INDUSTRY has given a tentative thumbs-up to Energy Minister Peter Collier's report into the state's long-term energy security to help guard against potential major supply disruptions.
Sandfire Resources managing director Karl Simich has sold 1 million shares to an unnamed North American resource fund, pocketing more than $3.5 million.
ENERGY giant Shell has asked a number of its Perth-based staff to reapply for their positions next week, as it pushes on with a global restructure to redress a doubling of its cost base since 2004.
Troy Resources non-executive chairman John Dow has described the battle for boardroom control as a clash of personalities that started last year, as the chance of a truce looks highly unlikely.
West Perth-based Green Rock Energy, in a joint venture with BHP Billiton Worsely Alumina Pty Ltd, has been granted three new geothermal exploration permits in the Collie Basin.
Perth-based energy specialist Enerji is set to establish an office in the United States after a number of the country's green investment funds indicated they will invest more than $11 million into the company.
Australia's largest provider of contracted air services, Cobham Aviation Services Australia will begin regular direct public flights between Kambalda and Perth next Monday.
Computer and office equipment financing company ThinkSmart has signed a three-year distribution agreement with a leading European electrical retailer that will see the company provide its B2B rental finance product in almost 20 locations across Spain.
The state government has announced plans to split the Environmental Protection Authority from the Department of Environment and Conservation, in a move that has won rare bipartisan support from resources and conservation groups.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has paid a $100,000 fine from the corporate watchdog for an alleged failure to disclose a hike in its 2009 bad debt forecast ahead of a controversial $2 billion capital raising.
Uranium developer Toro Energy has appointed a specialist three-member project team to lead its flagship Wiluna project north of Kalgoorlie as the project's bankable feasability study moves towards completion by 2011.
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State energy retailer Synergy has snubbed private energy generators by selecting state generator Verve Energy to supply at least 638 MW of supply under its 2008 procurement tender and named it a preferred tender for its 2009 procurement tender.
A revaluation of the recently re-purchased RAC Insurance by the Royal Automobile Club of WA has nearly offset the investment losses it felt at the hands of the global financial crisis.
The Gordon Martin-backed Pulpwood Plantations is extending its bid for Great Southern timber schemes to include all but one of the flagship plantations.
The state Labor Party has rejected Premier Colin Barnett's 8pm weeknight trading compromise, but says it will support 7pm trading if the government supports its small business protection package.
The Michael Wright-backed private company General Mining Corporation is seeking to raise $240,000 in seed capital to help it prepare for a local stock exchange listing by the end of the year.
