Mark Pownall

THE middle of this current decade is shaping up to be the crunch year in the iron ore game, when the rapid expansion of supply restores balance in the market and tests those sitting at the higher end of the cost curve.

LANDCORP is seeking a development partner for the northern 120 hectares of its Eglinton landholding in Perth’s fast developing northern corridor.

Our close relationship with the Japanese could be mutually beneficial at this time.

MICHAEL Wright doesn’t want his descendants to go through the legal and emotional difficulties that have plagued him for the past few years, and restricted his ability to capitalise on opportunities created by recent economic turmoil.

THE success of the Mt Barker Free Range Chicken business has paved the way for further development of specialist brands within Graham Laitt’s Milne AgriGroup.

Planning ahead is one thing, making sure everyone knows about it is another.

A LEADING actuary who blew the whistle on the enormous cost of privatising the state government’s employee superannuation administor, GESB, has been appointed to its board.

2011 could be a pivotal year for Australia’s ageing workforce.

SET to service a community of somewhere near 300,000 people over the next few decades, the commuter railway network for Perth’s northern corridor has become the subject of heated debate between developers and government agencies.

The development of the north-west is firing people’s imaginations, especially when it comes to defence.

Ian Trahar's bid for window furnishings group Kresta Holdings has been dealt a severe blow with an independent expert finding the offer neither fair nor reasonable.

The 2011 40under40 1st Amongst Equals winner is a man for the times who says it’s attitude that counts.

Next week’s changeover in air service operator for the Gascoyne region remains a sore point for local businesses, which believe the state government’s decision was made in haste.

While quick to make a headline, Paul Howes could learn a thing or two about management from Rio Tinto.

Once a sedate company, WA Newspapers’ wild ride continues under entrepreneurial leadership.

The administrators of coal business Griffin have urged creditors to back a deed of company arrangement as the best way of securing a return - but the timing of one-third of the sale proceeds hinges on the development of a rail export route via Bunbury.

The post-GFC financial services world has forced Westscheme’s hand.

ENTREPRENEUR Jeff McGlinn is reviving a business closed down by his former company, NRW Holdings, after cashing out from the mining services company last year to the tune of almost $42 million.

THE Environmental Protection Authority has denied it has taken a tougher stance on project approvals after striking out three mining-related developments in its only recommendations this year.

IAN Trahar’s desire to control window furnishings group Kresta Holdings appears to have become an even tougher task with substantial shareholder Perpetual increasing its stake in the target after reportedly opposing the bid.

ENTREPRENEUR Nick Tana’s family enterprise is embarking on a new adventure – wind farms.

The shape of takeover target Kresta Holdings' shareholder register continues to change, with fund manager Perpetual the latest major investor to reveal its activity in the stock over recent months.

Blind maker Kresta Holdings, which today released an interim profit down 63 per cent, has taken legal action in the WA Supreme Court to postpone a meeting called by fund manager Hunter Hall to take control of its board.

A major supplier to blind maker Kresta Holdings, whose vote could determine who controls the company, has admitted failing to lodge substantial shareholder notices with the company for the past 11 years.

PERTH’S office market is starting to tighten again for the first time since the middle of 2008 when the vacancy rates virtually hit zero at the height of the boom.

Premier Colin Barnett’s pet project, a port at Oakajee, has reached a crucial moment in its development.

Getting rich is tougher than most people think.

AS the politics swirls around the Oakajee port project and its associated mine development, the appointment of a key player used to dealing with government makes a considerable amount of sense.

NEWLY formed investment-banking player Miro Advisors has named former deputy prime minister John Anderson as a member of a new advisory panel to help it win international business.

Western Australia is set to lose one of its few retail financial services players with a move by $3.4 billion superannuation player Westscheme to merge with its giant eastern cousin Australian Super to create a $40 billion industry fund.

WHILE the only way is up for developments in Scarborough – with at least five buildings above eight stories approved late last year – the beachside precinct still has some way to go before its transformation as modern tourism district is complete.

THE state government is moving to the next phase of its redevelopment of the Perth Cultural Centre, with six tenders currently being advertised from which a team of consultants will be selected to develop a master plan for the precinct.