Shares in Atlas Iron Ltd have jumped over 30 per cent on news the miner is on the verge of signing a long-term off-take deal as it sells its first iron ore shipment from its Pilbara project.
IF media attention and headlines are anything to go by, then Brendon Grylls is very much the most influential of the new ministry surrounding Premier Colin Barnett.
The state opposition has questioned Premier Colin Barnett's economic credibility after he requested federal government money for the Oakajee port project, which already has private sector funding.
A day after Treasurer Wayne Swan declared BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Pilbara rail lines open to third parties, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd says it has written to the mining giants seeking a rail co-operation deal.
Shares in Coote Industrial Ltd have bucked the broad downward trend of the market, jumping over 30 per cent in morning trade on a please explain note from the Australian Securities Exchange.
Premier Colin Barnett has outlined the state government's top infrastructure priorities in a submission to the federal government's Infrastructure Australia fund.
In a major upset to BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, Treasurer Wayne Swan has declared the iron ore giants' Pilbara rail lines open for a period of 20 years.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting is investigating its Queensland asset further with the start of a feasibility study into a 30 million tonne per year coal operation.
Falling lead prices and costs associated with maintenance works at its suspended Wiluna operation in Western Australia have prompted miner Magellan Metals to lay off 18 people.
SunPower Corporation Australia Pty Ltd managing director Bob Blakiston has been elected as the new chair of the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association Inc.
A LOW-PROFILE fibre network born out of a failed state government investment has emerged as the backbone of Leighton Holdings Ltd's efforts to extend its national high-speed data network to the Perth marketplace.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Retail Traders Association of WA present: Business Warfare for small and medium business. Business, like warfare, is dynamic and challenging.
Perth-based IT services provider Empired Ltd has secured an infrastructure outsourcing services contract with Main Roads Western Australia, valued at over $11 million.
West Perth-based Polaris Metals NL has turned its attention to the Esperance port as it looks for larger alternatives to export iron ore from its Yilgarn project.
WITH energy issues firmly fixed on the public agenda after the events in recent months, the time is right for the development of a state energy policy which, at its heart, has a vision for Western Australia's development to 2050 and beyond.
Perth-based Axiom Properties Ltd has refinanced its Port Geographe residential subdivision project with St George Bank, which will provide a $100 million construction finance solution.
