S&P Indices has completed its quarterly shakeup of its stockmarket indices, with Perth-based mineral sands miner Iluka Resources being elevated into Australia’s top 50 companies.
International oil and gas giant Apache Corp says it has received federal government approval to develop two new natural gas fields off the Western Australian coast.
The mining services industry is going from strength to strength, with earnings per share growth averaging 15.7 per cent, according to analysis of the August 2011 reporting season by UBS.
Perth company Professional Gyprock Solutions and its sole director, Lin Qiao, has been fined $19,000 for breaches of the Fair Work Act relating to false, misleading and inadequate records of payment.
Murdoch University’s Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases has received a record personal donation; a $1.3 million gift from Fortescue Metals group chairman Andrew Forrest and his wife Nico
Former Home Building Society managing director Greg Wall is moving back into a management role after being named as the new chief executive at motoring industry cooperative Capricorn Society.
Shire of Roebourne chief executive Collene Longmore is the sole Western Australian representative to be appointed to the federal government's new Ministerial Advisory Council on Regional Australia.
Newcrest Mining and Indonesia’s Aneka Tambang have suspended operations at their Gosowong joint venture after the death of nine people, including two Australians, in a helicopter accident.
Perth-based coal explorer Firestone Energy has announced it has received mining rights approval from the South African government for its joint venture development, the Waterberg Coal project.
THE strength of Western Australia’s commodities sector has again been underlined, with WA-listed company values hitting all-time highs, according to new research from Deloitte.
Bathurst Resources, Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Iron were recognised as some of Western Australia’s most successful listed companies at an awards ceremony in Kalgoorlie last night.
The Bonaparte LNG joint venture has begun drilling at its Petrel-7 appraisal well in the Timor Sea, as it moves toward a possible go-agead for development of the offshore gas field.
Coretrack chief executive Nanne van ‘t Riet has been told his services are “no longer required” and he will relinquish control of the drilling technology company immediately.