West Perth-based Hawk Resources Ltd will start trading as New Standard Energy Ltd tomorrow after finalising the acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Canning Basin.
The transfer of the livestock centre from Midland to Muchea is estimated to deliver a $467 million economic benefit to the state over 20 years as Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance calls for tenders.
Cutbacks and asset sell-offs at the Houghton and Goundrey wine operations have been announced by US-based owner Constellation Brands as part of major changes at its Australian operations.
Queensland government owned power generator Stanwell Corporation Ltd has taken a 19.6 per cent stake in Blue Energy Ltd after buying a parcel of shares from CVC Ltd for nearly $35 million.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary, Straits Asia Resources Ltd, has posted a 264 per cent jump in net profit for the first half of 2008.
The jobless rate in Western Australia has decreased to a seasonally adjusted 3.1 per cent in July while the national rate remained unchanged at 4.3 per cent.
West Perth-based Nkwe Platinum has signed exclusive option agreements valued at nearly $A14 million with global mining company Xstrata and Leederville-based International Goldfields Ltd over several African projects.
Many Western Australians, myself included, consider Ralph Sarich a household name, so I was surprised last week to discover that many people in Perth have little or no awareness of how he built his $1 billion fortune.
A wave of new office projects in West Perth and the western end of the city will provide some much-needed supply to the area, which has the tightest office market in the country and a vacancy rate of zero, according to the Property Council of Australia (WA)'s office market report.
An initiative that will provide discounted mentoring and training services to Western Australian small business owners is due to be launched by state Education and Training Minister Mark McGowan later this month.
In halls of power around the world, some very worried politicians and public servants are beginning to realise that peak oil production is real and it is happening right now.
LAST week's decision by smallgoods manufacturer Don KRC to close its Spearwood operations next year has paved the way for a redevelopment of the site and about 60 surrounding properties.
The federal government's Productivity Commission has released its evaluation of the financial performance of 86 government trading enterprises across Australia.
Brand New Vintage Ltd Frank Kraps has been appointed non-executive director. Hodges Resources Ltd Lisa Wynne has been appointed company secretary following the resignation of Bryan Dixon.
THE board of uranium explorer West Australian Metals Ltd has undergone an overhaul after shareholders this week voted for the removal of director Terrence Shanahan and the appointment of three new dir
The solar panel industry has challenged the federal government's claim of significant growth in solar rebate applications since its decision to means test the $8,000 rebate.
Developers of the Gorgon gas project are looking to invest almost $1 billion on carbon capture and storage, which could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40 per cent.
The Passages Resource Centre in Northbridge says guiding marginalised Western Australians out of homelessness means overcoming the cycle of unemployment, health problems and, in many cases, substance abuse.
The state's second largest skydiving facility has experienced a 30 per cent drop in skydives since an inquiry into the sport was launched by Coroner Alastair Hope in 2006 - a process that many in the industry feel has done little to improve things.
Cultural think tank Form has been working to develop Perth's laneways for about a year, spawning awareness programs that have included a number of arts installations in the CBD.
Domestic air travel to and from Western Australia has increased substantially during the past year, with flights from Kalgoorlie and Brisbane to Perth among the fastest growing routes in the country.
THOSE looking forward to Rob and Sam Franchina's transformation of the lobby of the Exchange Plaza into a new restaurant/bar will be disappointed to learn that the opening, planned for June, has be
The Western Australian hospitality industry is moving towards more sustainable waste management in their operations, with the introduction of glass crushing technology to a number of venues around Perth.
