Santos Ltd and its joint venture partner Apache Energy have today announced the go-ahead for the $842 million Reindeer project, which involves development of an offshore gas field and construction of a gas plant south of Dampier.
BHP Billiton's petroleum arm is expecting double digit volume growth for the next four or five years following flat production volumes over the last two fiscal years, the company said today.
West Perth-based Atlas Iron Ltd has obtained a 19.9% interest in emerging iron ore explorer Warwick Resources Ltd, acquiring shares in Warwick at 0.23 cents via a share placement and off market purchase for a consideration of approximately $4.3 million.
West Perth-based African Energy Resources (Guernsey) Ltd has announced the completion of a private placement to raise $4.5 million, through shares issued at 0.27 cents, to fund ongoing feasibility studies on the Chirundu Uranium project in Zambia.
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Lead miner Magellan Metals Pty Ltd has responded to criticism of its role in cleaning up lead contamination in Esperance by asserting that the Esperance Port Authority should take the lead role.
The state government has announced plans to turn High Street in East Fremantle into a four-lane divided road, the latest step in its efforts to cope with heavy truck movements to and from Fremantle port.
The state government plans to introduce a $780 million subsidy scheme to limit increase in electricity prices, after rejecting a recommendation to lift prices by about 60 per cent over two years.
Redcliff- based construction services group, Global Construction Services Ltd has today announced a revised full year net profit forecast of $9.5 million for the year to 30 June 2008.
Shares in takeover target Golden West Resources Ltd have soared over 70 per cent after it was revealed iron ore mining company Portman Ltd had acquired a 10 per cent stake while its bidder Fairstar Resources discloses its position in the Opes Prime saga.
Western Power today announced a new alliance agreement with Downer EDI Engineering and Tenix Alliance which will provide Western Power, with resources for the future transmission and distribution infrastructure of its south-west interconnected system.
One of Australia's most senior mining lobbyists says the nation's gold sector cannot ignore the range of high profile issues facing it or put at risk their social licence to operate.
Total Staffing Solutions Ltd's offshore division has signed an agreement to acquire Perth-based CFM Global for $2 million which includes an agency supply agreement for sourcing skilled international labour.
The Len Buckeridge-backed James Point Pty Ltd has signalled its intention to press ahead with a private port in Cockburn Sound, appointing two high profile players from the sector to head the company.
Perth-based engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been awarded a $200 million joint venture contract to build the LNG jetty berth for Woodside's Pluto LNG project in the Pilbara.
West Perth-based office equipment financing company ThinkSmart Ltd has announced the extension of its PC World and PC City contracts in UK and Europe to the end of 2013.
West Perth-based Marengo Mining Limited has filed its final prospectus to raise A$9.1 million, in the Canadian market, which will be used to fund a definitive feasibility study on its wholly-owned Yandera copper molybdenum project in Papua New Guinea.
Small companies listed on the Australian stock exchange today continued to reveal details of their exposure to the collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime, including Perth-based Blackham Resources, Hodges Resources, Catalyst Metal and Conquest Mining.
While there's a seemingly endless range of corporate team-building activities to choose from, Bicton-based business woman Tracey Cotterell believes it all boils down to Matters of Taste.
Investors in Western Australia's commercial property market appear to be feeling the effects of the global credit squeeze, as the first quarter of the calendar year passes without a single sale of prime stock in Perth's CBD.
New homes sales in Western Australia fell 33.2 per cent in February, on the back of a January sales spike, according to the Housing Industry Association's latest survey of the 100 largest residential builders in Australia.
A question the Liberal Party's national leadership – Brendan Nelson and Julie Bishop, primarily – should promptly ask is, what they hope to accomplish by merging with the Nationals, as some have suggested.
There seems to be a competition developing amongst finance journalists, along with some economists and market analysts, to be the first to call a base to the current bear market phase on stock markets.
The mining sector, the small business sector and the regions all claim from time to time to be the powerhouse of Western Australia's economy, and they will all find evidence to back up their claims in a new research report prepared by the Chamber of Comme
The skills shortage and changes to the makeup of the nation's workforce are adding further pressure on companies to provide more comprehensive employment packages for their employees.
