Federal Liberal Party deputy leader Julie Bishop was one of three Western Australian MPs promoted to senior roles as part of new leader Malcolm Turnbull's frontbench reshuffle.
Iron ore, coal and liquefied natural gas are all tipped to contribute heavily to Australia's commodity export earnings this financial year, forecast to rise to a record $214 billion.
Four Mineral Securities Ltd directors, including mining identity Robert Champion de Crespigny, have stepped down following the company's merger with CopperCo Ltd.
Sinosteel Corporation's appetite for the Mid West region has been capped by the federal government, which granted the Chinese steelmaker up to a 49.9 per cent interest in Murchison Metals Ltd.
The Australian Securities Exchange today delayed the start of equities trading while it sought to clarify aspects of move by the corporate regulator to ban short selling in the domestic market.
Business confidence in the WA economy has fallen to a seven-year low in the wake of the global credit crisis, according the latest Commonwealth Bank-Chamber of Commerce and Industry business expectations survey.
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The continued global financial turmoil has prompted Aurox Resources Ltd to review alternatives over project implementation for its Balla Balla titanomagnetite operation in the Pilbara.
Premier-elect Colin Barnett said he is pessimistic over the state's chances of hosting Inpex Ltd's $12 billion liquefied natural gas project following a meeting with representatives this morning.
The federal government will commit $100 million a year to a Global Institute, based in Australia, aimed at accelerating the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
The finance offer deadline for Australasian Resources Ltd's Balmoral South iron ore project has been pushed back by six months following recent merger developments with billionaire Clive Palmer.
Jupiter Mines Ltd has entered into a potential off-take agreement with a Chinese company over its iron ore projects in Western Australia and other iron assets.
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Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has urged its shareholders to carefully consider the resolutions proposed by Power United, which earlier this week proposed for the removal of several directors including executive chairman Tony Sage.
Premier-elect Colin Barnett is aiming to have parliament sitting within the next month following the expected swearing-in of his new ministry next week.
Concerns about the possibility of more gas rationing in the next few weeks have been raised by some Western Australian businesses as major industrial users come back on stream before Varanus Island's gas output is completely restored.
A former senior partner of law firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques in Perth, Bruce Dodd, has been appointed as the state's regional commissioner by the corporate watchdog.
Major independent Western Australian winemaker Stella Bella has raised rural property rights as a key issue in a battle with the Augusta-Margaret River Shire over a diversion road that could cut through one of its vineyards.
Murchison Metals Ltd has posted a full year net profit of $56 million for the 2008 financial year, a turnaround from the previous year's loss of $45 million.
British bank Lloyds TSB announced today it was taking over rival bank HBOS - the parent of Perth-based BankWest - in a 12.2 billion pound ($A28 billion) deal.
The Clough family, including patriarch Harold Clough, has sold its remaining shareholding in the engineering and construction company Clough Ltd, pocketing over $21 million from an on-market sale.
Oil Basins Ltd has applied to the Supreme Court of Western Australia for an urgent hearing into an alleged breach of obligations by a Perth-based Australian Worldwide Energy Ltd subsidiary over licences in the Canning Basin.
Following a change of plans, Mid West-focused explorer Base Iron Ltd has closed its $4 million initial public offer early with plans to list on the Australian stock market in early October.
Moly Mines Ltd said it is in ongoing talks with investors over financing arrangements for its $1.1 billion Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project, as it finalises a $190 million interim financing facility.
Fears of global crash see US take over big insurer; TLG knocked back tied gas supply; Moly Mines dips again on nervousness about project funding; Tidy windfall off back of credit slump; Employers win new IR powers
A NUMBER of Western Australian businesses have received licences to recruit overseas workers almost a year after the Howard government moved to tighten the process.
WHILE the Pilbara may be the centre of the state's resources industry, developers are also realising the region's tourism potential with a number of hotel developments planned over the coming years.
