RECRUITMENT and training companies are moving to take advantage of the skills shortage in the oil and gas sector, with a new training scheme from local company Navitas and the establishment of a Perth office by the sector’s largest jobs site among the initiatives.
WASTE industry entrepreneur Peter Jenkins has pledged $180,000 to fund a new scholarship program at Murdoch University for students from the Kwinana area.
The scholarship will be funded by Waste Stream Management, of which Mr Jenkins is chairman.
The state government has finalised four new land development committees to advise on major redevelopment schemes across Perth, opting for familiar faces from the redevelopment agencies it abolished last year.
Western Australia’s population is forecast to grow to 3,061,000 by 2026, according to the latest population projections released by the state government.
The reports projection is nearly 400,000 higher state-wide than a previous projection made in 2006.
Service and logistics companies looking to muscle in on Western Australia’s multi-billion dollar oil and gas sector are driving strong demand for industrial space in Perth.
Engenium, a subsidiary of the Resources Development Group, is returning to the rail operations sector two years after the highly profitable sale of its rail services joint venture Calibre Engenium to the Calibre Group.
Perth-based pearl farmer, Atlas South Sea Pearl, is aiming to raise up to $4.2 million through a non-renounceable rights issue.
Atlas said the rights issue came after a challenging 2011 for the pearl industry.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has appointed Neville Pozzi as incoming chief executive.
Mr Pozzi, who has been with the institute for thirty four years, will replace outgoing chief executive, Anne Arnold, when she steps down from the role in July after eight years.
Five small and mid-cap miners including Papillon Resources, Coalspur and Condoto Platinum have raised a total of $39 million in new capital to support operations that stretch from West Africa to Canada.
Coretrack is planning to wind down its Globe Drill business after disclosing a legal dispute over its license agreement and poor performance of its GT3000 drill rig.
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