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Perth's CBD office market has been tipped to become the most expensive in the nation, according to a new forecast by CB Richard Ellis.

While residential construction is declining across the nation, Western Australia's new home building sector has bucked the trend with a 1.5 per cent rise over the December quarter.

West Perth-based explorer ZYL says it has gained the support needed to become a metallurgical coal producer by late 2012 after it received backing from institutional investors to the tune of $30 million.

Focus Minerals says it will lift its yearly gold production by 40,000 to 60,000 ounces, after it announced the start of mining at its underground gold project, The Mount.

Perth-based Perron Group has secured five new leases for its office tower on Melbourne's St Kilda Road, despite vacancy rates in the area rising above expected levels.

Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier is pushing for changes to skilled migration that go further than the reform package announced yesterday by the federal government.

Buy when others are fearful. That piece of advice made Warren Buffett one of the world's richest people, and it could make a fortune for anyone prepared to plunge into massively discounted Australian uranium stocks.

Shares in Gindalbie Metals shot up more than nine per cent after the company announced an expansion of its Karara iron ore project and the appointment of a new chief executive.

Norton Gold Fields has completed the sale of its Sienna and Electra coal projects in Queensland to coal magnate Nathan Tinkler's Boardwalk Resources subsidiary, Boardwalk Sienna.

Highway Construction Pty Ltd has won a $58 million state government contract to widen Kwinana Freeway between Leach Highway and Roe Highway to three lanes.

Transport Minister Troy Buswell has announced a joint venture between Downer EDI Works and Mouchel International will take on a long-term road maintenance contract in the Mid West and Gascoyne.

The Environmental Protection Authority has given its conditional approval to two major infrastructure proposals for the Oakajee deepwater port project.

Perth-based Galaxy Resources has postponed its initial public offering in Hong Kong until further notice due to unfavourable market conditions.

Nextgen Networks has completed a 426-kilometre fibre optic cable link from Perth to Geraldton, built as part of the $250 million National Broadband Network Regional Backbone Blackspots Program.

Sheffield Resources has completed the purchase of the rights to three heavy mineral sands mining leases and a retention license from Iluka Resources.

Perth-based NRW Holdings has announced it will expand its exposure in Queensland, after entering an $84 million deal with Comiskey Earthmoving.

Cape Lambert Resources has slipped to a $17.5 million loss in the half-year to December 31, after a busy period of asset acquisitions.

The state government has announced it will increase fines to a maximum of $1 million for illegally demolishing or damaging a state-registered place without appropriate approval.

Training and Workforce Development minister Peter Collier says a new $23 million trades training centre in Clarkson will fill a significant gap in training opportunities in the northern corridor.

The state government has released a new planning and infrastructure framework to guide urban development in the Pilbara for the next 25 years.

WA should hasten down the path taken by New Zealand and free-up its taxi industry.

The state government is to be commended for preparing an energy strategy but the hard work lies ahead.

More than 40 WA businesses have partnered with private equity funds in recent years.

Asset correlation has already produced some unintended consequences – and there will be more.

JAMES McClements and his colleagues at Resource Capital Funds are at the peak of their game.

Planning ahead is one thing, making sure everyone knows about it is another.

CROISSANT Express chairman Jonathan Huston is no stranger to the wheeling and dealing required to succeed in business.

The government is hoping to hose down expectations that the state is awash with money.

PRIVATE equity backing has enabled Vesco Foods to make the transition from a locally focused family business to a national player in the food services manufacturing sector.

SIX years ago, AMP Capital Investors started implementing an ambitious strategy to build a major national player in the industrial supplies market.