Western Australia's Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance will visit remote Arubiddy Station on the Nullarbor this weekend for a first-hand look at the challenges faced by drought-affected pastoralists.
Subiaco-based biopharmaceutical company Phylogica Ltd has launched a share placement and share purchase plan to raise a total of $3.75 million to help fund its drug discovery projects.
Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has announced a restructuring of its top management with former Austal Ltd chief executive Bob McKinnon being appointed to a head office role, where he will work with the group's long-standing managing director Greg Tate.
West Perth-based Murchison Metals Ltd has officially become Western Australia's sixth iron ore miner, after the company commenced mining operations at its Jack Hills project this morning.
Nedlands-based pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd has signed manufacturing contracts with grocery chains IGA and New Zealand's Progressive Enterprises to produce a range of sun care and over-the-counter cough and cold products.
Welshpool-based engineering services firm RCR Tomlinson Ltd will acquire Canning Vale-based boiler services company Boilergenics Ltd for $3.2 million by September 28, it announced today.
Salter Point-based health care company Medec Ltd has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Malaysia's Unisense Sdn. Bhd for $400,000, with an option to acquire the remaining 49 per cent in 2008-09.
The Initial Public Offer for West African gold and base metals explorer, Shield Mining Limited, has closed oversubscribed and it will now list on the Australian Stock Exchange next Wednesday, September 27, 2006.
Sydney-based industrial services company United Group Rail has been awarded over $127 million in new contracts from BHP Billiton and a Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary for two projects in the Pilbara.
Western Australian borrowers reacted to the August 2006 interest rate rise by embracing fixed loans in growing numbers, the latest Mortgage Choice national housing loan approval data has revealed.
Around 47 per cent of Western Australian farmers are members of a landcare group, 56 per cent active, with an average of eight years involvement, according to a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics today.
The State Government has introduced legislation which it said would bring co-operatives into the 21st century and allow them to expand their operations and move into new areas.
The rehabilitation of an historic South-West mine and a project to recycle black pipe materials from Western Australian mine sites have won the Department of Industry and Resources' environmental awards.
Balcatta-based Orbital Corporation Ltd and Indian company Bajaj Auto Ltd, have announced an expansion of their licensing arrangements to cover liquid petroleum gas and compressed natural gas applications.
The Western Australian Planning Commission and City of Stirling will work together to develop the Stirling regional centre as a major focus for commercial, retail, cultural and employment activity.
Supersorb Minerals NL, a subsidiary of Albany-based Supersorb Environmental NL, will sell its former pet litter operations and surrounding freehold land at Duaringa, Qld, for $350,000 to an undisclosed buyer.
Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Tomahawk Energy Ltd has abandoned plans to work further with New York-based Metro Energy Group LLC after completing a strategic review of its work in the Oklahoma oil and gas project.
The State Government has released 16 new petroleum exploration permits, generating $347 million of investment into Western Australia's exploration industry.
Centrepoint Alliance Ltd has signed a conditional contract with central Queensland's Esdale Sinclair & Associates Pty Ltd to buy the finance brokerage business.
Balcatta-based Orbital Corporation Ltd will pay Coles Myer Ltd $500,000 in a commercial settlement after a Research and Development joint venture between the two went awry.
Welshpool-based diversified engineering services provider RCR Tomlinson Ltd has announced in excess of $25 million in new orders across its four business units.
The state government has invited the community to comment on a masterplan for turning the former railway marshalling yards at Leighton into a major public parkland and beach recreation resource for Western Australia.
