Dan Wilkie

Construction has started on a new gateway to Rockingham – a $28 million extension to Mundijong Road.

Cedar Woods director Robert Brown has sold off just over $4.7 million shares in the company.

Paynes Find Gold has enjoyed a solid rise on the ASX today, after it said it had begun producing gold at its namesake operation.

RCR Tomlinson has made a $62 million offer to purchase engineering contractor Norfolk Group.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says today’s leadership ballot fizzle has resulted in a standoff and not a resolution as trumpeted by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Investor Craig Burton and Navitas executive Scott Jones have backed a restructurting at Verus Investments, which has announced a capital raising and a new managing director to support its oil &

Titan Energy shares have jumped on the ASX today, after the company said it had made a commercial oil and gas discovery at its Allen Dome oil field in Texas.

Cape Lambert Resources is considering the sale of its suite of assets, including the advanced-stage Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone.

Gas and fertiliser group Liberty Resources has brought forward the development of a $1.4 billion LNG processing plant in central Queensland to capitalise on current eastern states gas market condit

Waste management technology company AnaeCo has kicked off a project definition study for a 200,000 tonne per year waste treatment plant in South Australia.

Perth company PositionMEonline has announced its second acquisition this year, following its backdoor listing on the ASX through Reeltime Media in November 2012.

Perth-based oil and gas minnow Kairiki Energy has announced a $12.1 million capital raising to pay back company debts and provide additional working capital.

Western Areas founder Julian Hanna has been appointed MOD Resources’ new managing director.

GE Oil & Gas has won a $620 million services deal at QGC’s liquefied natural gas processing plant near Gladstone in Queensland, with maintenance activities to take place at the global giant’s J

Apollo Minerals has announced it will spin out its iron ore-related assets to fast-track their development, with the plan attracting a $10 million investment from India’s Jindal Steel & Power.

WA-based business identities Peter Landau and Carl Popal have been appointed to the board of junior exploration company Eclipse Metals, following the resignation of all of its current directors.

Gold miner Ramelius Resources has launched a strategic review of its current suite of assets, after its board of directors concluded the company's stock was significantly undervalued.

Carnegie Wave Energy has secured funding to commence construction of its Perth Wave Energy project, after raising $8.5 million from a share purchase plan that closed oversubscribed.

The Tony Sage-chaired Cauldron Energy has made an off-market, all-scrip takeover bid for uranium explorer Energy Minerals, valuing the target at just under $6 million.

Buru Energy has sold off interests in two petroleum exploration permits in the Canning Basin to Rey Resources and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation for cash considerations of around $21 million.

Shipbuilder Austal has won a $US19.9 million contract extension to provide support services for the shallow water combat ships it is building for the United States Department of Defense.

Developer and fund manager Peet has announced that its latest syndicate, the $17 million Peet Greenvale, has closed over-subscribed.

ASG Group’s mystery suitor has slashed the price of its non-binding takeover offer for the Perth-based telecommunications and computing firm.

Melbourne’s M2 Telecommunications Group has announced $248 million worth of acquisitions, including a $44.1 million bid for Perth-based internet service provider Eftel.

Tap Oil has secured more than $68 million in debt finance to fund the development of its Manora oil project in Thailand.

Aurora Oil & Gas has expanded its convertible notes offering, initially announced to market yesterday, to $US300 million.

BC Iron managing director Mike Young has announced he will step down from the helm of the iron ore miner in May.

Perth median rents have climbed to $470 per week, according to new data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

Cape Lambert Resources has appointed international finance group Deutsche Bank to sell its royalty held over the Mayoko iron ore project in the Republic of Congo.

Altona Mining has reported its maiden first half profit, after kicking off commercial production at the Outokumpu copper-gold project in Finland.

Aurora Oil & Gas has secured $US250 million in debt finance to fund the development of its recently-acquired onshore oil and gas acreage in South Texas.

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