Shares in Port Bouvard have jumped as much as 20 per cent today as the property developer cleared a major hurdle for the its proposed Point Grey development near Mandurah.
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Minerals testing company Essa Australia has dramatically revised down its second half revenue and profit outlook, and anticipates that its full-year result will be around breakeven.
The national petroleum safety regulator has issued a prohibition notice to Woodside Energy following a fire at its processing facility last week in the Vincent oil field.
The development timeline for Gindalbie Metals' $1.8 billion Karara iron ore joint venture has been pushed back after delays in gaining foreign investment and environmental approvals.
Only two companies were allocated funds in the first round of the federal government's $50 million Geothermal Drilling Program with West Perth-based Torrens Energy one of the companies to miss out.
West Perth-based Gunson Resources will consider building its zircon processing plant in Western Australia instead of China following recommendations that it will save money.
Osborne Park-based Cell Aquaculture has entered a joint venture deal to establish a $20 million land-based seafood production facility in South Africa.
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Rio Tinto shareholders have shown their displeasure with the miner, casting a strong protest vote against the re-election of director Rod Eddington and the company's remuneration report.
Over 40 per cent of small businesses say they will employ fewer staff after the introduction of the Rudd government's Fair Work Bill on July 1, a Drake International survey has found.
GRD's engineering subsidiary GRD Minproc has been awarded a design contract for Felix Resources' $400 million Moorlarben coal project in New South Wales.
Perth-based oil and gas explorer Buru Energy has unveiled a $41 million takeover bid by a company linked to its chairman, which has proposed to fund the offer out of Buru's cash reserves.
Engineering firm RCR Tomlinson has forecast a full-year fiscal 2009 net profit of up to $13 million as profit expectations are hit by delayed or cancelled projects.
Arafura Resources has further strengthened its ties with its major Chinese shareholder, which has agreed to take a 51 per cent stake in the Jervois iron-vanadium project in the Northern Territory.
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Balcatta-based Repcol has announced plans to invest nearly $20 million in mining services company Resource Equipment Rentals and sell its debt collection business for $350,000.
The state opposition has called for $4 million from the royalties for regions fund to be committed to the $171 million Ravensthorpe biomass energy project, which could create hundreds of jobs in the region.
The state's supply of land for home development is expected to smooth out after the government said it will reintroduce a land tax concession in next month's state budget.
Iluka Resources expects to pocket $77 million from the sale of its controlling stake in Queensland company Consolidated Rutile after Unimin Australia launched a $150 million takeover bid.
Shares in Anvil Mining have slipped in morning trade as the copper miner enters an underwriting deal for its $C30 million ($A34 million) capital raising.
Property taxes remain one of the biggest revenue earners for government, with the state and local governments in Western Australia raking in more than $4 billion from property taxes last financial year.
Woodside Petroleum announced today that the Kimberley LNG hub was its preferred site for developing its Browse Basin gas fields, even though its joint venture partners have not yet made a decision.
The listed entity of Costarella Design Ltd is preparing to change its activity and name after acquiring Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation Ltd.
