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.
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and its chief executive Andrew Forrest will head to court in April next year to fight claims made by the corporate watchdog.
Premier Alan Carpenter's election pledge to legislate a uranium ban may cost the country some $200 million in investment as one Canadian company considers a withdrawal from its Australian assets.
A loss of over $9 million from its waste renewable division has impacted Perth-based engineering company GRD Ltd’s half-year earnings, which slumped to a loss of $438,000.
WESTERN Australian businessman Rory Argyle has been awarded the top honour from the Australian Institute of Company Directors for his wide ranging achievements in business and in the community.
When Suzannah Vaughan was appointed to run the first floating production storage and offloading vessel to work offshore India, she believed it was another significant step in her family's connection with the subcontinent and oil.
A TRILATERAL agreement between The University of Western Australia, China’s Zhejiang University and Japan’s Kobe University will be used to establish education and scientific links between the three i
He's worked as a lawyer, played Australian rules football at the highest level, and has spent the past 20 years as a trade commissioner and private consultant helping Western companies do business in China.
Macmahon Holdings Ltd has further strengthened its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, waiving several conditions and allowing shareholders to keep the final six cents dividend.
Premier Alan Carpenter's pledge to impose a legislative ban on uranium mining has prompted an outcry from mining lobby groups and the traditional owners who hold land rights over the major Kintyre uranium deposit.
Uranium miner Paladin Energy Ltd has decreased its full year net loss to $42 million on the back of an improved performance from its Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia.
Perth-based Iluka Resources Ltd will capitalise on the high Chinese demand for zircon with a commitment today to spend a further $210 million to boost production at its Victorian projects.
Oil and gas producer Amadeus Energy Ltd's bottom line has been impacted by adjustments to its hedge portfolio, with the company reporting a full year net loss of $1.3 million.
Deterioration of market conditions has forced Osborne Park-based Anvil Mining Ltd to lower the price of its share placement to Israeli mining investor Dan Gertler by nearly 20 per cent.
Shares in Golden West Resources Ltd have jumped 30 per cent on an unusual heavy day of trade as Portman Ltd's shareholding grip on the company loosens due to dilution.
Mining services company Imdex Ltd has entered into an agreement to fully acquire Queensland drilling services Wildcat Chemicals Australia Pty Ltd for nearly $2 million.
East Perth-based engineering company Lycopodium Ltd believes the buoyant minerals sector outlook will offset challenging conditions in the biodiesel and manufacturing sectors, as it today announced a 40 per cent increase in full-year net profit.
Takeover target Ausdrill Ltd has posted a 28 per cent increase in its full year net profit on the back of a six per cent increase in revenue to $391 million.
Mining services company Mineral Resources Ltd has reported a net profit of $47 million for the 2008 financial year, up 134 per cent from the previous year.
West Perth-based mining company Sphere Investments Ltd is looking for a new partner for its Mauritanian iron ore project, after Qatar Steel walked away from acquiring a 15 per cent interest worth $130 million.
The mining boom has fed into mining services company Brandrill Ltd's full year net profit, which has increased 36 per cent to $11 million in fiscal 2008.
Civil construction company Brierty Ltd has posted a full-year net loss of $1.3 million after downgrading its profit twice in its first year of listing on the stock market.
Miner Mincor Resources Ltd has reported a 36 per cent fall in net profit for the 2008 financial year to $64 million on the back of lower nickel prices.
Wesfarmers Ltd's share price slumped today after it announced a 33 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending June 2008 of just over $1 billion but a fall in earnings per share.
Engineering company Clough Ltd has turned around its 2007 financial year loss into a net profit of $67 million while its order book stands at $1.2 billion.
