Panoramic Resources Ltd has struck a deal with BHP Billiton Nickel West to supply more nickel ore for processing from its Lanfranchi project in Western Australia in the 2009 financial year.
A $72 million price tag has been placed on the development of Perth-based Tiger Resources Ltd's African copper project with payback for operation pegged at one-and-a-half years.
Bell Potter Securities Ltd has been fined $145,000 by the ASX Disciplinary Tribunal for breaching trading and record keeping rules for the dealing of shares in Victorian company Genetic Technologies Ltd.
Corporate executives who are remunerated via shares and options will continue to be subject to close scrutiny from the Australian Tax Office this financial year, according to Deloitte Reward partner Joe Tropeano.
It may have been a tough past six months for the resource sector but not so according to Standard & Poor's as changes to its S&P/ASX indices reveal a majority of inclusions being resource stocks.
Perth businessman Warren Anderson has been named as a key player in the collapse of fuel pill company Firepower, which left its shareholders millions of dollars out of pocket.
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West Perth-based Zambezi Resources Ltd has fallen short of its $4.1 million capital raising, with less than an eighth of shares on offer subscribed to by shareholders.
In a bid to bolster exploration after winding down its Western Australian mining operations in July, Fox Resources Ltd has hired Newexco Services Pty Ltd to undertake base metals exploration.
Shares in Leederville-based Gladiator Resources Ltd have surged over 46 per cent on a proposal by directors to raise over $1 million to advance exploration programs and acquisitions.
Subiaco-based drug discovery company Phylogica Ltd has signed a joint agreement with researchers in the United Kingdom for the development and commercialisation of novel cancer drugs.
Paladio Group Ltd's order book has been given a significant boost today after its subsidiary, Decmil Australia Pty Ltd, won an $80 million contract by Woodside Burrup Pty Ltd for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia.
West Perth-based Apollo Minerals Ltd has signed a native title agreement with the Ngarluma People, traditional owners of the land where the company's Mt Oscar iron ore project is located.
Perth-based engineering company Emerson Stewart Ltd has boosted its order book value to $46 million after it secured three new contracts with Apache Energy Ltd, Peet Ltd and Straits Asia Resources Ltd.
The Labor Party says it has exposed a shortfall in the Liberal Party's costings for the Princess Margaret Hospital with Labor saying the opposition has only allocated $8 million in its budget as opposed to its $640 million promise.
Bateman Engineering has continued its expansion into Western Australia, signing a deal with Poseidon Nickel Ltd to undertake pre-feasibility work at the Windarra nickel project.
Maddington-based civil contractor Brierty Ltd has signed a letter of intent with iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group for further major earthworks at its port development at Port Hedland in the Pilbara.
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In the mid-1980s, the director of Catholic Education in Western Australia commissioned architect Marcus Collins to design and refurbish the organisation's Leederville offices.
A new plan to shift state government agencies out of the CBD into the suburban office market has attracted the interest of the Town of Vincent, which is hoping to secure a large share of any potential move.
Gindalbie Metals has adopted an innovative approach for developing its $1.8 billion Karara iron ore project, with four engineering companies being given roles.
I think we should all be very concerned about whether we are producing a future workforce with the necessary skills to compete successfully in an increasingly competitive world.
The number of industry sectors involved in arts partnerships grew during the past year, with eight joint ventures across mining, banking and professional services acknowledged at the Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards in WA this week.
When Western Australian voters go to the polling booths on Saturday they have a choice between policy continuity under the Labor Party or the prospect of change under a Liberal government.
David Cooney, the entrepreneur who brought Van's Sidewalk Café to Cottesloe and Aubergine to South Fremantle, is continuing on his campaign to bring good coffee and food to suburban Perth with a new venture in Nedlands.
When a high-profile business leader like Michael Chaney chooses to devote a major address to Perth's business leadership to the topic of schoolteachers, it's worth sitting up and taking notice.
