THE federal government’s announcement this week that it would proceed with the establishment of a special body to study and plan Australia’s infrastructure needs was a welcome recognition of the impor
The $360 million Mounts Bay foreshore development was given the green light by the government this week, bringing to $2 billion the social infrastructure commitments made by Alan Carpenter in the past week.
Premier Alan Carpenter has today committed the state government to nearly $400 million in new infrastructure, including a Dubai-esque redevelopment of the Mounts Bay foreshore on the edge of Perth.
Base metals explorer Coziron Resources Ltd has announced that its proposed joint venture partner PT GALIAN ENDAPAN BUANA has been awarded a lead export licence by the West Sumatra Government.
Rate alert of 8% by year's end; WA stocks fall behind benchmark; Buckeridge takes port fight to court; Empired swoops on lame Commander's IT outpost; Rio boss writes off new BHP bid
Premier Alan Carpenter has announced that the state government will build a new $1.1 billion multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Kitchener Park in Subiaco by 2016.
After months of takeover speculation and feuding between Mid West iron ore miners Murchison Metals and Midwest Corporation, the two companies are once again independently pursuing their expansion plans.
West Perth-based renewable energy company, Torrens Energy Ltd, has been buoyed by the latest hot rock drilling results at its geothermal project in South Australia, posting what it calls outstanding preliminary temperature results.
Geraldton Port users should show more patience as the port brings its latest upgrade, the $45 million Berth 5 enhancement, on line, planning and infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan said today.
Wester Power has approved an access application by Eneabba Gas Ltd subsidiary, Eneabba Energy Pty Ltd, to connect to some 170 MW of power from the SWIS network for its Centauri 1 power station site near Dongara.
A review of listed uranium companies found that the top three performers – West Australian Metals, Extract Resources and Bannerman Resources – all have operations in Namibia.
With Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group set to become the Pilbara’s third iron ore exporter this year, many other companies are racing to join the ranks of iron ore producers in the resource-rich region.
Pilbara iron ore developer Aurox Resources Ltd has appointed engineering and manufacturing giants FLSmidth Minerals Pty Ltd and Siemens Ltd to construct its Balla Balla magnetite project, south west of Port Hedland.
Magellan Metals’ plan to transport lead through Fremantle port has received a boost with two of the states largest livestock exporters, Wellard Rural Exports and Meat and Livestock Australia, expressing confidence in the safety requirements outlined by th
Four months after completing its purchase of Alinta, investment group Babcock & Brown has commenced expansion of its infrastructure business in Western Australia under a new brand.
THE federal government’s announcement this week that it would proceed with the establishment of a special body to study and plan Australia’s infrastructure needs was a welcome recognition of the impor
The state government has imposed a raft of additional conditions on Magellan Metals before it can proceed with its bid to ship containerised lead through Fremantle.
A light rail network connecting East Perth and Subiaco is the subject of a report released this month by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
Already home to mining giants Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Anglo Gold Ashanti, Argentina is considered to be Latin America’s next worldclass mining region, after Chile and Brazil, with its relatively underexplored but highly prospective gold and silver resourc
The Fremantle business community has sought to rescue Peter Briggs’ motor museum from closure, putting forward an alternative plan to move it to a building used by the nearby Western Australian Maritime Museum.
National rail freight operator, Pacific National, has signed a longterm lease agreement with the state government to secure an additional 38 hectares of land adjoining its Kewdale site.
VDM Group Ltd subsidiary Civmec Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd together with its joint venture partner UK-based Laing O'Rourke have been awarded a $146 million project by Argyle Diamonds.
Former Western Australian opposition leader Matt Birney announced today that he would be retiring from politics at the next state election, due in early 2009, to pursue opportunities in the private sector.
Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry has taken a swipe at the state government over its dependence on gas from the North West shelf, as the government-owned Western Power moved to allay fears of rolling blackouts this afternoon.
The state Liberal Party has put forward a radical plan to phase out commercial shipping activity at Fremantle harbour in favour of a new port at Kwinana adjacent to the private port planned by private company James Point Pty Ltd.
Mining services companies dominated the major business awards programs in Western Australia in 2007, which was a fitting reflection of the economic drivers during the year.
The state opposition has unveiled a major plan for the strategic relocation of heavy port operations and road freight traffic out of North Fremantle to a new port in Kwinana, which could link in with Len Buckeridge's James Point port proposal.
