State-owned Verve Energy is seeking a partner to invest $50 million into building WA's first commercial Integrated Wood Processing plant in the wheatbelt, after seven years of research and trials confirmed the viability of the technology.
Key industry players have joined with Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan in urging the federal government to foot half of the $800 million bill to fund the upgrade of Western Australia’s road and rail network.
The Western Australian Biofuels taskforce has recommended a target of 5 per cent biofuels consumption by 2010, switching to a mandate by 2011 if the 2010 target is not achieved.
The once-sleepy fishing town of Jurien Bay will be transformed into a premier nature-based tourism destination over the next five years, with a major influx of tourism development and capital investment.
RDA Group founding directors Ian Cook and Richard Appleton started their IT services firm business from a house in East Perth in 1993, and have since have grown the business into a national concern with a view towards international expansion.
The Western Australian Biofuels taskforce has recommended a target of 5 per cent biofuel consumption by 2010, switching to a mandate by 2011 if the 2010 target is not achieved.
Local councils and industry leaders in the South West must articulate a vision for the region if the rapid growth is to be sustainable in the long term, according to LandCorp chief executive Ross Holt.
Sales of hybrid vehicles in Western Australia have almost doubled on last year for the year to date, as 4WD and sports utility vehicles fall out of favour with buyers across Australia and overseas.
Fremantle-based Oil Mallee Company Ltd hopes to capitalise on current market sentiment by working towards bioenergy production with an initial $300,000 capital raising and possibly listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The state government’s long-awaited Climate Action Statement, injecting $40 million of funding into renewable energy development and committing to renewable energy targets, has received a mixed response from within the sector.
Western Australia should move towards ‘sustainable functionality’ through a restructuring of its agricultural industry and adaptation to the changing climate, according to an internationally renowned water expert.
Achieving revenue figures of close to $2.3 million after just three years in business has earned North Perth-based cabling solutions firm Cable8 Electrical Communications a place in the country’s top 50 fastest growing start-ups.
Western Australian premium food and beverage companies are targeting lucrative export sales to the small Chinese territory of Macau as the flurry of international investment into new hotels and casinos in the territory presents strong demand for WA niche
An occupational health and safety review of his workplace was the catalyst for ANSA Pty Ltd director Steven Terpstra’s creation of a device that has captured the attention of construction companies across the country, as well as the state’s workplace safe
Western Australian small to medium sized business owners fear the state is on the verge of a wages blow-out, with high resources sector salaries raising employee salary expectations beyond their capabilities.
While conventional wisdom says that expansion allows many businesses to exploit economies of scale and maximise profits, an award winning thesis has suggested bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to improving efficiencies.
A private equity backed management buy-out of industrial supplier Heatley Sales in May 2005 put the company on a fast track to growth, driving its local acquisition activity and national expansion.
