Mark Beyer

Oil explorer Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Ltd Ltd has scrapped the planned $25 million acquisition of West Perth-based Finder Exploration Pty Ltd after it was unable to reach agreement with the vendors of Finder.

Oil and gas producers ARC Energy Ltd and Anzon Australia Ltd have announced they are negotiating the final terms of a merger that would create a $1.1 billion energy group.

Midwest Corporation Ltd's long-running battle to transfer its iron ore transport from road to rail has taken a step closer to resolution after the Environmental Protection Authority recommended that the project be approved.

Murchison Metals Ltd says its $1 billion offer for Midwest Corporation Ltd represents good value and there is potential for a re-rating the combined group if it proceeds.

The business sector's satisfaction with the Carpenter government's key industry policy agency has plummeted, according to data compiled by the Department of Industry and Resources.

Aspiring iron ore miner Grange Resources Ltd has selected its preferred power transmission option, which will have indirect benefits for communities on the south coast that have been plagued by poor power supplies in recent years.

UK-based industrial services company Cape plc’s local spending spree looks set to hit more than $430 million in the past few months after securing acceptance from the board of its latest target PCH Group Ltd.

The booming share market has delivered strong profit growth for Perth’s major stockbroking firms, but a close analysis of their latest financial results reveals a wide variation in performance.

With the federal election campaign officially under way, the business community should start planning for the prospect of a Labor government in Canberra.

Australian Securities Exchange-listed technology investor, ST Synergy Ltd, is looking to recover value from its investment in Panorama Labs Pty Ltd by buying the latter company’s assets from its administrator.

UK-based industrial services company Cape plc looks set to complete its third WA-focused takeover in as many months after scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd accepted a sweetened $247 million offer.

Consolidated Minerals Ltd bidder Palmary Enterprises Ltd has taken rival bidder Pallinghurst Resources Australia Ltd to the Takeovers Panel in the latest twist in the long-running takeover battle.

Spending on minerals exploration in Western Australia has grown strongly in the past financial year.

Five of Perth’s mid-tier accounting firms have changed their name and/or their affiliation in the past six months, representing an unprecedented period of restructuring for the sector.

A Perth company that has developed a revolutionary new method of extracting copper, nickel and other base metals from ore is pursuing a stock market listing through a reverse takeover of newly listed explorer Trajan Minerals Ltd.

Mid-tier accounting group Hall Chadwick has filled the Western Australian gap in its national network by enticing Subiaco's Maxim Business Consulting Group to join the association.

A group of Perth investors including former Macquarie Bank director Simon Lyons and Prime West director John Bond have taken control of listed irrigation company Australian Watwerwise Solutions Ltd.

With a federal election likely to be called this month, possibly this weekend, its worth focusing on the key issue of industrial relations policy.

When geologists around the world start planning new mine developments, there is a good chance the software used will have been written in Perth by a company such as Gemcom or Micromine.

One year after helping to float the family company, Swick Mining Services Ltd (SMS), on the Australian Securities Exchange, Randal Swick is planning to establish a new drilling business in Brazil.

Western Australia has become unusually dependent on three giant resource sector producers, which account for more than half of the state’s entire exports.

Cougar Metals NL managing director Randal Swick has announced plans to establish a drilling business in Brazil, two weeks after he resigned as a non-executive director of Swick Mining Services Ltd.

Subsea engineering services company Neptune Marine Ltd has announced its seventh acquisition in the past 18 months, agreeing to pay $17 million for Fremantle-based SEA-STRUCT.

Former Home Building Socity Ltd chief executive Craig Coleman is converting his new company Ausron Ltd into a financial services technology provider, making its first acquisition and announcing a $25 million capital raising.

The Domenic Martino-chaired ComputerCORP Ltd has announced plans to merge with Melbourne-based IT company Leading Solutions, in a deal that will double the size of the West Perth-based business.

The Auditor General has taken the extraordinary step of qualifying the annual report of the Department of Treasury & Finance, prompting the state government to introduce tighter controls at the Office of Shared Services.

Midwest Corporation Ltd is facing a crisis on two fronts, with the state government turning up the attack on its disputed state agreement and refusing to provide a long-term extension to its iron ore trucking arrangements, which could force it to halt exp

National printing company GEON Group is on the lookout for additional acquisitions in Western Australia following its purchase of Bassendean firm, Advance Press Pty Ltd, for about $11 million.

“A coordinated approach to common-user infrastructure development and stakeholder relations is vital to unlock the full potential of Australia’s fastest growing new iron ore province.”

A group of Western Australian entrepreneurs played a significant role in changing the nature of the national home loan market, which as recently as 15 years ago offered consumers little choice in lenders.

A new harbour at Cockburn Sound, a new football stadium, and a new museum head a $4 billion list of major infrastructure projects awaiting approval from the state government.

UK investment fund Carrousel Capital Ltd has turned up the heat on Perth fund manager LinQ Capital, arguing that LinQ is not dogn enough to boost price of the listed LinQ Resources Fund.