Regional tours have become a regular fixture on the calendars of Western Australia's biggest arts companies, but ensuring the programs' longevity remains a financial challenge for many.
Scitech has today renewed three partnerships with major organisations – Chevron Australia, Alcoa of Australia and Mitsui Iron Ore Development – to support delivery of its science, technology, engineering and maths programs.
The state government has selected former Rio Tinto boss and current Mitsui & Co director Sam Walsh as the new chair of Perth Mint operator Gold Corporation.
Rio Tinto and its joint venture partners have given the green light to invest $2.1 billion across two iron ore projects that will employ 1,200 people in the Pilbara.
Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has sold its stake in the Bengalla coal mine in NSW, continuing a major reshaping of its portfolio after the sale last year of another coal mine and the planned spin-off of its Coles business.
BCI Minerals has released a pre-feasibility study for its Mardie salt and potash project in the Pilbara, with a total capital expenditure of $335 million needed to reach full production.
Japanese group Mitsui & Co has begun the compulsory acquisition process of Waitsia gas field operator AWE, after increasing its stake in the oil and gas company above the 90 per cent threshold last week.
Japanese group Mitusi & Co has gained a majority stake in Waitsia gas field operator AWE after a keenly contested takeover battle, and has now declared its $602 million offer unconditional.
SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia's five biggest agribusinesses are earning about $5.5 billion in revenue annually, according to the latest BNiQ Search Engine data, down from $5.8 billion when the list was last published 18 months ago.
Japanese group Mitsui & Co has announced it will not extend the deadline on its $602 million takeover offer for AWE and confirmed its offer price of 95 cents per share is final.
Mitsui & Co has announced its $602 million takeover offer for AWE will be unconditional if the Japanese company acquires more than a 50 per cent stake before March 14.
An east coast energy retailer backed by a French multinational will become the fifth player selling to consumers in the local gas market, after receiving approval by the Economic Regulation Authority today.
Shares in AWE jumped 16.5 per cent today after Japanese group Mitsui & Co became the third bidder for the oil and gas producer, which is the operator and half owner of the Waitsia gas field north of Perth.
Japanese group Mitsui & Co. has announced a surprise $600 million takeover bid for AWE, trumping two existing bids for the oil and gas producer, with the main attraction being AWE's Waitsia gas project north of Perth.
SPECIAL REPORT: Mitsui & Company, Shell and Itochu Corporation are among a swag of businesses that have made substantial investments in the state's exporting industries over the decades, showing that foreign investors can contribute without directly operating assets.
SPECIAL REPORT: Roy Hill Holdings and Chevon have joined the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP, Woodside and CBH Group in an updated ranking of WA's largest exporters in the BNiQ Search Engine.
The appointment of Sam Walsh as a director of Mitsui & Company this week has brought attention to the usually low-profile Japanese multinational, which according to BNiQ Search Engine data has been a major investor in Western Australia's resources industry and is one of the state's largest exporters.
An Aboriginal corporation has obtained a Supreme Court ruling that will require Mitsui & Company subsidiary Onslow Salt to release documents concerning its dealings with oil and gas giant Chevron, and contractors Bechtel and Thiess, over the Wheatstone LNG project.
Higher revenue from an improved woodchip market and a lower dollar has boosted profits at Albany Plantation Export Company, WA Plantation Resources and Bunbury Fibre Exports.
Iron ore producers have maintained their dominance over the BNiQ Search Engine Biggest Exporters list, as LNG producers are slow to start up. Click through to see the annual list of the state's biggest exporting companies.
The latest winners in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards have illustrated the diverse potential of the state's economy by developing value-adding businesses in sectors including education, oil and gas, agriculture, and construction.
A short term domestic gas contract between Woodside Petroleum and electricity generator Synergy is the first such deal since the North West Shelf Venture partners moved towards separate marketing of their production.
Energy giant Woodside Petroleum will proceed with development of its $US1.9 billion ($A2.6 billion) Greater Enfield oil project in the Carnarvon Basin.
German company K+S Group is planning to evaluate development of a $350 million salt project south-west of Onslow, six years after another salt project in the area was scrapped after facing widespread opposition.
Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners have given the go-ahead to a $2 billion subsea development at the North West Shelf Project off the Pilbara coast.
The latest official report into Western Australia's gas supply and demand outlook has raised the ire of a group of major domestic gas users, which says some of its key findings are misleading and called for an independent review into how the report is compiled.
Six years on from the collapse of the big managed investment scheme promoters, stable new ownership and a low currency are boosting the state's woodchip industry, despite the number of plantation hectares remaining almost unchanged.
The North West Shelf's six joint venture partners have yet to declare their hand as a deadline for ending their joint gas marketing agreement draws near.
The Business News annual export review has the latest data on 33 businesses representing $122 billion in outgoing trade. It also shows that while iron ore continues to dominate, the emergence of LNG, agriculture and services will benefit from a lower dollar.
BHP Billiton has celebrated sending its one-billionth tonne of iron ore to Japan at a ceremony in Port Hedland to mark almost 50 years of the business partnership.
Empire Oil & Gas has appointed an independent chief executive to lead the business following a board overhaul last year which claimed the scalps of each of its former directors.
Australian liquefied natural gas projects can continue to be competitive against new developments planned for the United States, Canada and east Africa, industry consultant RISC has found.
