Chevron has awarded a Chinese engineering company a $US180 million contract for the construction of modules for the Gorgon gas project that was originally earmarked for Australian steel fabricators.
The state government has announced the development of an energy Generation Outlook to provide an outline of the type, size and timing of future power generation to help ensure Western Australia has adequate, cost-efficient electricity supply.
It seems size really does matter in the corporate sector with larger businesses reporting a significantly higher level of satisfaction with their business banks as compared to their smaller counterparts, a survey says.
IronClad Mining hopes to calm investors and clarify details of the funding arrangements for the start up of the Wilcherry Hill Iron Ore Project in South Australia.
Shares in iron ore hopeful BC Iron have surged five per cent in morning trade after the company was formally granted a mining lease for its Nullagine project.
Shares in Moly Mines have been lifted following the company's completion of the Chinese-backed transaction resulting in Hanlong Mining Investment becoming Moly's controlling shareholder after settling the $US200 million equity and debt funding.
Pilbara-focused minerals outfit Fox Resources has announced a rights issue to potentially raise over $7 million to further advance its heap leaching operation.
The state government has announced a significant win for the state's wheat farmers and exporters with Saudi Arabia's sole importer amending tender specifications to allow Australian wheat to be imported into the country.
The state opposition says proposed tax rises by the Barnett government would see local small businesses slugged an extra $355 million over the next three years.
The recovering local economy has prompted recruitment firm Hays to urge employers to review their recruitment processes as Western Australia's list of skills in demand grows.
Constellation Wines, the Australian subsidiary of US-based Constellation Brands, has confirmed it has put the Amberley Estate in Margaret River on the market.
Security technology outfit QRSciences Holdings is set to sell its loss-making Perth subsidiary to US company, Rapiscan Systems Inc, for $US150,000 ($A162,069) cash.
West Perth-based Navigator Resources has today stepped into the producer ring with the pouring of the first gold bars at both its Bronzewing and Leonora operations on the same day.
Poseidon Nickel has today restarted underground operations at its Mt Windarra nickel project in the Goldfields after the global financial turmoil halted work 18 months ago.
A SERIES of moves by political staffers into roles linked to the resources sector reveals the growing need for corporate players to find their way around bureaucracy and political roadblocks.
REGARDLESS of the rhetoric of corporate responsibility and the greater good, most corporations and business people become involved in arts bodies and foundations due to a personal interest in the arts.
WESTERN Australia’s top interior designers are looking to diversify their focus away from commercial office fit-outs to government, leisure and hospitality work as the number of new office buildings coming to market peaks.
THE not-for-profit sector was among those most affected by the economic downturn, with about half of the respondents of a recent survey experiencing a decline in income in the six months to February.
TUG of war generally requires an equal balance of strength on either side to ensure the longevity of the game, but at various times in Australia’s history politicians have played the game of political push and pull with uneven strength on either end of th
Coote Industrial will be forced to pay Elph $6.5 million after the takeover bidder exercised its put option to sell its stake in Coote subsidiary, Greentrains.
