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Awards celebrate women in business

The spotlight will fall on the business women of the Kimberley now entries for the 2017 Telstra WA Business Women's Awards are open. The awards recognise the achievements, leadership and creativity of women around the State and Kimberley business-women are being encouraged to enter. Broome Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief ex...

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Red-taped asparagus project delays continue

A massive horticulture project in the Kimberley lies dormant, one year after the former State Government released the 682ha of land as part of its $40 million water for food program. On June 10 last year, Kimberley Asparagus an alliance between pumpkin and melon farmer Russell "Rusty" Dredge and the WA Fresh Produce Group was un...

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Indian sandalwood companies, including Quintis, begin 2017 harvest in the Kimberley's Ord Valley

There is a gentle scent of Indian sandalwood wafting over the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme in Western Australia, as companies begin their 2017 harvest of the exotic timber. Santanol, the Sandalwood Sanctuary and even Quintis are all busy harvesting this week. The ASX-listed Quintis has been in a trading halt since May 15 followi...

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Road-seal work welcome

It has been decades in waiting but the $65 million project to completely seal the Broome to Cape Leveque Road is now apparently just weeks away from starting. Main Roads was due to begin work in July this year to construct and bituminise the remaining 90km middle section of the 200km-long road on behalf of the Shire of Broome. The cou...

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Buru will spend $3.5m on upgrade at Ungani

Buru Energy is planning a $3.5 million upgrade of its onshore oil project in the Kimberley this year to bolster production. The oil and gas junior is set to restart the Ungani oilfield in the Canning Basin next month after taking full ownership of the resource in an asset swap with Mitsubishi Corp. Executive chairman Eric Streitberg s...

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Projects, Jobs in pipeline

Sheffield Resources' Thunderbird mineral sands project would be at a site on the Dampier Peninsula, between Derby and Broome Several multimillion-dollar projects lining up in the Kimberley are set to generate hundreds of new jobs and bolster flat economies in Broome and Derby. The pipeline of prosperity is almost ready to flo...

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