THE third attempt in a decade to merge the iron ore assets of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto could resolve this issue for good, with Premier Colin Barnett seemingly prepared to negotiate over a long list of demands.
AS the state's timber sector reels following the collapse of two of its biggest and most established private players, a new downstream processor is confident of the future of the industry from which it takes its name.
THE state's iron ore juniors are predicted to reap the rewards from the collapse of the Rio Tinto and Chinalco deal, with Chinese investment likely to flow to emerging iron ore producers.
Blue Energy has raised more than $22 million through a share purchase plan which, together with a proposed placement to a Korean company, will accelerate the explorer's proposed work program for the next two years.
Welshpool-based sustainable water and power company Solco expects to deliver a full-year net profit of up to $1.6 million, a dramatic lift from the previous year's $119,000.
Shares in CO2 Group surged after Woodside Petroleum substantially increased its carbon offset program by $75 million to offset emissions for its $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
West Perth-based companies Advance Energy and Odin Energy, through joint venture company Blaze Asset, have extended and lifted its takeover offer for fellow oil and gas explorer Target Energy.
The state opposition is stepping up its campaign against the Barnett government's decision to defer an upgrade of the electricity transmission line to Geraldton, seen as a critical component to the Mid West region's development plans.
Carbon Energy has completed a $32 million capital raising with funds to be applied to the development of the existing underground coal gasification project in Queensland.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Sam Walsh has been appointed to the board of the mining group and will lead the Western Australian iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton.
Rio deal with Chinalco is dead; Troubled Mirvac launches $1.1bn capital raising; BHP tempts China with index-linked ore prices; Investors pull back as mining falls off; Brandrill warns of loss for second half
A new anti-uranium campaign is due to be launched tomorrow as the Conservation Council of WA today submitted its concerns over BHP Billiton's proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine to the environmental watchdog.
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers, the company behind the $3.5 billion urea plant near Collie, has awarded an engineering and construction contract to a Korean and Indonesian consortium.
A joint venture led by engineering and construction company Clough has been awarded a contract for early works on a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed by Exxon Mobil in Papua New Guinea.
Stocks soar on rise in GDP; Kagara poised to raise close to $200m; Ore price fall puts China on spot, boosts miners; WA may privatise assets to aid books; Union fury as Gillard talks tough
COULD a sea of electricity generators appear on the distant horizon off Yanchep in the next few years? Perth-bred scientist and entrepreneur George Taylor certainly hopes so, having a struck a deal with Griffin Energy to develop a wave power station capab
THE state government will prosecute Apache Energy over the Varanus Island explosion, but many businesses believe the response pales in comparison with the Victorian Esso-Longford explosion of 1998, which generated a Royal Commission.
DOMESTIC energy users pursuing greater access to the North West's existing gas supplies have a new fight on their hands, with the partners of the $50 billion Gorgon project seeking urgent joint-selling authorisation from the federal government's competiti
DURING the past two years, Neptune Marine has been on a breakneck growth path, which has scared many investors who find it difficult to assess such a fast-moving target.
Chevron has continued to sell its Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project as a standalone operation with the launch today of 'The Wheatstone Imperative'.
Firepower investors launch $5m legal bid; Chevron demands right to develop giant WA gasfield; Woodside chief calls on LNG players to co-operate in west; RBA upbeat on housing recovery; Big miners' value goes down the shaft
Woodside Petroleum says there is potential to build another five liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing trains on the Burrup Peninsula, doubling the size of what is already Australia's most valuable resources precinct.
