BUSINESS appears to have had a win with the WA Government announcing that it will not continue with its controversial plan to drag employee-like contractors into the payroll tax net.
DESPITE no previous serious exploration on its 1,000 square kilometre territory in the West Musgrave region, West Musgrave Mining has wasted no time in seeking to prove up its holdings.
January is the month of new beginnings in the Western world.The investment world was no exception this year, with five new ASX listings in a range of industries coming out of WA between January 17 and 31.
INDUSTRY players insist the main barrier to achieving agreement on the Greater Sunrise project in the Timor Sea has very little to do with Australia and a great deal to do with the opportune North American west coast market,
Several smaller WA gold and nickel explorers have been busy striking deals with larger international producers in recent weeks, to gain territory and advance exploration.
RECENT oil discoveries in the Perth Basin have highlighted remaining opportunities in the WA oil and gas sector, in particular those for small players.
AUSTRALIA LNG, marketing arm of North West Shelf LNG, is now entering a waiting period of up to five months, having put the finishing touches on its bid to gain one of the industry’s most significant supply contracts.
A GAS discovery is not the same as an oil discovery. Oil means immediate dollars, but any potential gas recovery first requires market creation, which means someone else wanting to use more gas over a comparatively long period of time.
WA produces 70 per cent of Australia’s gold and all of the nation’s LNG, but while recent consolidation in the international gold industry has had a significant effect on WA, the same cannot be said for oil and gas.
DISENCHANTMENT with the service, resentment at the fees, laments about never being heard. Research into banks and their customers often ends up as an exposé of the grief felt by customers, repeated by commentators and felt by employees.
Curtin University of Technology is to support an initiative bringing together the leaders of ten WA companies to share experiences in implementing changes in corporate practice.
The extended wait for a decision on tariffs for Epic Energy’s Dampier to Bunbury pipeline is having a negative effect on the State’s investment climate, as Susan Bower reports.
The Perth office of an international science and engineering consulting firm is proving a vital link between the Chinese mining community and international investment and mining communities wanting a share of emerging opportunities in China.
LAST week’s trade mission to Perth by the Northern Offshore Federation’s Export Club underscored the growing international profile of WA’s petroleum industry.
