Dan Wilkie

Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has been appointed preferred national broadband network supplier by Tasmania’s Department of Police & Emergency Management.

Six Pilbara workers have been awarded a total of $18,964 in unpaid redundancy entitlements for six workers at Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Azimuth Resources has appointed former Grange Resources managing director Russell Clark as its new chief executive.

Finbar Group has announced it will manage the development of an $18.5 million luxury apartment building on Mill Point Road in South Perth.

TNG has begun discussions with a European engineering and metallurgical technology group over the commercialisation of the Perth-based vanadium miner’s proprietary TIVAN hydrometallurgical process.

Straits Resources has bolstered its management team, appointing former Norton Gold Fields executives Andre Labuschagne and Robert Brainsbury as chief executive and chief financial officer.

The state government has trimmed its surplus forecast for the current financial year by $56 million as it lifts spending to meet the needs of an expanding population while revenue from mining royal

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has fallen $14 million short of its target for the retail component of a $78 million capital raising completed today.

MZI Resources has reached agreement with two major banks to secure a $54 million project finance facility for the Keysbrook mineral sands development south of Perth.

The Fremantle Dockers have confirmed the club is moving its training and administration facilities to Cockburn.

Cortona Resources shareholders have thrown their overwhelming support behind a $25.6 million merger with Victoria's Unity Mining.

Perth-based exploration firm OreCorp has announced a backdoor listing on the ASX through fellow explorer Silver Stone Resources.

Engineering services provider Plexal Group has been acquired by global firm SPIE Oil and Gas Services.

Building and construction giant BGC has been nominated by the state government to develop a hotel at the former FESA House on Hay Street.

There has been a small burst of activity in the flagging new floats sector, with three Western Australian firms completing initial public offers this week, raising more than $25 million collectivel

Nexus Energy has exercised a put option to sell 2 per cent of its 17 per cent stake in the Crux gas field off the northwest coast to Royal Dutch Shell for $75 million.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering is looking to capitalise on unprecedented demand for its services from the liquefied natural gas sector by launching a joint venture with international electri

Retiring PwC partner Frank Cooper has been appointed to the board of Woodside Petroleum as a non-executive director.

Apartments developer Finbar is preparing expanded plans for the Springs Rivervale redevelopment area, after acquiring three vacant sites for $9.35 million.

The state government has awarded the $200 million managing construction contract for the Elizabeth Quay inlet to a joint venture between Leighton Contractors and Broad Construction Services.

Shares in Cape Lambert Resources gained 10 per cent on the ASX today, after the company announced a plan to buy back 10 per cent of its shares.

Murchison explorer Fortunis Resources has made a successful debut on the Australian Securities Exchange after raising $2.8 million through an initial public offering last week.

Property developer Finbar has launched a $140 million apartments plan for five adjoining lots it just acquired in Subiaco.

Tungsten Mining has made its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange, after raising $5.1 million through its initial public offering last week.

Perth-based Firestone Energy has received an all-scrip takeover proposal from the Brian McMaster-chaired Range River Gold, that values it at $24.9 million.

Administrators for collapsed nickel miner Kagara have reached agreement to sell off the group’s North Queensland assets for $40 million.

Elders has announced it will sell 30,000 hectares of pulpwood timber plantations and its Indian Sandalwood assets in the Ord River irrigation area.

Perth-based junior Kinetiko Energy has raised $3 million to fund drilling activities at its Amersfoot coal bed methane project in South Africa.

International investment bank Goldman Sachs has released a bullish outlook for the iron ore market, predicting average spot prices to hover around $US140 per tonne in 2013.

Engineering and construction group Clough has proven not all is doom and gloom in the mining services sector in the lead-up to the holidays, saying recent contract wins have it expecting a better p

Atlas Iron has announced three new off-take agreements, covering more than 2.2 million tonnes of iron ore each year.

Perth-based Paringa Resources has raised $10 million through an initial public offering, which closed fully subscribed.