Australia's indigenous art market has taken a beating in the past 12 months, with sales going south and still weathering a readjustment to recently introduced government regulations and codes of conduct.
NIGEL and Denise Satterley's art purchases may have started off as an investment but there's no doubt that the couple has evolved into bona fide aficionados.
The count down to new minimum energy efficiency ratings for new homes is on, with 12 months to go until six stars become standard practice in Western Australia.
WITH the state government planning to pour $856 million into its Pilbara Cities program, it seems logical for town planning firms to exploit this opportunity by expanding in the targeted growth centres of Port Hedland and Karratha.
Lynas Corporation says it has finalised financing agreements with Japanese rare earths trading house Sojitz Corporation, which will be used as the basis of a $US325 million capital raising.
Perth-based Base Resources says it will commence construction at its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya in September and begin production in the third quarter of 2013, after finalising a $US150 million finance facility.
Tipping the gold price, and the future price of gold stocks, is a mug's game, unless a clear value gap can be demonstrated - which is what appears to have been done in a rather interesting piece of recent research.
Leighton Holdings subsidiary Thiess has won a $166 million contract to provide earthworks and infrastructure at BHP Billiton Iron Ore's Jimblebar mine near Newman.
Advanced Braking Technology has received a $2 million Commonwealth grant which it will use to accelerate the market entry of its rubbish truck braking technology.
Apache Energy and Tap Oil have been hit with a $158 million lawsuit by Alcoa, which claims a gas supply contract was breached when services were disrupted by the Varanus Island gas explosion in 2008.
Perth entrepreneur Rod Jones, best known as the founder of listed company Navitas, is behind plans to build a $90 million diesel-fired power station at Merredin.
Resources industry and business lobby groups say they are still not convinced over the merits of the mining tax despite Treasurer Wayne Swan accepting all 98 recommendations of the tax's December review.
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.
THE state government has advanced plans to make the heritage-listed South Fremantle power station the focal point of a major redevelopment of former industrial land at North Coogee.
MADDINGTON-BASED Thermal Comfort Homes is hoping to take advantage of the accommodation shortage in the state's north-west to build on its business and expand its customer base.
TEAMS from a range of Perth businesses will don the lycra and sweat bands to compete in the Spin to Cure Diabetes competition this Friday to raise money for juvenile type 1 diabetes research.
FIVE years after buying private Perth business ComputerCORP and renaming it Synergy Plus, the directors of the listed IT services company have called in the administrators.
