Staff Reporters

THE Australian Capital Territory Union’s latest national wage claim of $24 a week has drawn criticism from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

WESTERN Metals will spend an estimated $9.6 million to upgrade processing facilities at its Lennard Shelf operations.

Wok qi is the name given to a subtle combination of aroma and taste that a well-seasoned, well-used wok imparts to food.

A MAJOR factor in successfully doing business in the Middle East is understanding that business relationships, local customs and standards of behaviour are far more important and influential than in Australia.

TRAIN existing staff in basic information technology systems management or miss out on the electronic commerce boom, says Hands On Computer Training International principal Hong Fu.

AIRBOSS is chasing trading in selected bulk mineral and energy commodities for its business-to-business online commodity exchange.

AUSTRALIA seems unlikely to move to a US-style health system.Several organisations have promoted the view that Australia would head to the managed-fund driven system prevalent in the US.

RUMOURS that Heineken Classic organisers were taking legal action against Channel Ten for this year’s interrupted telecast have been dispelled by Heineken Classic tournament manager Rod Leembruggen.

THE biggest challenge facing Australian gold producers could well be reducing their operational costs.

A NAME change by Lynas Gold NL is part of a careful corporate plan to boost its non-gold image on the eve of a new resource venture.

Newly rebranded Mission Australia/ Mission Employment has opened twenty-six new employment centres in WA under Job Network 2.

A COMPANIES and Securities Advisory Committee review of the calling of shareholder meetings of public listed companies has not yet settled on a firm position.

BASING its mining economics program on the gold industry has paid off for Kalgoorlie-based Western Australian School of Mines.

In case you missed it, WA has an iron ore boom gathering pace in the Pilbara.

COCKATOO Island, touted as a stunning new tourist resort in the heart of WA’s Kimberley region, will be the site of a revitalised $7.4 million resource project by Portman Mining Limited aimed at boosting its iron ore production.

THE AUSTRALIAN Human Resources Institute is no longer a not-for-profit organisation.

A WIDE range of gold explorers and producers have been chosen to present at The Gold Show in Perth on 12 April.

SUSPENSION of work on the Canadian Diavik diamond project by Rio Tinto Limited will set back mine commissioning a further year.

When someone gets around to organising a competition for the least popular person in Perth it’s a certainty that many of the nominees will be bankers.

JOSEPH Gutnick plans to add another string to his resource bow with a major thrust into the vanadium market.

WOOL marketing has gone digital with the launch of the first industry alliance between an electronic wool selling system, brokers and growers.

A PYRAMID scheme of epic proportions has been uncovered in a tropical paradise.

PERTH-based diamond explorer Majestic Re-sources NL will make a decision by June 2000 whether to undertake full scale mining on two targets on the Pniel Estate diamond project.

MORE than twenty telecommunication and engineering companies around the world are evaluating Wavenet’s wireless communication technology.

ALL Clear Water’s John Slisar has moved premises from his home office to a commercial office on Fitzgerald Street with help from Bartercard companies.

CAPRICORN Resources Australia shareholders have approved a major restructuring of the company, including the acquisition of B2B.net.

WHAT is being described as ‘the hardcore development roadshow for web, application and database developers’ will reach Perth next month.

The Westspeed Incentive Scheme has been introduced this season to reward thoroughbred racehorse owners when their horse wins a race.

A NEW corporate synergy is likely to emerge between WA engineering consultants Dames & Moore Pty Ltd and Woodward Clyde.

JUNIOR explorer Hallmark Gold NL is set to benefit financially from major base metal expansion being planned by Joseph Gutnick’s Centaur Mining & Exploration Limited.

WITH all the talk about how the Internet and electronic commerce will boost social and economic opportunities for Western Austra-lians in rural areas, the question on many people’s lips is: “when?”.

Bartercard has come a long way since Rod Brown and his wife, Barbara Cooper, bought the single WA franchise in 1994.