Special Reports

Shell’s development of a world-first floating LNG project off the Kimberley coast is likely to be a game changer for the industry, allowing extensive ‘stranded’ gas assets to be developed.

If you are a ‘glass half-full’ person, the LNG boom has presented great opportunities for local industry, but not everyone is happy.

Western Australia’s huge – if largely unproven – potential to host massive so-called unconventional oil and gas resources has already caught the eyes of some major international energy majors.&nbsp

Changing global markets and local community pressures are crimping the growth prospects for big gas projects but the industry is still in a boom.

Both the federal and state budgets, due next month, are forecast to hold little joy for investment in business and industry.

Numerous major contracts have been awarded to the state’s mining and civil companies, creating a robust job market for contractors.

The state government has committed $5 million towards feasibility and planning studies for a marine common use facility (CUF) in the Pilbara, likely to be at either Anketell or Lumsden Point.

A state infrastructure plan will help Western Australia come to grips with the big development issues.

Demand for energy in WA is big and so is the demand for an open, competitive market.

The state government’s freight strategy will see big changes, from Fremantle in the west to Kalgoorlie in the east and many stops in between.

An array of short-term fixes to Perth’s traffic congestion woes are under development while the state government works on a strategy for the longer term.

Delivering infrastructure to regional WA isn’t simple, even with a $6 billion Royalties for Region budget.

Huge potential could be added to WA’s export terminals capacity over the next decade.

A TRANSPORT analyst has proposed the state government consider using a ‘value capture’ funding model and increases in council rates to help pay for almost $3 billion of proposed public transport in

Two major rail freight operators are pursuing growth opportunites in WA’s mining sector.

Many other companies, from Australia and offshore, are eyeing investments in varied port and rail projects in the state.

The state government is spending record amounts on capital works projects but setting priorities and meeting demand remain major challenges.

Nine international and interstate law firms have entered the WA market in the past two-and-a-half years and more are likely to follow. The industry is still debating what it really means.

John Spence is one of a handful of operators prepared to invest in WA tourism despite difficult market conditions.

WA’s corporate finance sector is getting back to business as a late flurry of deals get the sector warmed up for better year.

Perth’s capital markets players reckon the past few months have been hard to take but they are seeing signs of growth as money returns.

Businesses like Calibre Global, Onsite Rental Group and NLV Group have enjoyed strong growth with the support of their private equity backers.

Private equity funds are scouring Western Australia, looking to invest in local businesses but only a handful of deals have been completed.

WESTERN Africa is fast becoming known as the world’s third major iron ore province, as miners explore and develop high-grade, low-cost prospects in the region.

CHINA’S decision to slow national growth has cast doubt over the strength of the iron ore trade and led to uncertainty about the sector’s outlook, at least in the near term.

Across the Pilbara, in the Mid West, Yilgarn and Great Southern, WA’s iron ore sector is planning substantial growth.

REAL estate veteran Paul Conti has a goal that is shared by people working in many industries – he wants to elevate the standing of his profession.

Plans for a medical school and a new law program in Western Australia herald a major change for those professions.

There are some first-rate local stocks out there if you look beyond the headlines.

IT should come as no surprise that building magnate Len Buckeridge is in dispute with the authorities over his plans for a significant piece of land at Baldivis.

Those investing in creating suburbia are hoping 2012 is a better year than last.

CALIBRE Projects started from scratch in 2002, offering engineering, procurement and construction management services to the mining sector.