agreement with BG International, formerly British Gas.
Mine developer Precious Metals Australia Ltd has negotiated a new gas supply agreement for its Windimurra vanadium project with Santos Ltd, two months after Santos cancelled their original $35 million agreement.
Perth-based gas developer Po Valley Energy Ltd has awarded a $10 million contract for its first production plant in Itay, which is targeted to start producing in the third quarter of next year.
