Buyers will this year be able to start reserving blocks at the Perry Lakes Stadium site, where preliminary works to transform the area into a housing estate is about to begin.
Sinosteel Midwest Corporation has cleared the final hurdle for its Mid West iron ore project after today receiving environmental approval from the federal government.
Thousands of Great Southern investors are facing substantial losses after forestry heavyweight Gunns opted against resurrecting the 2007 timber scheme.
The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies surged 123 per cent, or $93 billion, in calendar 2009, according to the Deloitte WA Index.
Creditors of collapsed Oz Brewing have been forced to wait even longer to receive any kind of payment after further delays to the fulfilment of the deed of company arrangement (DOCA).
Inglewood-based web design firm Bam Creative has become an employee-owned company with the majority of the firm's staff taking up the opportunity to become a business owner with much less risk usually associated with starting up a company from scratch.
Platinum Australia (PLA) has signed a deal with a Japanese state-owned outfit to progress the exploration program at the company's South African Stellex North Project.
Cape Lambert Resources' said it is "ideally positioned" to maximise profits from a possible sale of the Marampa iron ore project, located in Sierra Leone, West Africa, after African Minerals signed a deal for its neighbouring iron ore project.
Shares in gold explorer Cortona Resources have jumped almost 10 per cent in morning trade following the company's completion of a $10.3 million capital raising which was concluded with the settlement of a $3.6 million shortfall.
Melbourne-based satellite communications company NewSat has secured contracts worth about $2 million in recent times including a $1 million contract to provide voice and data communications on the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island.
Shares in North Coogee-based composite materials manufacturer Quickstep Holdings were unchanged today despite announcing the appointment of a former Boeing and aerospace executive as the company's chief financial officer.
The state government has released the East Perth Redevelopment Authority's new guidelines designed to meet the needs of inner-city development for six project areas including The Link, the Perth Cultural Centre and Riverside.
Shares in engineering and construction services company VDM Group climbed more than eight per cent after announcing it had been awarded a $14.1 million contract for BHP Billiton Nickel West Talc Redesign Project at Mt Keith.
Premier Colin Barnett has welcomed former Woodside Energy corporate affairs general manager and Freehills lawyer, Brian Pontifex as his new Chief of Staff.
The Ningaloo Coast's nomination for World Heritage listing by the federal and state government's was recognition of the area's outstanding natural beauty, biological richness and international geological significance.
The state government has confirmed it is in negotiations with the administrators of Griffin Coal to provide a pre-payment of up to $4 million against the delivery of coal under Verve Energy's current coal supply contract.
WestNet Rail Holdings will challenge a $71 million stamp duty assessment from Western Australia's Office of State Revenue, in a move that will add to industry concern over the state's controversial 'land rich' tax policy.
Kagara has announced the first ore production from its Lounge Lizard high grade nickel sulphide deposit thanks to a joint venture struck just eight months ago with project neighbour Western Areas.
Australia's highest-selling car manufacturer has predicted improving market conditions in 2010 after the latest vehicle industry figures indicated new motor vehicle sales were 15.9 per cent higher in December 2009 than a year earlier.
The body responsible for securing business events for Perth and Western Australia since 1972 has delivered $55 million to the state economy in the first six months of the financial year.
Mamba Minerals plans to raise more than $1 million via a placement and non renounceable rights issue for on-going project cost and evaluation, new project acquisition and to provide further working capital.
The stock price of civil engineering and construction company Decmil Australia has climbed this morning after news it won a $48 million contract variation for additional work on the Pluto LNG Project with Woodside Energy.
Woodside Petroleum and its joint venture partners in the Browse Basin project have accepted renewal offers for the project's retention leases offered by the state and federal governments.
Shares in wave energy and clean technology developer Carnegie Wave Energy have moved up this morning after announcing it had signed a formal licensing and joint venture agreement with northern hemisphere development partner EDF EN.
The state government has awarded Southern Roads Services a $2.8 million contract to improve a 2.5 kilometre section of South Western Highway between Burekup and Picton.
West Perth-based resources development company Atlantic Limited has entered into a heads of agreement with Mineral Resources to re-launch the Windimurra Vanadium Project in Western Australia.
Denmark-based businessman Steve Birkbeck is the new chairman of pearl farmer Atlas South Sea Pearl taking over from the listed entity's long standing director, George Snow after the latter sold almost 10 per cent of the company to the incoming chairman.
Perth-based engineering and construction company Decmil Australia has been awarded a $74 million sub-contract by Thiess for the design and construction of temporary construction facilities on the Gorgon Project.
Out-of-pocket Great Southern investors are on the verge of installing Gunns to take over the defunct timber projects, after a lengthy meeting in Sydney today.
Shares in Australasian Resources have moved up this morning following the announcement of environmental approval from the state government for its $2.7 billion Balmoral South iron ore project.
Shares in Subiaco-based explorer Uramet Minerals have gained more than 5 per cent in morning trade after announcing it had executed a binding heads of agreement to enter into a joint venture to explore for gold in Guyana.
