Dan Wilkie

Air Mauritius has announced it is adding a third weekly flight from Perth to the island nation, starting from April next year.

Plans are in motion for a $350 to $400 million redevelopment of Booragoon’s Garden City shopping centre, after a complex multi-million dollar ownership swap between Westfield and AMP Capital.

Mineral Commodities has announced plans to raise $14.5 million through a placement a, to fund the development of its Tormin mineral sands project on the west coast of South Africa.

Industry has welcomed the state government’s establishment of a round table to discuss electricity market reform.

Leighton Contractors has won a $126 million engineering and construction deal for Inpex’s $US34 billion Ichthys natural gas processing facility in Darwin.

Global economic uncertainty is continuing to weigh on the Western Australian economy, but the state’s peak industry group is nonetheless forecasting economic growth of 6.5 per cent for the 2012-13

Phoenix Gold has raised $20 million through a share placement, to accelerate drilling programs at its gold projects in the Goldfields over the next 12 to 15 months.

Atlas South Sea Pearls shares have jumped after it announced plans to raise up to $5 million alongside a proposal to acquire fragrance and flavour manufacturer Essential Oils of Tasmania.

NRW subsidiary Action Drill and Blast has won a three-year, $100 million supply contract with John Holland Group in Queensland.

Southern Cross Goldfields says it has a short-list of financiers to provide the necessary funding to complete the acquisition of the Sandstone gold project from Troy Resources.

Reed Resources has launched a $10 million placement and share purchase plan, to boost working capital as it moves towards start-up at its Meekatharra gold project.

The building industry has welcomed the federal government’s move to provide employers with incentives of more than $3,000 for each new construction apprentice they recruit.

Signs of life are starting to emerge in the sputtering initial public offerings market, with three Western Australian explorers advancing plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange this we

Mineral Resources and Reed Resources are considering floating a new lithium company to develop the Mt Marion project, approximately 40 kilometres south-west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has won a £10.5 million ($16.3 million) deal for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels, which will operate off the European coast.

A mystery suitor has made a non-binding takeover bid for Perth-based IT services firm ASG Group, valuing it at more than $177 million.

The contentious development of Smiths Beach near Yallingup has taken another twist, with the owners of the 40.5 hectare site putting the land on the market.

Japanese brewing giant Lion has announced it will shut down its Swan Brewery in Canning Vale, with at least 80 workers set to lose their jobs.

Scotland-based oil and gas services firm Global Energy Group has announced the acquisition of Perth-based energy sector access, inspection and maintenance company Vertech Group.

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been contracted by Horizon Power to construct a 20 megawatt gas turbine power plant in Karratha.

Hannans Reward has reached agreement to sell the Discovery Zone copper-iron prospect in Sweden to Avalon Minerals for $4 million.

Engineering and project services group Clough has won a $10 million contract to support exploration works at the Morobe Mining joint venture’s Wafi-Golpu project in Papua New Guinea.

Perth-based explorer Hot Chili has launched a $35.5 million capital raising to fund development at its Productora copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile.

The state government is seeking proposals to develop up to 35,000 square metres of office space in the City of Stirling to house the Department of Commerce.

Industry has given a mixed reaction to the federal government’s plan to amend unfair dismissal laws to bring the Fair Work Act up to date.

Renaissance Minerals has launched a $10 million capital raising to fund exploration at its flagship Cambodian gold project.

Struggling scooter manufacturer and retailer Vmoto has launched a £1.56 million ($2.43 million) share placement, and plans to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy says June quarter results for Western Australian mining companies are cause for cautious optimism, with Chinese demand “unlikely to slow down drastically”.

Perth-based gold explorer International Goldfields has announced a cash and scrip merger agreement with United States-based Santa Fe Gold Corporation, to create a diversified gold and silver miner

The Labor government has labelled the Coalition's newly-united stand on wheat deregulation as a "token show of face", saying an amendment tabled in Parliament today could lead to a return to the 'single desk', despite Opposition Leader Tony Abbott assuring that it would not be re-established.

Hartleys has reported a significant drop in revenue and a huge reduction in profit from its bumper 2011 result, but the stockbroker nonetheless remained well in the black, lodging a net profit of $

Perth fashion icon Ruth Tarvydas has blamed rocketing rents, inner-city roadworks and general economic malaise for the collapse of her King Street boutique, which will close in seven days.