BUSINESSES and motoring groups are urging the state government to move quickly on the Gateway WA project, with the aim of alleviating traffic congestion on the road network surrounding Perth Airport.
IN September last year, Rio Tinto contracted construction firm John Holland to conduct the early stages of major expansion at its Port Walcott facility at Cape Lambert.
THE perennial vision of harnessing the abundant water supply in Western Australia’s far north is likely to stay a dream, even though the Ord Dam at Kununurra is full and overflowing.
Yara International is proceeding with plans to construct a $US700 million ammonium nitrate plant at the Burrup peninsula, despite the past few months' issues with joint venture partner Burrup Holdings.
The City of Perth has set the wheels in motion to redevelop a 7.4 hectare tract of land in West Perth, known as the Hamilton Precinct, for residential and commercial use.
The City of Fremantle says it is aiming to quadruple its inner city resident population and increase retail floor space in its CBD by 20,000 square metres by 2015.
Most Australians have never heard of Dutch Disease, but they will soon because it is the financial phenomena playing a key role in killing resource sector construction jobs.
Mincor Resources says it may have to close its Otter Juan nickel mine in Kambalda a year before schedule after it was forced to reduce production due to a sudden deterioration in ground conditions in the lower-most levels of the mine.
Mineral Resources has launched a friendly all-scrip takeover offer for unlisted public company Auvex Resources and its 50 per cent interest in the Mesa manganese joint venture tenements in the Pilbara.
Entrust Funds Management has all but conceded defeat in its bid to roll the board of developer Aspen Group, after discussions with major institutional shareholders revealed a lack of support for the bid.
DairyWest has added premium yoghurt producer West N Fresh to its investment portfolio, after it today announced the completion of its purchase of Brownes.
Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry says only a third of respondents to a recent survey believe economic conditions will improve over the next three months.
Perth will host marquee sporting events, including an international hockey tournament, and an arts and culture festival, as the state government attempts to showcase the city during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October.
Perth-based IT services group Synergy Plus has been placed into receivership after its major funder GE Capital demanded repayment of a finance facility.
Diversified Perth-based explorer Atlantic has announced drilling results have revealed a 19 per cent increase in JORC-compliant resources at its Windimurra vanadium project in the Mid West.
Resources giant Rio Tinto says it will recruit around 50 former forestry workers from the Manjimup-Pemberton area as part of its efforts to fill roles created by its ongoing expansion.
The world's fifth largest uranium producer has backed away from a $1.1 billion takeover of Perth-based Mantra Resources on concerns Japan's nuclear crisis would harm the local uranium industry.
Civil engineering and construction firm Decmil Group has won a $55 million contract to install a second 800-man camp at Fortescue Metals' Christmas Creek operation.
STAN Perron still goes to his East Perth office three days a week and supports numerous charities, while Harold Clough says he is working as hard as he has ever done, including in a mining venture in Indonesia.
MICHAEL Wright doesn’t want his descendants to go through the legal and emotional difficulties that have plagued him for the past few years, and restricted his ability to capitalise on opportunities created by recent economic turmoil.
THE success of the Mt Barker Free Range Chicken business has paved the way for further development of specialist brands within Graham Laitt’s Milne AgriGroup.
THE state government says a $250 million developer contribution scheme, launched at the Wungong Urban Water project in Armadale, will significantly boost land supply and set new standards in facilitating development across multiple landowners.
ARCHITECTURE firm Hames Sharley was recognised at this year’s Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall WA Innovation & Excellence Awards for its work on 100 St Georges Terrace/Enex100.
ACTIVITY levels in the Western Australian property market have slumped to 10-year lows and are projected to reach 20-year lows, new data from the state government’s land information agency Landgate show.
