Followers of the nickel sector are expecting further takeover activity after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.
The housing shortage in regional Western Australia has become a bigger issue than skill shortages for companies like BHP Billiton, according to one of the mining giant’s senior executives.
Xstrata meets with WA government to discuss its $3.1b Jubilee takeover; Harold Clough quits Clough board after family sell down; Coventry rose by 3pcts yesterday; WA Department of Agriculture quits involvement in wheat breeding; Myer staff wins pay rise.
Specialist mining and energy software developer ISS Group Ltd has disclosed that its European office has concluded a purchase agreement with BG International, formerly British Gas.
Mine developer Precious Metals Australia Ltd has negotiated a new gas supply agreement for its Windimurra vanadium project with Santos Ltd, two months after Santos cancelled their original $35 million agreement.
Perth-based gas developer Po Valley Energy Ltd has awarded a $10 million contract for its first production plant in Itay, which is targeted to start producing in the third quarter of next year.
West Perth-based oil explorer Otto Energy Ltd has struck a deal to acquire an 18 per cent interest in a Philippines oil field that is set to enter production in April next year.
Specialist engineering company Neptune Marine Services Ltd has continued its rapid expansion by announcing plans to acquire Aberdeen-based Ross Deeptech Initiatives Ltd for $25 million in cash.
Private Brisbane company ERM Power is expected to proceed shortly with a new gas-fired power station at Neerabup, just north of Perth, after gaining environmental approval.
This week, as Prime Minister John Howard incurred the wrath of dog-walkers and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd was ticked off by angry choristers, the economy remained the number one issue as the consumer price index was released.
Tap Oil Ltd has signed its third gas sales contract in the past two months, lifting its total revenue from the new agreements to $243 million over the coming decade.
South Perth-based energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd will incorporate emissions technology for carbon capture, desulfurisation and air cooling in its Coolimba Power project, south of Eneabba.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary Straits Asia Resources Ltd has entered into a deal to acquire two coal tenements north of its Sebuku Island operations for around $153.8 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd has announced plans to spin out subsidiary Gas Link Global Ltd after completing a capital restructure on the company and raising $7.5 million.
New nickel projects will inject a further 275,000 tonnes of the metal into global markets by 2013 - but supply-demand dynamics are expected to remain tight, Delta Securities' research analyst Carey Smith told the 2007 Paydirt Australian Nickel Conference
ARC Energy Ltd has negotiated deals to buy oil producer Anzon Australia Ltd and its UK parent company Anzon Energy Ltd, creating a merged group with a market value of about $1.1 billion.
Futuris to sell 43 per cent of its AAC stake; Uranium contracts puts BHP on the spot; Atomic authority says nuclear energy industry planning has to start next year; PM releases $4b concession package; Gage Roads main shareholder sells most of its stake.
WEST Perth-based charity group United Way WA has appointed HBF Health Funds Inc chief executive Rob Bransby and Freehills partner Dan Dragovic to its board of trustees.
The City of Perth Heritage Appeal is challenging negative perceptions by launching two innovative programs and pushing the economic case for heritage preservation.
Strong overseas demand for minerals and petroleum, particularly from China, and strengthening commodity prices pushed the value of Western Australia’s resources industry up 25 per cent to a record $53.4 billion in 2006-07.
Electricity retailer Synergy has emerged as the only one of the four disaggregated electricity corporations to exceed budget forecasts, reporting earnings before interest and tax of $64.9 million for the 2006-07 financial year.
The state government is likely to approve two gas processing hubs on the west Kimberley coast despite conservation groups expressing concern about the impact of giant gas projects and the associated shipping movements.
Growth in the Western Australian residential property sector over the past year may not have reached the stellar heights of the 2004-06 period, but a double-digit return still points to the market’s continuing strength.
Whether or not Kevin Rudd – Kevin07 during the campaign – takes Labor into power on November 24, nobody will ever be able to take from him that he has managed to make a very average mob look like winners.
Perth-based gas explorer Po Valley Energy Ltd has signed a contract with Hydrodrilling International SpA to secure a drill rig for use on its gas fields in northern Italy starting in April 2008.
AGL dumps Anthony; Nexus shut down of the auction for Anzon; tax cuts promises to cost $80b in the next five years; Gordon raids Ten options for a 4.3 per cent stake; Labor widens the gap over the coalition after one week.
Ric Stowe's private Griffin group is claiming success with its latest efforts to use its Collie collieries as a solution to the salinty issues plague the massive Wellington Dam.
