Construction and land development in Western Australia were granted a few green lights in the state budget handed down by the Barnett government last week, as plans to expand the city create a likely list of tenders up for grabs.
HE’S chairman of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority and heads up the Perth Waterfront Taskforce, but don’t call Stuart Hicks powerful; instead, he says, it’s influence he’s wielding to build a 21st century face for the city.
LAST week’s standoff between the federal and state governments over mining royalties overshadowed the news from Shell that it had given the green light to its $11 billion Prelude floating LNG project.
Construction and development group Pindan has won its third major contract in two months, after being awarded a $22 million mine camp deal by Fortescue Metals Group.
Rental growth in Perth's CBD office market is set to outperform the national average over the next five years, thanks to ongoing expansion in the resources sector, with forecasts tipping the vacancy rate to drop under five per cent by 2014.
Nickel miner Mincor says it is entering a new era of acquisitions and opportunities outside its home base of Kambalda after entering a $30 million joint venture covering a group of highly prospective gold and copper tenements in Papua New Guinea.
Shares in Territory Resources have soared after the Perth-based iron ore explorer announced a friendly $0.48 per share takeover offer from South African diversified commodities group Exxaro Resources.
Kalgoorlie-based explorer MacPhersons Reward Gold says it is looking at "near-term" production opportunities after acquiring a processing facility for ore from its namesake gold operations in Coolgardie.
Perth-based Hunnu Coal has beefed up its Mongolian coking coal portfolio, with the $40 million acquisition of a controlling interest in tenements owned by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto.
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell announced today it will go ahead with the world's first floating liquefied natural gas project, off WA's northern coast, at a cost of approximately US$12 billion.
Shares in iron ore explorer Fe Limited have risen after it announced positive results from initial exploration at its recently-acquired Mt Ida iron ore project in the Yilgarn.
LEIGHTON Holdings subsidiaries Leighton Contractors and John Holland are two of Australia’s major construction contractors, but they are not names normally associated with engineering work on LNG projects.
THE resources sector anticipates Enterprise Migration Agreements will enable more than 30 large projects to overcome the labour shortages that threaten their viability.
WESTFIELD Group’s ambitious bid to transform the Whitford City shopping centre into a bustling town centre will test the state government’s commitment to its new shopping centre planning policy.
FALLING house prices and the potential for a rise in interest rate are causing the state’s home building market to stall, with the state government’s housing forecast group saying there will be no recovery in the next financial year.
THE death of Homestyle Salads co-founder Tina Merenda after a long illness has spurred the family to continue growing the business in line with her vision.
