CBH Group chief executive Andrew Crane has been appointed a member of Australia's B20 Leadership Group, a private sector consortium that produces policy recommendations for international finance leaders for the annual G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane next year.
Western Australian farmers are increasingly confident about their outlook and may enjoy their best profits in a decade after the scale of the state's grain harvest was upgraded to near record levels.
CBH Group says it is bringing in the state's economic watchdog to mediate the negotiation process with Brookfield Rail over access to grain rail freight lines.
The industry alliance that managed the upgrade of the Great Eastern Highway has been recognised for excellence in construction and environmental management at this year's Earth Awards for civil inf
The private sector is playing an increasing role in port development across Western Australia, as rising demand outstrips the government's capacity to deliver.
After 12 years of regulatory and legal battles, building magnate Len Buckeridge is getting ready to proceed with a private port at Cockburn Sound, with potential benefits for many industries.
Unseasonable wet weather has caused major frustration for the state's grain growers, with grains handler CBH Group forced to revise down its harvest estimate as a result of the disruptions.
WESTERN Australia's agricultural exporters look set for a flat year ahead as dry conditions reduce the state's forecast crop harvest for 2012-13, and livestock exporters suffer adverse trading cond
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has made a surprise decision to keep the state's ‘Tier 3' rail lines open, after previously resisting overtures from farmers, rural communities and grain handler CBH
GRAIN cooperative CBH Group has found a novel way to link safety and philanthropy, donating $140,000 to six charities from the sale of grain forfeited by grower members.
WHILE the battle over the hearts and minds of superannuation stakeholders is fought relentlessly by industry and retail funds, it is their low-key cousins in the corporate sector that have quietly
Western Australia's 2011-12 harvest has officially broken the record for most grain produced, with deliveries yesterday pushing the season's total over 14.7 million tonnes, CBH Group says.
Grain handler CBH Group has reported a late surge in grain deliveries, pushing the state's total harvest to an unexpectedly large total in excess of 14 million tonnes.
FOUR of Australia's five largest cooperatives are based in Western Australia, with the industry contributing more than $6 billion to the local economy, according to new research.
Australia's competition watchdog has delivered a potential boost to private trucking and rail freight operators by ruling that CBH group cannot continue its monopoly practices in the grain market.
WESTERN Australian grains handler Co-operative Bulk Handling, also known as CBH Group, has been ranked number one for the second consecutive year in Co-operatives Australia's top-100 list, based on annual turnover.
Many not-for-profit organisations are rethinking their business model as the lines between the public, private and charitable sectors become more opaque.
CBH Group shareholders will get their chance to vote on the group's restructuring initiatives and its new constitution at an extraordinary general meeting to be held in May.
GRAIN handler and marketer CBH Group says access to competitive capital will not be a constraint on its growth after deciding to retain its existing cooperative structure.
Grain exporter CBH Group has had a major win over the Australian Tax Office, with the Federal Court upholding its May ruling that enshrined the co-operative's tax-exempt status today.
CBH Group has awarded its long-term grain rail contract to US transportation group Watco Companies, replacing QR National subsidiary Australian Railroad Group.
Grain storage, handling and marketing co-operative CBH Group is exploring new corporate structures that may require it to pay tax, despite a long battle with the government to protect its tax-exempt status.
CBH Group expects to announce its preferred governance model at a shareholders meeting next month after a resolution to change its structure was quashed.
WESTERN Australia's two peak farming organisations have taken opposing sides in the debate over the governance of grain handling and marketing cooperative CBH Group.
The Pastoralist and Glaziers Association has weighed into the debate on the future structure of CBH Group supporting a push to change the board's makeup.
A dissident bloc of CBH Group shareholders has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting to seek changes to the grain handling and marketing group's board of directors.
