Colin Jacoby

Western Australia’s dominant position as the nation’s mineral exploration hub continues to fade, with current figures revealing the state’s share of national mineral exploration to be the lowest on record and no signs of a reverse to the trend.

The dominance of Western Australian-based companies continued for the September quarter, with more than two thirds of the top 20 Australian Stock Exchange-listed junior international explorers based in the state.

Shares in Subiaco-based debt collection agency Repcol Ltd have nose-dived over 46 per cent in today's trade after the company announced that it expects to report an estimated loss of between $7 million and $9 million for the six months ending 31 December

John Singleton’s STW Group Ltd has taken ownership control of The Brand Agency, only months after the agency shrugged off rumours of a further buy-up by the communications services group.

The telecommunications industry in Western Australia has witnessed considerable action of late, with Nedlands-based mobile phone service provider Commoditel Ltd successfully settling on the acquisition of 20,000 post-paid subscribers from Vodafone, which

Fremantle-based RuralAus Investments Ltd, formerly known as Australian Growth Ltd, has invested $500,000 by way of an unsecured convertible note in emerging brewer Gage Roads Brewing Co Ltd.

World leading supplier of advanced simulator-based training systems, Osborne Park-based Immersive Technologies, continues to expand its export base with the signing of an alliance agreement with one of Japan’s major mining and construction equipment manuf

Perth-based voice over internet protocol provider, kmoo, is likely to be sold to an eastern states ISP provider, with the company’s existing shareholders concentrating on other interests.

In an attempt to capture the attention of the ‘spend happy’ 18 to 30-year-old market, Fremantle-based DataData Advertising and Entertainment Pty Ltd has developed a new interactive concept in advertising for Perth’s busiest pubs and clubs.