Business News

A summary of last week's smaller deals that did not get included in our daily news coverage.

PCF Capital has struck a joint venture deal with Zhaojin International Mining, as the Hong Kong-based company looks to invest in the Australian gold sector.

Two Perth businesses and their director must pay almost $90,000 in fines and costs after claiming to be authorised to undertake work for which they were not registered.

Northern Minerals has signed an offtake agreement with Thyssenkrupp, replacing its deal with Lianyugang Zeyu New Materials Sales.

Eden Innovations is set to raise $8 million via a share purchase plan to strengthen its working capital.

Terry Larkan has resigned as managing director of Kalia.Orminex has appointed Michael Foulds as non-executive director and Ross Graham as his alternate director.

Burgess Rawson has renewed its contract with the Public Transport Authority of WA for property management services of its 500 leases, worth around $4.8 million.

Local Government Minister David Templeman today named Andrew Hammond as City of Perth's new chair comissioner, replacing outgoing chair Eric Lumsden.

Handley Surveys has entered into a three-year agreement with BP to supply its 3D laser scanning services in Western Australia.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has announced a new chairperson and the departure of Janet Holmes a Court from its board.

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Bunnings has signed a heads of agreement with M/Group, under which Bunnings will relocate from its existing Albany premises to over 14,000 square metres of new space located at MGroup's Chester Pass Mall in the coastal town.

The ACCC has instituted federal court proceedings against HealthEngine, accusing the WA-based health service of misleading and deceptive conduct.

Vicinity Centres’ Ellenbrook Central will undergo a $63 million expansion featuring an additional 20 retailers, including a new Kmart, with Doric to commence construction this month.

Cullen Wines, Domaine Naturaliste and Stella Bella Wines were among the winners at last night's Halliday awards.

Alistair Williams has resigned as non-executive director of Greenpower Energy in order to concentrate on his business interests in the UK.

Western Power is seeking an order in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to recover its costs from a class action following the Parkerville bushfire in 2014.

West Perth-based Serpentine Technologies is seeking to raise $7 million to fund its acquisition of K-TIG and enable growth of the company’s welding-as-a-service business model.

Ausdrill subsidiary African Mining Services has been selected as preferred open-pit mining contractor for West African Resources' Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso.

A summary of last week's smaller deals that did not get included in our daily news coverage.

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State Agriculture, Regional Development and Ports Minister Alannah MacTiernan has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Monadelphous has announced about $150 million of new contracts in Western Australia and Queensland, less than a week after it won a big contract on Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Mining project approval delays will be the target of a one-year Productivity Commission review looking at how to streamline regulation across Australia's resources sector.

Over three weeks covered there were 41 insolvency notices for companies registered in Western Australia.

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FIRM Construction has been awarded a $7.9 million contract by the Public Transport Authority of WA for a refurbishment of the Nowergup railcar depot.

Around 38,000 homes in the western suburbs and Fremantle area have been left without power for hours, after a widespread outage hit much of the area this morning.

Rio Tinto has awarded contracts with a combined value of more than $250 million to BGC Contracting and Monadelphous for work on its West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

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The construction company overseeing the 2017 refurbishment of the GPO building in Forrest Place has been fined $38,000 after pleading guilty to charges over the death of a 17-year-old worker on the site.