The state's Environmental Protection Authority has recommended conditional approval of its third coal-fired power station this week, giving a preliminary nod to Aviva Corporation's proposed 450 megawatt Coolimba power station near Eneabba.
Premier Colin Barnett has again raised the possibility of a future re-merger of state electricity generator Verve Energy with retailer Synergy if other measures to reduce structural costs unfairly borne by Verve prove unsuccessful.
The head of the Department of State Development today said the $678 million in state and federal funds committed to the $4 billion Oakajee deepwater port project could change.
The long-simmering feud between gas suppliers and WA’s biggest gas buyers has been reignited by Woodside Petroleum chief Don Voelte’s celebration of a new price benchmark for domestic gas sales.
The Neil Hamilton-chaired company Miclyn Express Offshore will take a controlling stake in Fremantle-based Samson Maritime as a platform to break into WA's booming North West oil and gas sector.
A federal push to establish a national oil and gas regulator has been deferred until the completion of the inquiry into last year's devastating Montara oil spill.
Western Australia's Chamber of Minerals and Energy has hit back at Premier Colin Barnett's jibe that WA miners were "under-taxed", and called for urgent consultation with industry before any move to hike royalty rates.
The head of leading engineering group WorleyParsons, John Grill, today called for a fresh debate about the use of nuclear power in Australia, saying energy security and sustainability would be the defining issue of the coming decade.
FORMER Hardman Resources chief Simon Potter has taken up a position at leading Queensland LNG proponent Arrow Energy to run its international arm and steer its partial float later this year.
Kerry Stokes’ planned merger of the Seven Network with his giant WesTrac mining services arm is designed to make it the first choice of investors wanting low-risk direct exposure to the China story.
Woodside Petroleum boss Don Voelte has given a subtle warning to major domestic gas customers, such as Alcoa, that the days of cheap gas are over following Woodside's landmark price settlement with Alinta.
The Browse LNG joint venture partners’ approval of James Price Point as the site of their proposed gas plant has reignited debate on the scale of future development in the Kimberley.
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.
FOREIGN bidders have begun snatching even minor fabrication contracts for the $43 billion Gorgon LNG project as Australian workshops are priced out of the market by the strong dollar and undercutting by their overseas rivals.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
