The share price of West Perth-based Anvil Mining Ltd closed down 11.3 per cent as a review by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo into the nation's 61 mining contracts is due to be handed to the country's mines minister today.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has appointed Reg Howard-Smith as chief executive, replacing Tim Shanahan, who now serves as director of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Initiative.
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The salary of over one in three Australian workers is link to their performance, and the figure is rising, according to the results of a survey released today by recruitment company Hays.
The State Government will convert the Logue Brook Dam, near Harvey, from a recreation facility to a drinking water source under a $16 million plan for the region.
Perth-based engineering firm GRD Minproc Ltd has won the Premier's Award for Excellence at the WA Industry and Export awards, Premier Alan Carpenter has announced.
The Law Reform Commission of Western Australia has released details of a planned overhaul of the State's homicide laws, including an expansion of sentencing options, which Attorney-General Jim McGinty has pledged to consider.
Western Australia will host the 2011 International Sailing Federation Sailing World Championships, in an event the State Government will be the biggest of its kind since Fremantle's 1987 America's Cup defence.
This week the Treasurer and Ministers for Trade, Health and Aged Care faced their opposite numbers in debates. Meanwhile, the final preference deals were made and Mersey Hospital re-opened as the PM and Opposition Leader attended another soldier's funeral
Iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd has been granted a last minute extension by the minister for planning and infrastructure Alannah MacTiernan to continue trucking its ore to the Geraldton port until December 31.
The State Government will call for tenders to supply 26 gigawatt hours - five per cent of the energy it needs - from a renewable source, Energy Minister Francis Logan has announced.
The State Government's Forest Products Commission has signed a $12 million deal with Nedlands-based Plantation Energy Ltd to supply low grade plantation pine logs to the company for use in its timber fuel pellet plant.
Patersons Securities Limited has announced plans to establish a funds management division, joining other stockbroking firms such as Euroz Securities and Argonaut Securities in making this move.
Osborne Park-based satellite communications provider Applied Satellite Technology Australia Pty Ltd has won a bid to provide hardware for a new high-speed broadband project in the Kimberley region.
With hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on the development of new shopping centres in Western Australia, the design of the centre can make or break it.
Shares in Olympia Resources got a much-needed boost this week after the company received approval from the state’s environmental watchdog for the development of a mineral sands mine at Keysbrook, 70 kilometres south of Perth.
Their stores occupy some of the most exclusive real estate in the world, but with retail spending at an all-time high in Western Australia, luxury brands such as Versace, Tiffany & Co, Chanel and La Perla are suddenly taking notice of Perth.
University of Western Australia physics professor and expert in gravitational science, Professor David Blair, has been named as the 2007 Western Australian Scientist of the Year.
The head of the Association of Western Australian Art Galleries has labelled the Art Gallery of Western Australia an embarrassment and is hopeful that an incoming director will be able to attract more government funding to help turn the gallery into a wor
The state government's land agency, LandCorp, is planning a 40 per cent increase in the number of housing lots it releases across regional Western Australia in 2007-08 as it seeks to keep up with burgeoning demand in mining-rich regional towns such as Por
Retail property owners and developers may be keen to build new shopping centres and expand existing assets amid WA's booming population and prosperity, but they face a number of planning challenges at a state and local level to achieve their goals.
The housing shortage in regional Western Australia has become a bigger issue than skill shortages for companies like BHP Billiton, according to one of the mining giant’s senior executives.
Retailers may be enjoying some of the strongest market conditions on record in Western Australia, but their landlords are making sure the good times are shared around.
The state government has introduced a package of industrial relations reforms that look set to undermine parts of the federal government’s WorkChoices legislation and increase the powers of the WA Industrial Relations Commission.
