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.
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.
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.
As the nation watched horses on Tuesday, Wednesday saw a bullish Reserve Bank increase interest rates to 6.75 per cent. Meanwhile, debates were held on the Environment and Industrial Relations as the WA government released a controversial study.
Food giant Goodman Fielder has urged all state governments to continue their moratoria on genetically modified food crops, providing support for agriculture minister Kim Chance's decision to continue a moratorium.
The Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance claims new analysis shows less than one per cent of the Mid West region's Banded Iron Formation ranges will be mined under current proposals of the eight Alliance companies.
Perth-based AuDAX Resources Ltd has announced plans to acquire Subiaco-based Alpine Oil and Gas Pty Ltd for a scrip issue worth around $3.8 million, the company has announced.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan announced today that RailLink will be running the first test train will on the new Mandurah line between Perth and Rockingham this morning.
Rio stock set to soar on back of BHP takeover offer; Fortescue on back foot over director, auditor; AGL in hot seat in pay revolt; Westpoint investors keep hopes in check; Wesfarmers chief quick to take control of Coles.
Four of the six civil society organisations posing a legal challenge to Paladin Resources Ltd's Kayelekera mine in Malawi have settled their cases out of court, the Subiaco-based mineral explorer has announced.
West Perth-based Herald Resources Ltd has announced plans to raise $100 million in a capital raising after securing environmental approval for work on its Dairi zinc and lead mine in Indonesia, the company has announced.
The Town of Victoria Park will retain the landmark Belmont Park Racecourse site, following the state government's decision to knock back a district boundary amendment proposal by the City of Belmont.
Investor group backs Midwest; Investors lash Telstra over Sol's millions; Wesfarmers chief warns of hard yakka on Coles; Buyout offer for family-run group spurs float plans; Pluto carbon offset worth $100m to CO2.
The State Government has recieved 500 expressions of interest from overseas candidates from a recruitment drive for its Department of Environment and Conservation.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd has entered into a $100 million carbon offset program with Australian Securities Exchange-listed forestry company CO2 Australia Ltd, to offset the emissions from its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in the state's north west.
CVRD-Inco will proceed to step three of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, its joint venture with West Perth-based Heron Resources Ltd, and will pass on a draft program and budget for the works by Saturday.
Sub-prime woes see Allphones put plan to sell chain on hold; Paladin slugged by output woes; How the wolf from the west plans to revive Coles; Sell-off slices $323 from Anvil's value; Poll spree at odds with RBA's inflation fight.
Western Australia’s not-for-profit housing providers are about to benefit from a major policy shift by the state government in relation to public housing.
State Environment Minister David Templeman has set tongues wagging after he effectively vetoed one of the final decisions handed down by acting Environmental Protection Authority chairman Barry Carbon.
Rising feedstock prices and a lack of government support are threatening to derail the Western Australian biofuels industry, with the state’s biggest biodiesel player suspending production at its two facilities.
Western Australia’s building and construction industry has raised concerns for the viability of some projects if a federal Labor government abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission, a recent survey by the Master Builders Association o
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.
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.
A new centre for nanochemistry research linking Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University has been launched, four years after the concept was proposed.
Since drifting into the beauty industry in her late teens, Le Beau Skin and Body Management founder Karen Skewes has been a trailblazer in the local day spa industry.
Internet service providers across Australia are upping the stakes in their competition for market share, as the industry awaits the outcome of the federal election and release of national broadband policy.
