The Clough family, including patriarch Harold Clough, has sold its remaining shareholding in the engineering and construction company Clough Ltd, pocketing over $21 million from an on-market sale.
Oil Basins Ltd has applied to the Supreme Court of Western Australia for an urgent hearing into an alleged breach of obligations by a Perth-based Australian Worldwide Energy Ltd subsidiary over licences in the Canning Basin.
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CONTROVERSIAL resources projects in the Mid West and the Pilbara regions of the state are looming as early tests for the newly elected government's approach to environmentally-sensitive developments.
PEAK industry groups in Western Australia have voiced concern over the federal government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, saying it would adversely affect exporters.
INTERNATIONAL companies are steering away from Western Australia because of industrial relations instability and confrontational unions, the WA Business News forum has been told.
PERTH is emerging as the gateway for international service and maintenance firms in the oil and gas sector, with many strategically positioning themselves here for the expected boom in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region.
MAJOR opportunities exist for local engineering, procurement, construction and management companies to take advantage of the billions of dollars worth of LNG and oil projects planned for construction in Australia.
Emeco Holdings appoints Cahill FORMER Alinta Infrastructure Holdings chief executive officer John Cahill has joined the board of mining services company Emeco Holdings Ltd as an independent non-execut
CIVIL contractor Brierty Ltd has appointed former United Group Ltd executive manager Stuart Croft as its new chief executive to take over from company founder Alan Brierty.
The Federal Court has ordered Victoria-based Oil Basin Ltd to pay costs related to its proceedings launched against Perth-based companies ARC Energy Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd.
Norwegian fertiliser company Yara International ASA has lifted its stake in Burrup Holdings to 35 per cent after purchasing additional equity from the company's founder and chairman Pankaj Oswal.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd will seek legal advice after it received a requisition notice from new major shareholder Power United Ltd, which has proposed to oust several directors including executive chairman Tony Sage.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd said the introduction of the government's emissions trading scheme will more than double the operating costs of a liquefied natural gas project.
Perth-based integrated energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd has entered into a joint venture agreement with a New York-listed company effectively valuing its 400 megawatt Mid West power project development at almost $70 million.
