Apache Energy Ltd has confirmed production at its Varanus Island gas facility has reached about 70 per cent while its parent company expects to seal a deal to sell gas from the Reindeer project at higher prices than existing agreements.
Senior BHP Billiton executive Megan Clark has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Two more rate cuts tipped by year's end; Libs say WA lost gas deal; Short shrift from Fortescue; Labor reveals polling 'shock' as major parties vie to be underdog; Chinese move on uranium
The battle between Oil Basins Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd, a spin-off from the merger of ARC Energy and Australian Worldwide Exploration, has heightened following a force majeure declaration over the Blina Back Reef Play joint venture.
A mining lobby group has outlined its election wishlist for the next state government in a bid to restore Western Australia's mining policy reputation.
BHP bid seen as a brake on Rio's expansion plans; Wong rebuffs business on emissions; Qantas handed warning on safety; Sage, Evraz at loggerheads; St George undervalued: investors
The Water Corporation today began evaluating the tenders of two consortia bidding to win the job of designing, building and operating Western Australia's second desalination plant in Binningup.
The North West Shelf Venture's fifth LNG processing train has been completed bringing total investments in the venture's assets to more than $25 billion.
Western Australia's state opposition is threatening to penalise BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto if they merge, saying that a Liberal government would wipe out vital royalty concessions now enjoyed by the mining giants, The Australian reported today.
Credit crunch strips $12bn out of profits; Liberals oppose BHP merger; Big supermarkets face ban on buying rivals; Fairfax journos return as bosses drop threats, offer pay rise; RBA cut to boost economy
State opposition leader Colin Barnett has accused Treasurer Eric Ripper of misleading the public over Japanese company Inpex Ltd's decision to build a $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant.
Gas market faces ACCC shake-up; B&B plans sell-off of fund rights in cash hunt; $100bn show of investment confidence; AMP spells out risk as profit dips; Fairfax journalists strike over job cuts
Japanese company Inpex Ltd is expected to choose either Western Australia or the Northern Territory to host the $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant in two months, as it prepares for further drilling in the Darwin Habour.
Babcock & Brown Communities Group and Babcock & Brown Wind Partners Group, which both hold assets in Western Australia, have reported skyrocketing full year net profits today.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Altera Resources Ltd is set to change its focus and board after entering a $10 million scrip deal to acquire Clean Global Energy Pty Ltd which has access to intellectual property for underground coal gasification.
Australia's top companies are failing to follow global guidelines on bribery and corruption reporting and fall short of world's best practice, according to research by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Net Balance Foundation Ltd.
A day after delivering a record first half profit, Woodside Petroleum Ltd has started production at its Vincent oil project off the North West Cape in Western Australia.
Capacity at Port Hedland's inner harbour is set to increase to cater for the iron ore expansion projects by BHP Billiton, which today secured an agreement with the state government.
Families to carry gas firm's $2.5bn tax; Investors take flight amid doubts over Macquarie's model; Westfield's big year ahead; Premier admitted to uranium compo risk; Asset sales to the rescue as GPT reports huge plunge
Rio Tinto Ltd, the world's third largest mining company, has forecast higher prices for the company's core commodities of iron, alumina and copper after delivering a record first half profit.
Whether or not you are a fan of the Olympic Games, this wonderful event does highlight the competitiveness of nations, exposing what can be achieved by investment of resources and exploitation of natural advantages.
Investors trying to pick the next big thing in the resources boom poured their money into a diverse group of Western Australian companies last year, including iron ore, coal and phosphate stocks.
Western Australia is in the middle of a once-in-a-generation boom, but you'd struggle to know that if you had closely followed the state election campaign.
Uranium miner Paladin Energy and iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group have for the third year running maintained their status as the top performing Western Australian stocks, based on rolling five-year returns.
For most manufacturers, a $5 billion order book represents a pretty ambitious target - even more so when the company is a shipbuilder from the small suburb of Henderson, Western Australia.
MORE than 75,000 people could be living and working in the Pilbara by 2012, with the number of resource industry employees expected to double and fly-in, fly-out workers expected to triple by 2015, ac
The past year has provided a bumpy ride for players in the base metals field, as sharp falls in commodity prices, a stronger Australian dollar and rising cost pressures bite into the bottom line.
As so often happens in the unpredictable hurly-burly of party political rivalry, while you're looking one way there's something happening elsewhere that's at least equally, and often far more, important.
Western Australian assets worth more than $6 billion could be on the market as investment group Babcock & Brown Ltd and its satellite funds seek to deal with their financial troubles.
