West Perth-based Tap Oil Ltd has forecast a significant impact on its bottom line following disruptions at its Woollybutt oil field which kept it offline for most of the year.
Air fares at Skywest Airlines Ltd are set to increase later this week after higher fuel prices forced the air carrier to raise its fuel levy surcharge.
Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd has alerted its shareholders of a possible unsolicited offer following a request for the company's list of shareholders.
Engineering company Neptune Marine Services Ltd is set to capitalise on the $40 billion European subsea market following its acquisition of Aberdeen-based Subsea Engineering Services Ltd.
The falling nickel price has hit Perth companies Fox Resources Ltd and Australian Mines Ltd, which have been forced to either wind down operations or defer capital development.
NRW Holdings Ltd has secured another contract from Rio Tinto Ltd subsidiary Hamersely Iron Pty Ltd for its Brockman 4 project, taking its total current works at the project to $132 million.
Bell Financial Group Ltd has agreed to buy Southern Cross Equities for an expected $150 million in cash and scrip to create Australia's largest independent broker.
Following a structural glitch that halted the project in March, Woodside Petroleum Ltd has announced that first production has started at its $1.2 billion Neptune project in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nickel miner Minara Resources Ltd has confirmed that it shut down its Murrin Murrin operation for five days following the Varanus Island gas incident, and has disclosed its new gas supply, secured last month, is partly interruptible.
West Perth-based Beadell Resources Ltd will have to put its goal of stepping into the miner's sphere on hold, after turbulent market conditions stopped the company from raising equity to purchase a share of the Cracow gold mine.
Woodside has been able to further increase output at the North West Shelf joint venture past the 100 terrajoules of gas per day that was initially estimated in the wake of the state's gas crisis.
Business confidence in Western Australia has defied a plunging national trend, a new report on Australian's small and medium-sized enterprises market has found.
Western Australia has recorded a drop of 3.6 per cent in new vehicle sales for the month of June, while sales across the country continue to run at record levels.
The federal government's review of Chinese investment in Australia has denied Perth-based Prosperity Resources Ltd of $4.5 million that it would have received from Shougang Holding.
Skywest Airlines Ltd has signed a scheduled charter supply contract with Rio Tinto Services Ltd for flights to and from Perth to mine sites in Western Australia.
After six years at the helm, Wesfarmers Ltd chairman Trevor Eastwood will retire from the position at the company's annual general meeting in November.
The failure of Pankaj Oswal's Burrup Holdings Ltd to appear on the stock market failed to put a dampener on Western Australian companies' enthusiasm for going public, largely defying a falling share market thanks to the resource boom.
PT Bumi Resources Tbk has increased its takeover offer for Herald Resources by 5 cents, putting an end to the stalemate with rival bidder Antam-Zhongjin as the latter demands a break fee of $5 million.
West Perth-based Giralia Resources NL will soon have a healthy bank balance of $77 million after it finalised the sale of its remaining interest in fellow Perth company Red Hill Iron Ltd.
The legal stoush between Subiaco-based explorer TNG Ltd and the Commonwealth government has been adjourned until August as the company's share price jumps 68 per cent on the discovery of high-grade iron in the Northern Territory.
West Perth-based Alchemy Resources Ltd has expanded its footprint in the gold sector following a move to acquire the Western Australian division of Polymetals Group Pty Ltd which holds gold projects near Kalgoorlie.
Subiaco-based Balkans Gold Ltd will undergo a name change as it expands its geographical reach to Africa following an agreement to acquire West African Resources Ltd for $1.5 million.
West Perth-based Phosphate Australia Ltd has made a stunning debut on the bourse today, with its share price closing at a near 200 per cent premium to its 20 cent issue price.
Businesses and companies seeking assurances of a longer-term gas supply allocation will have to wait a little longer, as the government keeps quiet on details of an official gas trading scheme.
Euroz Ltd has reported a jump of 91 per cent in its unaudited net profit after tax for the 2008 financial year but, as it usually does, has cautioned the market that continued profitability will be dependent on the market.
Cazaly Resources Ltd has sold an iron ore tenement in the Hamersley Ranges in Western Australia to Flinders Mines Ltd for $1.5 million in cash and scrip.
West Perth-based Albidon Ltd has made the transition to nickel producer following the production of first concentrate at its Munali project in Zambia, with cash flow starting next month.
Subiaco-based Chrome Corporation Ltd has decided to move on with the sale of its 74 per cent interest in a South African chrome project for $41 million, a week after it decided not to proceed with a $51 million sale.
