A new scheme to maximise local content on major projects formally took effect on January 1. Mark Beyer takes a close look at how major Western Australian projects are performing.
IF there was an award for companies achieving high local content on Western Australian projects, BHP Billiton would take line honours, while Woodside would be a con
COMPANIES hoping to win big contracts from the Western Australian Government are now required to prepare Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.
DESPITE a difficult overall trading environment for insurance firms, Western Australian-based
St Andrew's Insurance has announced a 32 per cent jump in pre-tax profit for 2002.
A MALAGA-BASED manufacturer has recently signed a deal with Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki to supply the Japanese market with special beach cleaning technology.
THE opening of a new four-level, 9850 square metre manufacturing plant and imminent appointment of a new chief executive at the Gold Corporation mark an exciting new phase for the Perth Mint.
THE Minim Cove development and the East Perth Gasworks stand out as the State's highest profile contamination locations of recent times – due to their massive clean-up costs and high level of public awareness.
PROJECT managers could soon be able to lay their hands on a comprehensive list of project services providers.
Former project manager Horst Kambeck is putting together the
A RAPID growth in the number of one and two-person households will be one of the defining trends of the next decade, according to the WA Planning Commission.
The Australian economy is constantly changing, with new industries emerging to replace the old. Mark Beyer looks at the forces driving change and identifies sectors with high growth prospects.
A RECENTLY formed WA company is making significant strides in its quest to find a treatment to arrest Alzheimer's disease.
UWA research offshoot Alzhyme Pty Ltd has a patent pending on its research and has secured investment to further its research.
PROVIDING seed funding, encouraging better collaboration between universities and industry, and promoting WA as a R&D hub are vital if WA is to make it into the big league.
NANOTECHNOLOGY developed by UWA researchers as part of a ‘Centres of Excellence' program is poised to revolutionise the sunscreen market and is set to attack the cosmetics, microelectronics, baby care and homeware industries.
WA'S poor performance in the latest Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program funding is a reflection of the State's inability to compete for Commonwealth funding, according to academics spoken to by WA Business News.
The CRC is the nation's major coll
COOL Energy is running hot. The company, which was formed three months ago, is enjoying the fruits of LNG research breakthroughs by Curtin University Professor Robert Amin.
WA Business News' inaugural survey of Western Australian equity capital markets has highlighted the dominance of a handful of stockbroking firms. Mark Beyer looks at the market in 2002 and its prospects for 2003.
AN increase in institutional ownership of major commercial and retail properties in Perth led to a rise in the number of sales completed in 2002 without an agent's involvement.
PHARMACEUTICAL developer Chemeq and gold miner Abelle were two prominent companies that managed to raise fresh equity last year without using broking firms.
Chemeq raised a total of $18 million in fresh equity while Abelle completed a successful $10m
CORPORATE finance executives have nominated Croesus Mining's purchase of Central Norseman Gold as WA's top deal for 2002.
The $65 million Croesus-Great Central deal gained high praise from nearly every corporate finance executive surveyed by WA Business
STOCKBROKER Euroz Securities is moving to new premises to accommodate recent and planned growth in the business.
A major recent initiative was the establishment of a dedicated corporate finance department, headed by new recruits Karl Paganin and Doug
