WA’s Largest Companies*
2003 2007 2011 Company Market Cap Company Market Cap Company Market Cap ($m) ($m) ($m) 1 Wesfarmers 9,551 Woodside Petroleum 31,160 Woodside Petroleum 32,522 2 Woodside Petroleum 8,253 Wesfarmers 17,746 Wesfarmers 32,022 3 Bank of WA 2,447 Fortescue Metals Group 8,979 Fortescue Metals Group 19,769 4 Foodland 2,299 Alinta 7,537 Iluka Resources 7,025 5 West Australian Newspapers 1,235 Paladin Resources 4,975 Equinox Minerals 6,895 6 Futuris 1,096 Minara Resources 3,385 Atlas Iron 3,080 7 Iluka Resources 943 Aquarius Platinum 3,070 Aquila Resources 2,684 8 Alinta 942 West Australian Newspapers Holdings 2,866 Seven West Media^ 2,471 9 Bristile 544 Equinox Minerals 2,184 Aquarius Platinum 2,209 10 Chemeq 501 Jubilee Mines 2,072 Mount Gibson Iron 1,991 11 Aquarius Platinum 499 Portman 1,704 Extract Resources 1,986 12 Burswood 407 Iluka Resources 1,464 Paladin Energy 1,959 13 Bunnings Warehouse Prop Trust 402 Kagara Zinc 1,371 Mineral Resources 1,945 14 Sons of Gwalia 384 Monadelphous Group 1,210 Monadelphous Group 1,611 15 Jubilee Mines 250 Mount Gibson Iron 1,055 Navitas 1,512 16 Clough 244 Emeco Holdings 1,038 Aurora Oil & Gas 1,434 17 Hardman Resources 225 Aquila Resources 1,012 Medusa Mining 1,240 18 GRD 224 Great Southern 945 Independence Group 1,140 19 Abelle 218 Mincor Resources 925 Perseus Mining 1,113 20 ERG 214 Peet 908 Regis Resources 1,069 21 Tap Oil 214 Aditya Birla Minerals 889 Western Areas 1,060 22 Great Southern 191 Straits Resources 887 Sandfire Resources 1,053 23 Portman 186 Perilya 857 Ausdrill 997 24 Amity Oil 183 Centamin Egypt 846 Sundance Resources 976 25 Fleetwood Corporation 182 Western Areas 803 BWP Trust# 951 26 Austal 174 Independence Group 797 CGA Mining 946 27 Coventry Group 173 Automotive Holdings Group 796 Anvil Mining 923 28 Schaffer Corporation 169 Sally Malay Mining (Now Panoramic Resources) 777 BWP Trust# 951 29 Equigold 147 Sundance Resources 776 Minara Resources 871 30 Croesus Mining 145 Summit Resources 761 Mirabela Nickel 860
Source: Morningstar | ^ Formerly WA Newspaper Holdings | # Formerly Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust | *WA’s largest ASX-listed companies ranked by market capitalisation, as at June 30 each year.