Drought in much of the country and rising commodity prices will ratchet up the pressure on the state's food manufacturing industry, the WA Business News forum heard.
Research and treatment of Alzheimer's disease is due to get a boost on two fronts, with a new charitable foundation to be launched this month and a second foundation commencing a $10 million fund raising campaign.
Changing diets in the world's emerging economies and global food security issues could potentially present the local food industry with a wealth of opportunities.
Taking over one of Perth's most popular eateries in the middle of the economic boom is among the biggest challenges Albasio La Pegna, the man who brought Funtastico to Subiaco, can recall during his 25-year career.
Engineering company Ausenco Ltd will provide West Perth-based Equinox Minerals Ltd with $8 million in additional costs following a fire at the Lumwana copper project in Zambia.
Western Areas NL said it is on track to produce more than 14,000 tonnes of nickel next year at low cash costs after posting a positive June quarterly report.
Construction industry hopes have suffered a blow, with Master Builders Australia's national survey revealing the fourth consecutive fall in builder sentiment in the June quarter.
Perth engineering company Macmahon Holdings Ltd has formed a new Aboriginal contracting business as it decides whether to extend its takeover offer period for Ausdrill Ltd.
Sinosteel is within reach of taking out a controlling stake in takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd, increasing its interest today to 47.14 per cent after some Midwest directors decided to sell their stake to the steelmaker.
Balkans Gold Ltd plans to raise $3.2 million via a non-renounceable pro rata rights issue to help fund its acquisition of West African Resources Ltd and ongoing exploration programs.
West Perth-based African Energy Resources (Guernsey) Ltd and partner Albidon Ltd have elected to proceed with a bankable feasibility study over an African uranium project after a previous analysis pegged total capital costs at $93 million.
The Liberal party has today released a blueprint for a state energy policy focusing on the gas sector while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry said any such policy needed to be fully costed to ensure the best outcome is achieved.
Richfield Group Ltd and PharmAust Ltd have become the latest Western Australian companies to reveal their exposure to the affairs of besieged financial services provider Chimaera Capital Ltd.
Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd has forecast a 44 per cent increase in earnings for the 2008 financial year on the back of securing a number of government and corporate contracts.
Financing of Moly Mines Ltd's $1.1 billion Spinifex Ridge project has been given a boost after the environment minister today gave the go ahead for the project to proceed.
Belmont-based Ferrowest Ltd has doubled the scope of the engineering study into its Yalgoo iron project to one million tonnes per annum on the back of high demand for merchant pig iron.
Eight months after it bought the site for $70 million, Goodman International Ltd has signed US-based drilling services company, Boart Longyear Ltd, as the anchor tenant for its Stockyards Industrial Estate in Hazelmere.
West Perth-based Universal Resources Ltd has mandated the Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO in London to arrange a $US30 million bridging finance facility for the development of its Roseby copper project.
The Kwinana power station has been brought back to life but only partially as the Liberal party demands answers on the one-month delay to the re-commissioning of a Collie power plant and the shut down of another.
Mandurah man Leslie Walters is the latest person to be banned by the corporate watchdog from providing financial services over his role in the Westpoint Group collapse.
Perth-based DTI Group Ltd has secured a multi-million dollar contract with the Brisbane City Council to supply and install video surveillance systems into 450 buses.
The mining boom is forecast to stay firmly between the nation's economy and recession for at least the next five years according to economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel, which today published a 15-year outlook for the mining sector.
West Perth-based Rialto Energy Ltd is planning to raise over $7 million via a share placement to fund exploration of its projects in the Carnarvon Basin and attract international growth opportunities.
Perth-based Coal of Africa Ltd has entered into an agreement with a joint venture held by Rio Tinto and Kwezi Group of South Africa to exchange certain coal tenements.
Part of the Kwinana power station has been brought back to life, one of several Verve Energy generators that were shut down fro planned maintenance before the pipeline rupture at the Varanus Island gas facility last month.
Avoca Resources Ltd has officially become a gold miner today after it started gold production from its Higginsville project in Western Australia while it received a cash bonus for bringing the mine to life under budget.
