Premier Colin Barnett has continued to defend the compulsory acquisition of Kimberley land for a gas precinct, an act that has been slammed as colonialism.
Minerals explorer NGM Resources has advised shareholders to accept a takeover bid from Paladin Energy, saying it will give them a stake in a more diversified company.
The Australian stock market opened higher today following more gains on Wall Street overnight.
A major shareholder in Fortescue Metals is taking legal action against the miner and chief executive Andrew Forrest, over the possible issue of extra debt securities.
INTERNATIONAL oil giant Shell is heading for a showdown with conservationists after applying to start gas exploration just 30km from the edge of the Ningaloo Marine Park.
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Environmental Services
| Current rank |
Company name |
Senior executive and title |
Year established in WA |
Staff
a)total
b)Environmental professionals |
| 1 |
RPS Environment & Planning |
Mr Mark Watson
Managing Director |
1986 |
a)280
b)230 |
| 2 |
Sinclair Knight Merz |
Mr Patrick Hill
Regional Manager WA/NT |
1964 |
a)1217
b)214 |
| 3 |
URS Australia |
Mr Bert Prinsloo
Regional Manager WA |
1972 |
a)165
b)135 |
| 4 |
Coffey Environments |
Dr Colin Outhwaite
Environments Manager WA |
2006 |
a)125
b)93 |
| 5 |
GHD |
Dr David Horne
Manager Environmental |
1972 |
a)650
b)90 |
Exporters
| Rank |
Company name |
Senior executive and title |
Export revenue |
Type of products exported |
Export destinations |
| 1 |
AGR Matthey |
Mr John Shephard
Chief Executive Officer |
$16500.0m |
Gold bars and granules, silver bars and granules, technical services and check assay services. |
Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Turkey, Middle East. |
| 1 |
North West Shelf Venture c/o Woodside Petroleum Ltd |
Mr Don Voelte |
$14350.0m |
Liquefied natural gas, natural gas, condensate and crude oil. |
Japan, Korea, China, South East Asia, Europe and the United States. |
3 |
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Western Australia) |
Mr Sam Walsh
Chief Executive Officer |
$14111.0m |
Iron Ore |
Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan & Europe. |
| 4 |
BHP Billiton Iron Ore |
Mr Ian Ashby
President |
$11900.0m |
Iron Ore |
Japan, Korea, China, Europe. |
| 5 |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd |
Mr Don Voelte
CEO & Managing Director |
$5100.0m |
Liquefied natural gas, natural gas, condensate and crude oil. |
Japan, Korea, China, South East Asia, Europe and the United States. |
Private Companies
| Rank |
Company name |
Senior executive and title |
WA staff |
WA revenue (millions) |
Company activities |
| 1 |
BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd |
Mr Len Buckeridge
Chairman |
3522 |
2133.70 |
Building Materials Manufacturing, Construction, Contracting, Plumbing Supplies, Builders Hardware Supplies, Roof Steel, Rental Property Owners |
| 2 |
Australian Capital Equity |
Mr Peter Gammell
Managing Director |
WND |
1850.00 |
Machinery, motor vehicle wholesaling. |
| 3 |
Competitive Foods |
Mr Jack Cowin
Chairman |
10167 |
971.60 |
Manufacture and retail trade in fast food. |
| 4 |
Gull Petroleum (WA) Pty Ltd |
Mr Wayne Ferrell
Chief Executive Officer |
210 |
859.00 |
Wholesaling and retailing of fuel. |
| 5 |
Alcock/Brown-Neaves Group |
Mr Dale Alcock
Chief Executive Officer |
1275 |
783.00 |
A commitment to quality, innovation and community spirit has driven
the ABN Group to become the leader in the WA residential building market. |
Public Companies - Resources
| Rank |
Company name |
Senior executive and title |
ASX Code |
Total revenue (millions) |
Company activities |
| 1 |
Woodside Petroleum Limited |
Mr Don Voelte
Managing Director and CEO |
WPL |
5990 |
Hydrocarbon exploration, evaluation, development, production and marketing. |
| 2 |
Fortescue Metals Group Limited |
Mr Andrew Forrest
Chief Executive Officer |
FMG |
2248.72 |
Operation of an integrated logistics chain starting with the mining of ore from Fortescues's Cloudbreak mine site, the railing of product along Fortescue's heavy haul rail line through to the loading of ships at Fortescue's port facility at Port Hedland. |
| 3 |
Iluka Resources Limited |
Mr David Robb
Managing Director and CEO |
ILU |
1052.4 |
Exploration, mining, concentration and separation of mineral sands, production of ilmenite, rutile, synthetic rutile and other titaniferous concentrates and zircon, and sales of these products throughout the world. |
| 4 |
OM Holdings Limited |
Mr Peter Toth
Chief Executive Officer |
OMH |
574.07 |
Investment holding. |
| 5 |
Straits Resources Limited |
Mr Milan Jerkovic
Chief Executive Officer |
SRL |
573.67 |
Production and sale of coal, copper and gold, the exploration for copper, coal and gold and metals distribution. |
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