ANYONE who has started a business knows how tough it can be, even when the product sells itself and people are queuing around the block to become clients.
BHP Billiton has ruled out a dedicated rail link to its $500 million Yeelirrie uranium project near Wiluna, despite rejecting road-only transport options because of the higher accident risk.
THE Rudd government’s revamped skilled migration program must be flexible and extend to a range of skilled trades if it is to help alleviate Western Australia’s looming skills shortage, local industry bodies have warned.
THE state government has highlighted a $60 million floating dock at Henderson as the sort of investment needed to give local companies a better shot at winning lucrative resources fabrication contracts.
OIL giant BP has approved a further big-ticket upgrade of its Kwinana oil refinery aimed at producing cleaner fuel for WA motorists as part of a major three-year investment program at the site.
THE skies over regional Western Australia have become the latest battlefield as service companies fight it out for a slice of the state’s resources boom.
As the fallout from the collapse of Rick Stowe’s Griffin coal and power businesses spreads, the question remains whether any parts of the tycoon’s empire will be untouched.
PERTH-BASED zinc miner CBH Resources has flagged a likely $100 million expansion of its stalled Rasp mine in Broken Hill to re-establish itself as one of Australia’s leading zinc producers.
EMBRACING new generation nuclear generation technology is vital if Australia’s vast reserves of uranium are not to be wasted, according to one of the world’s leading nuclear energy research scientists.
Perth-based engineering group Calibre Global has cemented its place as Western Australia's leading heavy haul rail engineering group by taking full control of the Calibre-Engenium Rail Joint Venture (CEJV).
DISGRUNTLED native title holders have set up a protest camp near Sandfire Resources’ Doolgunna copper discovery to force the explorer back to the negotiating table.
GAS heavyweight Woodside Petroleum could know within days whether it has enough gas to underpin a $20 billion expansion of its new Pluto LNG project on the Burrup Peninsula.
THE world’s leading mining companies have thrown their weight behind a landmark Australian initiative aimed at ensuring a worldwide safety standard for aircraft operators servicing the mining and resource sectors.
The fallout from the $1 billion collapse of Rick Stowe's Griffin coal and power empire continues to spread with administrators being appointed to yet another Stowe company.
Overseeing one of the most important infrastructure developments in the state and country was the primary attraction of joining developer Oakajee Port and Rail, former Western Australian under treasurer John Langoulant said today.
