THE head of Perth boutique investment bank Argonaut Capital, and well-known rugby tragic Charles Fear, has urged corporate WA to get behind the State’s rugby union.
EXPECTATIONS of continuing low exploration levels are being
compounded by a shortage of suitable specialists in Western Australia.
According to some of the State’s miners, WA currently needs
THE Pastoralists and Graziers Association has added fuel to a US-led attack on Australian monopoly wheat exporter AWB over its dealings with Iraq before president Saddam Hussein was toppled.
MAJOR British construction and engineering services firm AMEC is understood to be one of a number of UK energy and resource-focused companies that could be expanding their operations in Western Australia.
THE terms of an independent review of BHP Billiton Iron Ore health and safety practices will be in place by the end of this week or early next week, according to the State Government.
THE Geraldton Port Authority has hit back at claims that it is not coping with current throughput demand but admits some shipping delays and is investigating requirements to increase its capacity.
THE recent positive economic performance by countries in South America has prompted Western Australia’s Latin America Business Association Inc (WALABAI) to foster local business interest in that part of the world.
ANOTHER $3 million to $10 million of taxpayers’ money could be spent to reconfigure the Geraldton Port, which recently underwent a $103 million upgrade, because it cannot cope with growing iron ore exports.
AGAINST the odds, Bunbury Port is proceeding with negotiations with two shipping companies in the hope of becoming Western Australia’s second container port.
THE chances of salvaging up to $300 million worth of Western
Australian wheat exports to Indonesia appear to have worsened despite recent Federal Government attempts to appease the largest private buyer of Australia’s wheat.
THE president of BHP Billiton Iron Ore has warned Western
Australia’s resource sector to do its homework on labour relations as the upcoming Federal election brings the possibility of a change in government before the end of the year.
WESTERN Australia’s hard rock exploration and mining sector has expressed deep disappointment at what some are calling a lack of long-term vision by the Federal Government in its 2004-05 budget.
THE UK has firmed in its ranking among Western Australia’s top 10 trading partners in recent years, but there are questions as to whether the complex international gold trading system has led to an overstating of this elevated status.
WESTERN Australia’s wine industry came under the
international spotlight last week when Margaret River hosted the inaugural
International Wine Tourism Conference 2004.
UNSOLICITED resume distribution is not only damaging WA job hunters’ prospects but also the reputation of the local recruitment industry, according to the WA branch of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association.
