PERTH-BASED oil and gas explorer Buru Energy has unveiled a $41 million takeover bid by a company linked to its chairman, which has proposed to fund the offer out of Buru's cash reserves.
MINER Mount Gibson Iron has emerged from a difficult December quarter to post a healthy start to 2009 despite the ongoing uncertainty in the iron ore market.
THE state government has launched two initiatives to boost apprenticeships and training, but the opposition says the government's plans are short-sighted and inadequate.
THE computer games industry is burgeoning, with recent figures from market analysts in the US quoting double-digit year-on-year growth, while a similar trend in Europe has continued developments that have been ongoing for several years.
ONLY 55 per cent of directors agree that their chief executive officer's remuneration package is appropriate, according to an Insync Surveys and Board Benchmarking study on remuneration.
RECOGNISED as the most concentrated form of wealth on earth, the extremely rare pink diamond is one ultra high-end niche business that appears to be defying global commodity trends.
A CLOSE reading of last week's historic $53 million settlement between failed miner Sons of Gwalia's administrators and its former directors indicates that the final payout may be less than the headline figure.
THE size of Western Australia's legal practices has fluctuated only mildly during the past 12 months despite the sector's changing dynamics as a result of the economic slowdown.
Chamber of Minerals and Energy president Kim Horne has supported the concept of a national amalgamation of mining industry bodies but has not accepted the detail of current proposals.
Bunnings Warehouse has outlined its growth plans for the state, with two new stores set to open this year and development approval being sought for another store in Forrestdale.
Engineering and construction company Paladio Group has forecast full-year net profit to reach up to $12 million before any write down associated with the collapse of Windimurra Vanadium.
The state Governor has today approved the appointment of former Northern Territory bureaucrat Richard Sellers to the role of Director General at the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
North Perth-based Australian Renewable Fuels says it has received a termination notice from Fortescue Metals Group regarding the supply of biodiesel to the Cloudbreak mine site in the Pilbara.
Shares in Port Bouvard have jumped as much as 20 per cent today as the property developer cleared a major hurdle for the its proposed Point Grey development near Mandurah.
Ravensthorpe closure 'leaves scar on land'; Forrest in self-censorship bid; Long march for a great haul; Mining giants to combine power; No early recovery, says IMF
Minerals testing company Essa Australia has dramatically revised down its second half revenue and profit outlook, and anticipates that its full-year result will be around breakeven.
The national petroleum safety regulator has issued a prohibition notice to Woodside Energy following a fire at its processing facility last week in the Vincent oil field.
The development timeline for Gindalbie Metals' $1.8 billion Karara iron ore joint venture has been pushed back after delays in gaining foreign investment and environmental approvals.
