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Fisheries minister Norman Moore has imposed new restrictions on the rock lobster industry in a bid to halve the annual harvest from its long-term average of 11,000 tonnes to 5,500 tonnes.

Cazaly Resources will raise $4 million through a private deal with an unnamed Chinese company, as it looks to advance Parker Range iron ore project in the Yilgarn region.

Another Chinese entity has made its way onto Mount Gibson Iron's share register, with the coal company buying Shougang Concord's interest in the miner for $176.3 million.

Nomad Building Solutions says it has secured work valued at $43.3 million that includes a contract for the federal government's Building the Education Revolution project.

West Perth-based explorer Globe Metals and Mining has raised $5.2 million, giving a boost to its aim of becoming one of the world's largest supplier of ferro-nobium.

Gas giant takes tax office to court; Investors take $125m Gwalia settlement; ACCC not happy with grain traders; ETS ultimatum a stunt: Turnbull; Recovery could stall: Henry

THE major engineering companies in Western Australia cut employment by 15 per cent during the past 12 months, defining the impact of the global financial crisis on the sector.

The redevelopment of Claremont has the potential to change the way local governments look at revitalising tired suburbs.

AN administrative blunder by copper miner Aditya Birla Minerals has set the scene for another David and Goliath battle over mineral resources in the Pilbara.

BENCHMARK Projects managing director Chris Carman has built a lengthy career out of establishing landmark developments.

Giant LNG develop-ments such as the massive Gorgon project are only half the story behind the boom conditions reappearing in WA.

THE green light for the Gorgon gas project has boosted the share prices of most of the contractors vying for a slice of the estimated $43 billion cost to build Australia's single biggest resource project.

THE proposed $140 billion joint venture of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron operations stands to have a major impact for local contractors.

LIKE many apprentices, Mark Stewart dreamed of establishing his own business rather than working for a wage.

POLITICIANS were wrong to claim the $43 billion Gorgon LNG project alone would keep all the state's workshops ticking over, leading engineers and contractors have warned.

IF prominent businessman Michael Chaney's actions are anything to go by then Western Australia's corporate sector is poised to enhance its social responsibility through the new Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia.

ONE fortune in a lifetime is enough for most people, but not if you are the 'golden Greek', a schooldays nickname for Kerry Harmanis, the man who pocketed $500 million less than a year before the 2008 stock market meltdown.

At Nahm Thai, the family that cooks together, works together, studies together and lives together, is the one that stays together. Russell Quinn reports.

FARM groups have welcomed the introduction of a grain trucking scheme that allows transporters an extra 10 per cent load when transporting grain at harvest.

Ros Worthington says she is the richest person in the world, without a worldly possession.

WEST Perth company Cool Energy is planning to press ahead with development of its innovative gas field technology after a major ownership and board restructuring.

The amount of local content on big resources projects is a lingering concern for many business people.

AT the end of the month, the remaining sales and marketing staff at failed agribusiness provider Great Southern will be made redundant; but the battle for control of its assets is just getting started.

Former premier Sir Charles Court’s long association with Japan and his role in WA’s development are chronicled in a new book.

Can controlling red tape help change the way government works?

There are benefits and challenges ahead, as Australia’s population heads towards an expected 35 million by 2049.

PERTH'S commercial office market and the state's building industry are both looking to big gas developments such as Chevron's Gorgon project to be a key driver of activity.

The Rudd government should concentrate its efforts on planning for Australia’s long-term needs.

IT has the potential to become one of the great ironies of Western Australia's unfolding LNG boom - hot rocks powering the Pilbara's accelerating oil and gas-based economy.

A 40-year dream is about to become reality near the dunes at the end of the Mitchell Freeway.

IT is the land where Alan Bond infamously painted the sand dunes green to make the brochures look better.

LAND development has changed substantially in the past decade or so.