Australian commodity export earning are forecast to increase by 1 per cent to more than $140 billion in 2007-08, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economic's Australian Commodities publication.
Major printing franchise Worldwide Online Printing has diversified its operations by acquiring professional writing firm Wordplay Media for an undisclosed sum.
West Perth-based resource investment and exploration company Artemis Resources Ltd has raised $4 million to grow its diversified portfolio of prospects in Western Australia and Africa.
Shares in takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd rocketed 12 per cent higher today after the company disclosed that it was in discussions with "parties interested in pursuing corporate transactions".
The Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls says regional WA has been well-served by Agricultural Region MLC Murray Criddle who today announced his intention to retire from the WA Parliament early in the New Year.
Australian stockbroker Patersons Securities Ltd is launching a significant expansion of its national network with the opening of an office in Brisbane.
Western Metals Ltd has struck an agreement with BHP Billiton for the option to acquire a 100 per cent stake in the highly prospective Snowbird nickel and base metals project in Canada for $US1.5 million ($1.7 million).
Claremont-based online book company Ebooks Corporation has won two major supply contracts with companies in the publishing and book retailing industries.
The state government has responded to the acute shortage of industrial land in and around the Perth metropolitan area by allocating $1million for the development of an industrial land planning strategy.
THE board of PharmAust has survived another shareholder vote on their tenure, with the majority of the pharmaceutical company’s shareholders agreeing to reinstate Simon Owen, Bryant McLarty and Henry
Rising feedstock prices have led two Western Australian biodiesel companies to position themselves in the upstream supply of a more cost effective and sustainable feedstock – crude jatropha oil.
Queensland-based franchise operator, Allied Brands Ltd, is planning a major expansion of three of its brands in Western Australia, following a recently completed $10 million capital raising.
WITH office space on Perth’s fringe in high demand, QUBE Property Group has acquired a 4,000 square metre site in Daly Street Ascot, with a view to redeveloping for office accommodation.
This week’s ratification by Australia of the Kyoto Protocol has helped push the share price of one of the nation’s few environmentally focused stocks – CO2 Group Ltd.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I
NAVITAS Ltd, formerly IBT Education Ltd, has continued its rapid growth by acquiring the University of Melbourne’s Hawthorn English Language Centre for $4.73 million.
It was a lack of focus from Kalgoorlie-Boulder Resources that dampened its stock market performance since it listed on the Australian Securities Exchange almost three years ago, according to chairman Michael Atkins.
Sustainability and energy efficiency concerns are starting to have an impact on lighting design in Western Australia, according to architectural lighting firms.
Envirogold Ltd is preparing for the commencement of construction of its 70 per cent owned Las Lagunas gold project in the Dominican Republic by making several management appointments.
When Coogee Chemicals boss Gordon Martin addressed a WA Business News breakfast last month, he said one of his golden rules was that there was no room for politics in running a business.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has highlighted the tight supply of commercial and industrial land in Perth, questioning the number of potential industrial lots, which reportedly stands at around 1,500.
Breakaway Resources Ltd - Grant Mooney has resigned as joint company secretary. Comdek Ltd - Michael Hunt has been appointed as non-executive chairman.
Sydney-based company, Compass Hotel Group Ltd, is forecasting strong revenue growth across a swath of high profile Western Australian pubs it plans to buy as part of a $190 millio
One of Australia’s largest furniture retailers and importers, Nick Scali Furniture, will open its first Western Australian stores early next year, while plans are under way for a
Mike Hood – CEO of CRC Mining and head of the University of Queensland’s mining program; Frank Roxborough – professor emeritus, University of NSW; Bernhard Schimm – product manager for surface mining,
If it wasn’t for a girlfriend in Melbourne I probably wouldn’t have come across one of the most outrageous bars I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying a glass of wine in.
Western Australians can be confident their certified renewable energy purchases through energy retailers such as Synergy and Alinta come from renewable sources, according to an auditor general’s report.
Curtin University of Technology is hosting the tenth annual Australian Technology Network of Universities Conference from January 29 to 31 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
