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Strandline Resources will ramp-up construction of its $260 million Coburn mineral sands project in WA using funds raised from a share placement and rights issue.

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Three WA companies have been contracted by CBH Group to improve storage capacity at the Australian grain exporter's Brookton, Dale and Hyden receival sites.

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Australian Strategic Materials has secured $65 million from investors while announcing plans to raise a further $41 million to build a rare earths processing facility in South Korea.

Mincor Resources has secured $55 million in funding from two banks to progress the restart of its Kambalda nickel operations, expected early next year.

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Kelly Carter has been made chair of the Gold Industry Group, replacing Richard Hayes.

Calidus Resources has secured commitments to fund the acquisition and exploration of a gold project in Warrawoona, located in the Pilbara.

Alltype Engineering, a subsidiary of mining services company WestStar, has secured $10 million of contracts and extensions across the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors.

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Element 25 has sought funding to expand manganese production at its Butcherbird Project located south of Newman.

Potash player Kalium Lakes has raised the production capacity for its Beyondie project in the Pilbara, ahead of operations expected to begin this year.

Burgundy Diamond Mines has signed an option deed to acquire Gibb River Diamonds' Ellendale diamond project in northern WA.

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WA-based construction engineering company AusGroup has secured a 10-year maintenance contract with Chevron Australia.

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WA gold explorer Medallion Metals has listed on the stock exchange after raising $12.5 million from an initial public offering.

Salt Lake Potash is set to emerge as Australia's first sulphate of potash producer, having begun commissioning of its Lake Way processing plant near Wiluna.

Gaming giant Crown Resorts is being targeted for a takeover after US investment fund Blackstone made an unsolicited offer.

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The state's mining department has released a new five-year plan to transform the storage of geoscience data.

Subiaco-based Vital Metals will use $43 million raised from a share placement to complete the construction of its rare earths project in Canada.

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Apollo Consolidated is selling its entire royalty over a goldmine in Cote d'Ivoire to fund further exploration at the company's Lake Rebecca project in WA.

Northern Star Resources is purchasing a gold project near its Carosue Dam operations from KalNorth Gold Mines.

Scott Morrison has talked up the recovery in employment, which has seen the unemployment rate shrink to 5.8 per cent, while WA's rate was 6 per cent.

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Strandline Resources has the debt funding it requires for its Coburn mineral sands project after securing about $80 million from a senior secured bond issue.

Australian authorities have thrown their support behind the AstraZeneca vaccine despite a handful of new allergic reactions and increasing global trepidation.