Infrastructure

Most of Western Australia’s major shipping ports have undergone major expansion projects in recent years, as they endeavour to cope with rapidly growing demand for their services.

Ask Western Australia’s two major business groups about their infrastructure priorities and the response is unexpected.

Despite big investments in energy infrastructure, Western Australia is still subject to major disruptions.

Aviva appoints Iannello to board ENERGY company Aviva Corporation Ltd has appointed Tony Iannello as non-executive director.

Perth-based IronClad Mining Ltd and three other mining companies have established a lobby group to expedite the development of a dry bulk common user port facility in South Australia's Spencer Gulf.

Planning and Infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced the appointment of Alan Birchmore as the new chairman of the board of the Fremantle Port Authority.

West Perth-based Coote Industrial Ltd has agreed to purchase the assets of Bucks Rail Welding, a New South Wales based specialist rail track welding business for $4.25 million.

West Perth-based Coote Industrial Ltd has announced a net profit after tax of $7.3 million for the half year to December 2007 on sales of $143.8 million.

Integrated energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd has appointed former Western Power chief Tony Iannello as a non-executive director.

The times they are a-changin’

A company that has applied aerospace-grade composite materials to the rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete and steel structures and equipment is preparing to launch a public offer to raise funds to commercialise the technology.

Yilgarn Infrastructure Limited has welcomed the announcement by the WA government of plans to release the Request for Proposal for the right to build a $1.5 billion deepwater port at Oakajee in the state's Mid West region.

The state government has signed off on an historic agreement to assist East Timor manage and plan major infrastructure projects.

Western Australia's biggest electricity supplier, Western Power, is under pressure to lift its service standards following the release of a critical report by the Economic Regulation Authority today.

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Listed WA property group Port Bouvard Ltd has advised the market that it had decided not to proceed with the syndication of its Oceanique Luxury Apartment development.

Earthmoving player NRW Holdings Ltd announced an interim net profit of $22.3 million, which it says puts it on track to at least achieve its full-year prospectus forecast of $40.2 million. Shares in the company were marked down almost 6 per cent today.

Gindalbie Metals has appointed former managing director of Grange Resources, Geoff Wedlock, to the board as non-executive director.

A planning appeal decision has cleared the way for Midwest Corporation to move its iron ore from road to rail.

The Stephenson Highway is a name that sends shivers up the spines of many residents in Perth’s western suburbs.

Despite its residential interests failing to deliver strong results, NSW-based property developer Australand Property Group has recorded an operating profit after tax of $163.2 million, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous period.

The $360 million Mounts Bay foreshore development was given the green light by the government this week, bringing to $2 billion the social infrastructure commitments made by Alan Carpenter in the past week.

The state government has delivered an unusual flurry of major social infrastructure announcements over the past week.

THE federal government’s announcement this week that it would proceed with the establishment of a special body to study and plan Australia’s infrastructure needs was a welcome recognition of the impor

Premier Alan Carpenter has today committed the state government to nearly $400 million in new infrastructure, including a Dubai-esque redevelopment of the Mounts Bay foreshore on the edge of Perth.

Base metals explorer Coziron Resources Ltd has announced that its proposed joint venture partner PT GALIAN ENDAPAN BUANA has been awarded a lead export licence by the West Sumatra Government.

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Premier Alan Carpenter has announced that the state government will build a new $1.1 billion multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Kitchener Park in Subiaco by 2016.

West Perth-based renewable energy company, Torrens Energy Ltd, has been buoyed by the latest hot rock drilling results at its geothermal project in South Australia, posting what it calls outstanding preliminary temperature results.

After months of takeover speculation and feuding between Mid West iron ore miners Murchison Metals and Midwest Corporation, the two companies are once again independently pursuing their expansion plans.

Geraldton Port users should show more patience as the port brings its latest upgrade, the $45 million Berth 5 enhancement, on line, planning and infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan said today.

Wester Power has approved an access application by Eneabba Gas Ltd subsidiary, Eneabba Energy Pty Ltd, to connect to some 170 MW of power from the SWIS network for its Centauri 1 power station site near Dongara.