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Ampella raises $41.9m for exploration

Ampella raises $41.9m for exploration

West-African gold explorer Ampella Mining says it has raised $41.9 million through a private share placement to accelerate exploration programs at its project in Burkina Faso.
ACCC rejects Virgin Air New Zealand deal

ACCC rejects Virgin Air New Zealand deal

Australia's competition regulator has rejected Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand's proposed alliance on flights between Australia and New Zealand.
Santos, Total in $650m LNG deal

Santos, Total in $650m LNG deal

French energy giant Total has emerged with a 20 per cent stake in the Gladstone liquefied natural gas project after joint venture partners Santos and Malaysia's Petronas sold down their stakes.
Licence changes open way for Greenland

Licence changes open way for Greenland

A decision by the Greenland Government to amend legislation governing exploration licences has opened the way for Greenland Minerals and Energy to develop its Kvanefjeld project.
Employers seek migration result

Employers seek migration result

With projected labour demand in Western Australia approaching all-time highs on the back of large resource construction projects, local employers are turning to different migration solutions to meet their workforce needs. Subscriber Content
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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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