A proposal by a group of Great Southern farmers to export specialised grain from Bunbury appears to have boosted long-held aspirations to provide a container handling facility at the port.
Local paid parking software developer iPark has set its sights on expansion overseas as it consolidates its position in the local market.The West Perth-based technology company, which two months ago s
Western Australia’s moves to supply liquefied natural gas to California could provide opportunities for the state’s renewable energy companies to piggyback into that significant energy market
The board of Perth-based Universal Resources has indicated it will reject CopperCo’s formal takeover offer – which hit Universal shareholders mailboxes this week – despite analysts giving the deal their blessing.
Olive oil producer Njoi Olive Oils says the value it receives from the high-profile Australian trade show in Los Angeles, G’day Australia, is “unquestionable”.
China may be the top trade destination for many major Western Australian businesses but securing a foothold in the rapidly expanding market is not always easy for smaller operators.
A growing number of Western Australian mining companies are banking on a political change in opinion over the development of the nation’s substantial uranium resources.Until recently a 23-year-old Fed
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has weighed in to the pre-election debate by claiming a preference for the State Coalition’s proposal for dealing with the controversy surrounding rate exemptions for mining companies with State Agreements.
Australian liquefied natural gas companies should not delay in preparations to win contracts on the west coast of North America, with deals worth tens of billions of dollars available, according to Federal Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane.
The Western Australian-based husband and wife team that founded one of the world’s largest private mining consultancies, Snowden Australia, plans to exit the business within three years having recently decided to sell the company.
COUNCILS in the Pilbara have given the State Government until February 7 to respond to demands for $14 million in compensation for revenue foregone through the rating restriction clauses contained in State Agreements.
THE State Government may be set for yet another tax windfall, but the $28 million expected to flow through to treasury coffers was almost a deal breaker for US-based Cleveland Cliffs’ $605 million friendly takeover of Portman.
THE rapidly growing number of Western Australian wine producers looking offshore to lift sales is leading to a similar level of activity among the State’s wine supply sector.
A NICKEL exploration outlay of $16 million helped propel the State’s mineral exploration expenditure during the 2004 September quarter to its highest levels in six years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
AN upturn in the global economy, and more specifically the phenomenal economic growth of China, is placing significant pressures on the shipping market, forcing bulk and container freight rates to all-time highs.
A NEW study has found Western Australia’s gross product could be increased by more than $2 billion per annum and up to 16,200 new jobs created if the mineral resource potential of the State’s South We
CANADIAN engineering giant Hatch appears to have won the biggest share of major contracting work in Western Australia in a year that was dominated by oil and gas, resources and the Perth to Mandurah railway.
MOST Western Australian businesses operating in areas affected by the devastating Boxing Day earthquake and tsunamis appear to have been relatively unscathed by the disaster.
