Stirling Resources has expanded its resources investments with a $4.8 million investment in the assets of collapsed mineral sands miner, Matilda Minerals.
Miner Aditya Birla says it is exploring various funding options after it revealed it will be hit by $112 million in liabilities on the back of the falling copper price.
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has announced that this year's tour of Japan, which was backed by the North West Shelf gas joint venture, will not proceed due to the downturn in the Australian and Japanese economies.
The state government's plan to force amalgamations of small local councils could be blocked in parliament after Labor leader Eric Ripper said today his party would oppose the plan, a move that would be supported by the WA Local Government Association.
Cost-cutting measures have reached new heights with Osborne Park-based Northern Mining going to extremes to reduce the company's overheads and its ongoing operating costs in light of the current economic environment.
Nickel miner Western Areas is seeking to finalise a new offtake arrangement after announcing a major restructure of its old offtake agreement with Norilsk Nickel, which is closing its Australian mining operations.
Perth-based car retailer and logistics company Automotive Holdings Group has posted a $1.8 million loss for the half-year to December 2008, as a result of a modest decline in operating profit combined with impairments and write-downs.
Attorney General Christian Porter has today appointed Judge John Chaney to the Supreme Court of Western Australia and as president of the State Administrative Tribunal.
Western Australia's crucial trade and investment relations with Japan will be the focus of Premier Colin Barnett's four-day visit to Japan, which begins on Monday.
The state government will spend over $100 million on new water infrastructure in Margaret River and surrounding communities while the Water Corporation will join forces with the locals to carry out an $800,000 water efficiency program.
Nexus Energy will pay a shipping company $US17 million ($A26 million) in damages after terminating an agreement over the Crux oil project located in the Browse Basin.
The current economic climate has prompted more high net worth individuals to consider directly managing their investable funds rather than using an advisor, new research shows.
The state opposition has urged the government to make haste with the awarding of over $9 million of grants to developers of innovative energy technologies.
Belmont-based Diploma Group has secured $32 million in new contracts, with work to cover a Riverton shopping centre and a mixed use development in Northbridge.
Success in attracting students has prompted a Canadian university to call off a deal with Navitas for the establishment of McMaster University College.
The number of corporate insolvencies climbed 27 per cent in calendar 2008 with the growth rate gathering pace in the last quarter, according to new research.
Golden Gate Petroleum plans to raise up to $6.32 million through a share purchase plan, with funds to go towards ongoing development work at its Bullseye oil project in the United States.
The state government has awarded two contracts valued at nearly $5 million to Southern Roads Services to upgrade highways near Mount Barker and Balingup.
The DomGas Alliance says the federal government's emissions trading scheme could lead to higher gas and electricity prices, domestic gas shortages and undermine the country's efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Industrial software provider ISS Group has signed a $2 million contract with an Egyptian company over its BabelFish Suite of products and associated services.
Agribusinesses in Western Australia are enjoying the flow on effects of better seasonal conditions with the best business performance results nationally, according to latest figures from the the Westpac and Charles Sturt University Agribusiness Index.
The Telethon Institute of Child Research has been awarded a $9.7 million grant by a national medical council to undertake an unprecedented program of research into pregnancy and early childhood.
iiNet will lodge its defence in the Federal Court today over allegations the internet service provider authorised customers to download films in breach of copyright laws.
The tax office has warned mining companies to be cautious before entering into arrangements that allow for immediate deduction claims for future obligations to rehabilitate a mine site.
Environment Minister Donna Faragher has indicated she will set more stringent conditions for the proposed desalination plant at Binningup, to ensure protection of the surrounding bushland and marine environment.
Local councils have up to six months to advise the state government of their amalgamation plans and intentions to reduce the number of elected members.
A total of 700 delegates is expected to visit Perth later this year and deliver over $2 million for the local economy after the Perth Convention Bureau secured a large Taiwanese corporate incentive travel group.
