Mark Mentiplay

The unprecedented China-fed demand for iron ore has set the stage for a new golden age of development in Western Australia. The rush for the big Pilbara producers to catch up with demand has been coupled with the emergence of the state’s second iron ore r

With a prestigious international award under its belt, sales booming, new products on the way and virtually no debt, rising costs are forcing cashed up Perth company Advanced Nanotechnology to consider shifting at least part of its operations overseas.

Representatives of BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals Group clashed at an iron ore conference in Perth today over the vexed question of access to the Pilbara iron ore rail network.

Perth satellite communications specialist Fastwave Communications has developed a revolutionary global solution for the near real-time control, monitoring and tracking of remote fixed or mobile assets on land or under the sea, anywhere on the planet.

The Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance have merged to create one of the biggest financial services organisations in Australasia.

If a financial journalist needed some inside advice on the longevity of the rampaging Chinese economy, who better to ask than one of the world’s top ballet dancers and best selling author.

With international demand for iron ore increasing and prices predicted to rise substantially again next year, Western Australia’s slew of new and emerging producers has been further buoyed by the recent multi billion dollar expansion in the Pilbara.

This year is shaping up as another bumper period of record earnings, profits and dividends for the big international mining companies.

Relatively few Western Australian copper producers are positioned to cash in on a rampant copper price, which continues to head north into unchartered territory above $US4,000 a tonne ($A5,470t).