PERTH-based explorer Beadell Resources Ltd is about to step into producer status after negotiating a deal with resource investment firm Lion Selection Ltd to acquire the remaining 30 per cent interest in the Cracow gold mine for $80 million.
IT may not be considered a sexy commodity compared with the likes of iron and gold, but the rapidly growing importance of potassium and phosphate is attracting the focus of a number of resource companies based in Western Australia.
THE Perth operations office of telecommunications provider SOUL Communications, formerly B Digital, is understood to be closing down its local call centre following its parent’s merger with a company that has offshore customer support operations.
AS more and more cranes appear on the city skyline in response to the boom engulfing the state, it’s not the largest amount of cranes to occupy the CBD area, according to the Master Builders Association of Western Australia.
IT’S an exclusive industry reserved for the super-rich, and Western Australia is right in the thick of the action as a supplier of some of the world’s best super-yachts.
FOR a tourist visiting Perth, the image of the city skyline dotted with cranes is cause for curiosity of what the city could look like after the current construction mayhem.
Perth-based Arafura Resources Ltd is the latest in a string of companies announcing positive phosphate news - with $220 million a year in projected revenue - as rising global demand for agricultural inputs excites investor interest.
Osborne Park radio communications manufacturer Omnitronics is set to open its first overseas office in the US in July to take advantage of increased opportunities and higher demand.
Rivervale-based Aurium Resources Ltd has acquired its second company for this year, following the takeover of Northern Territory-based Jarra Resources Ltd for up to $15.3 million.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd said it is determined to find the right type of gas for the expansion of its Pluto LNG project, despite poor exploration results which could lead the oil and gas producer to miss its end-of-year final investment decision deadline.
The international cotton and vineyard industries have become the global expansion platform for Leederville-based SpecTerra Services, whose airborne imaging system helps growers manage a field to its true potential.
Chinese interest in Australia’s iron ore sector has gone to a new level, with East Perth-registered exploration company Legacy Iron Ore Ltd seeking to list on the stock market.
A Spin-off company from Perth-based explorer Carrick Gold Ltd is aiming to list on the stock market late next month, after raising up to $8 million in its initial public offering.
Iron ore miners in the Mid West region will have more room to move following the $49 million upgrade of Berth 5 at the Geraldton Port, but it may not be enough space in 18 months’ time.
Perth-based Eastland Medical Systems Ltd has moved to the next commercialisation phase of an anti-malaria treatment it believes could deliver more than $250 million in sales each year.
An international legal consultancy with a major focus on the energy services sector has made Perth its Asia Pacific headquarters in a bid to capitalise on the corridor of opportunity between India and Australia.
A team of engineers from Perth company Calibre Projects Pty Ltd has become the first group from outside the UK to win a prestigious international construction competition.
A lack of online shopping options for art has led one Perth business woman to launch her own web site, which has been described as the only one of its kind in Australia.
As the deadline looms for lodging tenders for the planned Oakajee Port development in the state’s Mid West, capturing community support has been turned up a notch by the main players.
The University of Western Australia has lost a Federal Court battle over the ownership of intellectual property held by its former employee Dr Bruce Gray and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical Ltd.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Resources Ltd could start producing gold from its Norseman gold project in 2010 following positive scoping study results that have pegged capital costs at $75 million.
The steady stream of partnerships between major companies and universities may have the latter downplaying competition for private sector cash, but the overall goal of international excellence has built a healthy rivalry.
Education, housing, business regulation and the skills shortage are just a handful of topics that will be touched on this weekend at the 2020 Summit in Canberra.
After operating as a private company for 14 years, mining services firm ADG Global Supply Pty Ltd is planning a stock market listing to bring in new money and attract new talent for its growing business.
Self-development will be one of the core topics brought forward at this weekend’s 2020 Summit by some of Western Australia’s arts delegates, who say the arts industry is about more than just building more centres.
A mystery company known as Yarri Mining Pty Ltd plans to take stoc market listing hopeful Energy and Minerals Australia Ltd (EMA) to court over a highly sought after uranium deposit, which is claimed to be the biggest outside of the control of the mining
