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THE global financial crisis had a marked impact on Western Australia's engineering contractors during the year as the slowdown forced resources companies to scale back and defer numerous new developments and expansions.

It is not that Perth dealmakers are joining the dole queues, they have just had a little more time on their hands recently.

The effects of a BHP Billiton-Rio Tinto JV would be felt all around the world.

IS the commercial centre of the Pilbara moving west? BHP Billiton's proposed merger of its iron ore operations with those of Rio Tinto is the latest indication of the dynamic shift under way in the north-west, one that will tend to favour Karratha as the

Money and power go hand in hand, especially in a global financial crisis.

IN a capital-starved world those businesses that continue to invest stand out more than ever before.

Rio Tinto has confirmed today its deal with Chinalco has been "terminated" with the miner instead opting to raise $US15.2 billion ($A19 billion) through a rights issue that will reduce its net debt to $US23.2 billion ($A29 billion).

IN just two years, Pilbara Access Management Solutions WA has increased its turnover 14-fold, from $1.

While the state continues on its record run with $68 billion in exports, three big resource sector producers dominate the field.

MINERAL and petroleum commodities dominate Western Australian exports, with iron ore alone accounting for almost one-third of the state's total exports.

THE expansion of existing iron ore projects, and the commissioning of new mines, is expected to increase pressure on the Pilbara's already squeezed port and rail infrastructure.

Rio Tinto will contribute $5 million towards the establishment of Australia's first emergency jet service for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, where jets will be able to fly from Kununurra to Perth in three hours.

Skywest Airlines Ltd has signed a scheduled charter supply contract with Rio Tinto Services Ltd for flights to and from Perth to mine sites in Western Australia.

ArcelorMittal's major shareholder, Lakshmi Mittal, is reportedly considering entering the takeover battle for Rio Tinto Ltd to secure larger supplies of iron ore.

The spectacular rise in Fortescue Metals Group's share price since chief executive Andrew Forrest took the reins has made the iron ore developer the top performing Western Australian stock over the past five years.

Big retailers, big miners and big contractors sit at the top of WA Business News' second annual survey to find the state's largest employers.

When nickel producer Minara Resources decided last year to pursue the development of a $25 million heap leach demonstration plant, it ran into an unexpected problem.

Rio Tinto Minerals announced today that it has secured approval for an $11 million expansion program to boost salt production at its Lake MacLeod Operation, near Carnarvon.

The year 1991 was a bad time to be in business. It was the year Australia had “the recession we had to have”, to quote the immortal words of then Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Australia's universities are highly competitive, especially in their pursuit of research dollars, yet some of the best research occurs when they collaborate.