Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest, despite their obvious differences, have two characteristics in common – they both enjoy taking BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to court over railway access and other matters.
The Housing Industry Association has warned that Western Australia's housing affordability crisis will intensify, with the likelihood of two further interest rate rises this cycle.
By most people's reckoning, 89 kilograms of paperwork is a lot; yet that's how much a recent tender put together by community services agency, Anglicare, weighed.
FAMILY-OWNED business, MG Kailis Holdings Pty Ltd, has returned to the black with a net profit after tax of $4.8 million in the year to June 2007, following an extensive restructuring during the previ
With some of Western Australia's biggest corporate names on its books, IT services provider L7 Solutions is making the most of the state's booming economy.
What started out as a small gardening service for elderly Bayswater residents has become a 25-year commitment to aged and disability care from Bayswater Extended Community Help Organisation.
IGA Supermarkets could potentially overtake Coles Supermarkets as Western Australia's second biggest supermarket chain within 12 months as it continues to expand its operations throughout the state.
Several Perth-headquartered mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing an uncertain future, following the Congolese government's recommendation that 61 mining contracts with foreign companies be renegotiated or terminated.
The founder of Sanford Securities, Steven Goh, has teamed up with Melbourne-based financial services company Bell Group to launch a new, low-cost online stockbroking service.
Osborne Park-based Golden West Resources Ltd has rejected the all scrip takeover offer made by Fairstar Resources Ltd, saying that the bid was inadequate and provided no prospect of faster progress on the development of the Wiluna West iron ore project.
Subiaco-based mineral explorer TNG Ltd has raised $5 million through a placement to fund progress of its drilling program on its Manbarrum lead, zinc and silver project.
Osborne Park-based gold explorer A1 Minerals Ltd will raise $1.5 million through a placement to fund a feasibility study on its BrightStar Gold Project, the company has announced.
Perth-based property developer Axiom Properties Ltd will develop an environmentally sustainable business precinct in Melbourne in cooperation with NSW-based Coffey International Ltd, the company has announced.
West Perth-based uranium explorer Energy Metals Ltd aims to raise around $5 million through a non-renounceable rights issue to fund exploration of its tenements in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Claremont-based Gippsland Ltd subsidiary Tantalum Egypt JSC has secured a 10 year offtake deal with German company HC Starck GbmH for the supply of tantalum peroxide from its 40 million tonne Abu Dabbab project in Southern Egypt.
West Perth-based mineral sands producer Matilda Minerals Ltd will ramp up exploration on its Cape York deposits, following the granting of permits from the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy.
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Perth-based biotechnology company Stirling Products Ltd has signed a deal with an American distributor to include their immune system-booster ProVale in their animal performance diet products, the company has announced.
A board battle at zinc, lead and silver miner CBH Resources Ltd has seen the company appoint a corporate advisor to examine control and ownership issues, following the failure of a resolution to remove company chairman Jim Wall.
The Australian dollar finished weaker today, dipping below 90 US cents for the first time in about three weeks, as the global credit crunch continues to batter high-yielding currencies.
Subiaco-based CI Resources Ltd has signed a deal with China's Xiangxi Xifeng Chemical Phosphate Co Ltd to develop a new phosphate mine neat the town of Xixi in the nation's Hunan province, the company has announced.
West Perth-based energy company Wasabi Energy Ltd has taken a 12.5 per cent stake in geothermal energy company Greenearth Energy Ltd for $250,000 ahead of its initial public offer, the company has announced.
A decision on the Federal Court of Australia's directions hearing into the legal battle between West Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd and Sweden-based Ericsson Inc will be handed down on November 20, ipernica has announced.
Perth-based Mission Biofuels Ltd's Mauritian subsidiary Mission Agro Energy Ltd will acquire a 20 per cent stake in the company's Indian joint venture, taking its holding to 90 per cent, the company has announced.
Perth-based stockbroking firm Euroz Ltd has expanded its funds management operation by lodging a prospectus for an $80 million capital raising for a new listed investment company, OzGrowth Ltd.
Perth-based Mineral Securities Ltd will acquire a further 11.5 per cent of Canada-based Platmin Ltd, taking its total stake to 27.2 per cent, for $C110.1 million, the company has announced.
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet Ltd has launched a multi-line phone service using Voice over Internet Protocol, to futher develop its place in the business market, the company has announced.
West Perth-based uranium, precious and base metals explorer Emergent Resources Ltd will raise $5 million in its initial public offer to fund an exploration program of its existing tenements, the company has announced.
Employers are increasingly registering open requirements with recruitment firms and will interview a suitable candidate any time they become available, according to recruitment agency Hays.
In its first detailed statement on the proposed takever of Rio Tinto Ltd, mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd has asserted that combining the two companies would facilitate accelerated development of the Pilbara iron ore industry.
