Dan Wilkie

St Barbara subsidiary Gold Ridge Mining will pay GR Engineering $2.65 million as part of a settlement of court proceedings relating to an engineering and services contract at the Gold Ridge mine in

Ramelius Resources has given the final go-ahead for the development of its Western Queen South gold project near its existing Mt Magnet gold mine in the Mid West.

Helix Resources has signed an agreement with Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corporation for the development of the Joshua copper project in Chile that could be worth up to $19.5 million.

Mining services group Ausdrill has refinanced its debts, announcing today it had signed a new three-year, $550 million dual currency facility with a syndicate of banks.

Bankwest is one of nine lenders in Australia that have not passed on the full 25 basis point cut to their standard variable home loan rates since the Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rat

Global Construction Services has completed the $4.9 million retail component of its $32 million capital raising plan announced early in September.

Struggling gold miner Navigator Resources has pushed back an already-delayed $16 million rights issue for a further three weeks, announcing today the prospectus would not be lodged with the Austral

Chalice Gold Mines is on the lookout for a new managing director, with incumbent Doug Jones set to step down into a more technical role.

Macmahon Holdings, which recently lost its chief executive after a big earnings downgrade, has blamed a false email chain discussing a supposed Chinese takeover offer, for a temporary trading halt

Earthmoving equipment group Emeco says it is cashed up and on the lookout for “value creating opportunities” after refinancing its $450 million debt facility with a syndicate of banks.

Namibian-focused uranium explorer Deep Yellow has completed a $6.5 million placement to Africa-based specialist mining fund Laurium LP.

Shipbuilder Austal has beefed up its capabilities at its Darwin boatyard, through the acquisition of Northern Territory-based hydraulic services firm Hydraulink NT and its associated business KM En

Finbar Group has announced it will construct a $128 million, 188-apartment and office complex at LandCorp's Springs Rivervale redevelopment site.

Australian new home sales hit a 15-year low in August, with transactions for new dwellings in Western Australia dragging the nation down with a 9.4 per cent plunge.

FIVE Western Australia-based homebuilders have been ranked among the nation’s top 20, with Summit Homes and Pindan making their debut in the top echelon of housing construction.

Perth-based mining juniors GBM Resources, Invictus Gold and Hannans Reward have announced capital raising plans today, collectively worth nearly $7.5 million.

Ric Stowe’s sprawling Devereaux Farm in Bullsbrook is back on the market, with Jones Lang LaSalle and Garland International appointed by PPB Advisory to sell the property by tender.

Commercial property agents are expecting a burst of sales activity for suburban shopping centres, after a private Singaporean investor picked up the Altone Park Shopping Centre in Beechboro for $15

Engineering contractor VDM Group has won $56 million in new contracts, including $42 million worth of new deals with the Queensland Department of Transport.

Perth-based Cortona Resources and Victoria’s Unity Mining have announced a merger plan to create a gold miner with a market capitalisation of around $90 million.

Doray Minerals has launched a $30.8 million share placement in conjunction with a $12.2 million entitlements offer, ensuring its Andy Well gold development near Meekatharra is fully funded to produ

Property developer Luke Saraceni has been ordered by the Supreme Court to transfer $1.3 million into a bank account held with Bankwest in the latest fallout from the Raine Square saga.

Skyrocketing population growth in Western Australia will add more pressure on new home building and result in further tightening in the state’s rental market.

PMI Gold Corporation has secured a $US30 million standby finance facility to boost its coffers at it finalises a comprehensive funding package for the development of the Obotan gold project in Ghan

Five Western Australia-based homebuilders have been ranked among the nation’s top 20, with Summit Homes and Pindan making their debut in the top echelon of housing construction.

The owner of the one40william office and retail building in central Perth, which has struggled to attact shoppers and retain tenants, has unveiled a new vision focused on the development of an ‘urb

Shares in Perth-based oil and gas junior Pura Vida Energy jumped on the Australian Securities Exchange today, in response to stockbrokers’ backing of a resources upgrade at its 75 per cent-owned Ma

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced $69 million in new contracts in the Pilbara and northern Goldfields.

Buru Energy has announced a $40 million placement to fund the acquisition of fresh acreage in the Canning Superbasin, north of Perth.

Exploration firm Hannans Reward is planning to offload its nickel sulphide portfolio in Western Australia to focus on the development of its Kiruna iron project in Sweden.

IT services firm ASG Group says it is confident of exceeding profit forecasts in financial year 2013 as clients transition to its cloud computing services.

Quickflix has signed a deal with international electronics giant Samsung to make its pay-per-view video streaming service available on Samsung televisions and blu-ray players.