Perth-based Australasian Resources Ltd will spin-off its former namesake asset - the Sherlock Bay nickel project - into a new company so that it canh focus on its iron ore assets.
The State Government has recieved 500 expressions of interest from overseas candidates from a recruitment drive for its Department of Environment and Conservation.
South Perth-based lobster exporter Cervantes Seafood Ltd has launched an abalone breeding program in conjunction with Curtin University's Muresk Institute of Agriculture, the company has announced.
Perth-based tin and nickel miner Stonehenge Metals Ltd will raise $1.7 million through a placement to boost working capital and provide further funding for exploration, the company has announced.
Dioro Exploration NL subsidiary Lodestar Minerals Ltd, which holds nickel rights over the parent company's Penfolds project, has announced plans to raise $5 million through a priority issue, ahead of listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.
West Perth-based Universal Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement with Claremont Resources Ltd, which will see the latter company spend up to $6.5 million on the Burra Zinc project in exchange for 77 per cent of Universal's interest in the ten
Drilling services company Ausdrill Ltd has completed a $95 million capital raising through a share placement and share purchase plan to fund expansion in Australia and Africa, including a move into contract mining in Australia.
Osborne Park-based copper-gold explorer Talisman Mining Ltd chairman Ian Macpherson has retired, to be replaced by Jubilee Mines NL director Alan Senior, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Metex Resources Ltd will move to full ownership of Carbon Energy Pty Ltd and its underground coal gasification technology after agreeing to buy out the CSIRO for around $41 million in cash and scrip.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd has entered into a $100 million carbon offset program with Australian Securities Exchange-listed forestry company CO2 Australia Ltd, to offset the emissions from its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in the state's north west.
CVRD-Inco will proceed to step three of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, its joint venture with West Perth-based Heron Resources Ltd, and will pass on a draft program and budget for the works by Saturday.
Kambalda nickel producer Mincor Resources NL is set to increase its production by 18 per cent after today announcing approval for the $23 million development of its 100 per cent owned McMahon Nickel project near Kambalda.
Metex Resources Ltd has reached agreement to buy out its 50 per cent partner in its joint venture company Carbon Energy Pty Ltd, currently owned by CSIRO.
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Indonesia should be firmly in the sights of Western Australia's mining industry, with the country's economic growth rate approaching those of China and India, according to Austrade senior trade commissioner, Rod Morehouse.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of I
WA's peak business body, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, estimates the state will need an extra 40,000 workers each year during the next 10 years to fulfil demand for jobs.
Western Australia's building and construction industry has raised concerns for the viability of some projects if a federal Labor government abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission, a recent survey by the Master Builders Association o
PERTH-BASED engineering firm, GRD Minproc Ltd, has won the premier's award for excellence at this year's WA Industry and Export Awards, held last week.
Rising feedstock prices and a lack of government support are threatening to derail the Western Australian biofuels industry, with the state's biggest biodiesel player suspending production at its two facilities.
AN $11 million research collaboration designed to unlock stranded offshore oil and gas reserves through improved subsea pipeline design was launched in Perth last week.
Internet service providers across Australia are upping the stakes in their competition for market share, as the industry awaits the outcome of the federal election and release of national broadband policy.
A planning review of the state government's Metropolitan Centres Policy could lead to changes in the way shopping centre growth is managed from next year.
Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd has appointed mining engineer Andrew Carter (above) as its new chief executive officer, ahead of the company's tender for the Oakajee Port and Rail infrastructure project.
The 40-year-old CWA House in Hay Street, West Perth, has been bought by Belmont-based construction company Diploma Group Ltd, which has a 30-apartment luxury residential development for the site in its float plans.
With some A-Grade office buildings in West Perth tipped to achieve record rents of $550/square metre shortly, the area's office market has been swamped with prospective investors.
Australian Wine Holdings Ltd - Lee Boyd has been appointed as a director. Bauxite Resources Ltd- Graeme Smith has been appointed as company secretary following the resignation of Luke Atkins.
State Environment Minister David Templeman has set tongues wagging after he effectively vetoed one of the final decisions handed down by acting Environmental Protection Authority chairman Barry Carbon.
