The state government has claimed it will save taxpayers $11 million a year through office consolidation, but refurbishment costs for the relocated departments' new homes are expected to reach more than $85.9 million.
Engineering services firm RCR Tomlinson has boosted its first half net profit slightly on the back of the mining boom and says a large backlog of projects will boost growth this year.
Using natural gas to generate power and fuel buses is a better way to reduce carbon emissions than falsely assuming a carbon tax will cut energy use, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says.
Japan's JFE Steel has rejected BHP Billiton's proposal for monthly pricing for coking coal, rather than the quarterly pricing arrangement that was introduced last year, according to reports.
Perth-based residential development group Peet has announced an interim profit of $22.2 million, driven largely by price and margin growth in Victoria.
Atlas Iron has announced a maiden profit result of $30.1 million for the half year ended December 31, and has flagged that profit will increase in the second half of financial year 2011.
Australia will put a price on carbon emissions from mid next year, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard has released no details on how the price will work or how it will affect businesses.
Perth-based engineering and construction group Clough has announced that its Clough Curtain joint venture has been awarded $209 million in work orders associated with the PNG liquefied natural gas upstream infrastructure project.
THE trend for the private sector to deliver traditional government infrastructure in Western Australia has continued, with a private consortium selected to fund, build and operate a new $300 million water treatment plant at Mundaring.
‘ENTHUSIASTIC’ is a word that readily springs to mind when you meet Ella Sayers-Anderson and Cam Worth, owners of web design company Red Tiki and its not so outlandish and more refined sibling company, Simplisite.
IMAGINE you are on a bus, travelling from North Beach to Manning to go to school; you’re in an unfamiliar city full of unfamiliar faces a long way from your regional home.
Rio Tinto says it has received a binding offer from French mineral conglomerate Imersys to buy the mining giant's global talc business for $US340 million ($A341.28 million).
Mining driller Boart Longyear returned to profitability in 2010 but said it was worried about growing labour shortages, which could affect its ability to deliver projects on time.
Treasurer Wayne Swan believes the world economic growth outlook has improved, but he's also warned that oil prices will rise as a result of instability in the Middle East and north Africa.
