THE value of Western Australia's merchandise exports increased by $352 million (or 12.3 per cent) to $3.21 billion in the 12 months to December 2004, on an original basis.
Just one week after it expanded its diamond hunting grounds in South Africa, Namakwa Diamond Company has taken interests in eight new exploration projects closer to home.The company has entered into
WOODSIDE West Africa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum, has successfully bid for an offshore exploration block in Liberia.The area adjoins blocks owned by Repsol Exploracion SA.Repsol a
HARDMAN Resources has secured a $US100 million loan from the ANZ to fund about 80 per cent of its share in the development costs of the Chinguetti oilfield.Development drilling of the field, which is
OIL production from Victoria Petroleum is expected to double after the company carries out an extended production test on its Mirage-1 and Ventura-1 oil discoveries in mid March.The Mirage and Ventura
A NON-INVASIVE test for iron overload disease developed by Western Australian biomedical company Resonance Health has received US Food and Drug Administration approval.The approval allows Resonance to
BOOMING steel demand has persuaded Andrew Forrest’s Hibernia Gold to consider developing its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project.The project is located about 50 kilometres north east of Marble Bar in th
CROESUS Mining has announced a $5 million net profit for the first half of 2004-05 on the back of half-year gold production of 112,705 ounces at a cash cost of $379 an ounce.Norseman operations produc
HUGALL and Hoile has signed an underwriting agreement for its one for four renounceable rights issue with Cunningham Securities.The 5.5 cents a share offer is to raise about $1.4 million to reduce the
AZTEC Resources has signed its third memorandum of understanding with Sinom (China) Ltd taking the amount of its iron ore secured by MOUs to more than 22.5 million tonnes.Agreement terms are based on:
Volunteering Western Australia is the peak body in Western Australia for volunteering. It provides a voice to Government and also to the national body Volunteering Australia.
Donations for this year’s Summer Heroes Blood Rush by the Red Cross Blood Service are coming in at the trickle rather than the flow many had hoped for.The blood rush aims to bring in 3,000 donations b
A TSUNAMI fundraising effort that began with an extra Leeuwin Concert has turned into a whole of tourism industry undertaking with hotels, tour operators, restaurants and wineries joining the cause.Le
IN other tsunami aid news, a shipment of goods sent from Western Australia on January 3 has reached its destination in northern Sumatra and been distributed directly to the victims.Department of Indus
DEFINING the ‘right’ Aboriginal people to negotiate land access with is the central issue in gaining timely access to ground that may be subject to Native Title.Without proper identification, the deve
THE recent decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Australian Conservation Foundation and others v Minister for Planning, lends weigh to the enlarged scope of environmental impa
STAFF retention is looming as one of the major concerns for bosses, according to a recent report from employment group Hudson.The Hudson Report survey of more than 7,800 employers found that 38 per ce
INFORMATION technology company Alphawest has signed an agreement with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to assist in the design and implementation of an Electronic Document Management Sys
AN in principle agreement has been reached between Niagara Mining and WMC Resources for the purchase of the Windarra nickel assets.Niagara has made a $250,000 deposit to secure an exclusive period to
