Former Arc Energy Ltd chief operating officer Marie Malaxos has been elected as the president of the Petroleum Club of Western Australia, replacing Derrick O'Keefe.
Rio Tinto's share raid on South Perth-based Extract Resources Ltd has continued, with the mining major lifting its stake in the explorer to 14.4 per cent.
Wesfarmers Ltd has unveiled a new remuneration package for managing director Richard Goyder in a step to better reflect the increased responsibilities stemming from the Coles acquisition.
Two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd have secured contracts valued at $50 million from mining companies including Rio Tinto.
Gold miner St Barbara Ltd has signed a $20 million agreement with lender GE Commercial Finance to fund ongoing development at its Gwalia mine in Western Australia.
Western Australia has formally lost its bid to host a multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas plant, with Japanese company Inpex Ltd today announcing Darwin as its preferred site.
Western Australian Labor MP Ben Wyatt, touted as a future party leader, has been chosen to take on Treasurer Troy Buswell in the state's new parliament.
An injunction preventing Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd from acquiring a stake in an African iron ore project has been dropped following mediation talks with a disgruntled shareholder.
Emerging Perth-based base metals company Bass Metals Ltd has confirmed a maiden $1.78 million net profit for fiscal 2008 financial, underpinned by strong high-grade production from the Que River operation in Tasmania.
Found: Firepower chief in London, denies hiding; Double gas trouble as Inpex quits WA and oil tax is passed; Monetary shot 'a necessity'; Rio faces strike as train drivers fire up test case; Timber firms plan writs over Varanus gas crisis
The tax on condensate passed the Senate today, despite fierce opposition from WA Senators who compared the bill to a 'drive-by shooting' on Western Australians.
Treasurer Troy Buswell has announed the newly elected government will need to reign in excessive spending growth, inherited from the previous Labor government, following the release of the Annual Report on State Finances (ARSF) this afternoon.
Initial public offerings on the Australian share market have sunk to a low of 14 for the first quarter of 2008-09, with 11 of these in the mining sector, according to Ernst & Young's quarterly IPO analysis.
The Australian dollar finished marginally firmer today after US President George W Bush's comments the US economy was "in danger" sparked a US currency sell-off.
Bentley-based waste recycling company AnaeCo Ltd has won its second major contract after being commissioned by a regional council in Victoria to process their mixed and green waste.
More than 300 local and international exhibitors will be on show at the 2009 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition in Perth, making it the biggest oil and gas expo ever held in the Southern Hemisphere.
Vulcan Resources Ltd, a base and precious metals development and exploration company working in Finland, has become the latest in a string of companies to feel the pinch thanks to the financial crisis affecting markets around the globe.
Private Chinese company Shagang International Holdings will emerge with a 45 per cent stake in Grange Resources Ltd as a result of a merger deal announced today between Grange and Australian Bulk Minerals.
Perth-based Catalpa Resources Ltd is aiming to become Australia's next mid tier gold producer by developing its open pit assets, located on its extensive and wholly-owned mining tenements in Western Australia.
State hit by $731m blowout: Buswell; 'Morale' cash quietens builders; Only 'faint glimmer' WA will retain Inpex gas project, says Barnett; Strike move sees NW union revival; Turbulence forces Qantas to delay $2bn float
THE CBD will face a power shortfall in 2010 unless Western Power installs $100 million worth of new electrical infrastructure to cater for the increased demand on the grid from new office and apartment buildings.
SUSTAINABILITY and affordability are beginning to drive innovation in the use of building materials in Western Australia's housing industry, with more developers using imported and lightweight products.
Calling the bottom of the market is fraught with danger for real estate agents and developers, but many in the industry are hopeful that the tide is beginning to turn.
PERTH'S insolvency world is undergoing a restructuring of its own ahead of an expected rush of new business in the wake of the credit crunch and global banking crisis.
DESPITE tightening global credit markets, property analysts remain optimistic that the residential sector in Western Australia is headed for a growth phase in the near future.
LITIGATION funder IMF Australia believes the worst of the sub-prime crisis impact in Western Australia is yet to come, with "a simmering pile" of non sub-prime collateralised debt obligations potentially adding to investors' woes.
