The Federal Court in Perth has imposed penalties totalling $125,000 on a number of educational services agents for fixing the price of placement services provided to students of Korean origin.
Base metals miner Perilya Ltd chairman Patrick O'Connor has taken an executive role to oversee a strategic review of the company during the March quarter of 2008.
Funds management group Ray White Invest and private property developer Blair Group have acquired the Currambine Marketplace from Woolworths Ltd for more than $50 million with plans to expand the property.
Orezone Resources Inc. has awarded GRD Minproc with the engineering, procurement and construction management contract for processing facilities at the Essakane Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Clean technology developer Carnegie Corporation Ltd has successfully deployed and begun initial operation of the first CETO Wave Energy prototype off a test site at Fremantle.
New figures compiled by the Retail Traders' Association of Western Australia show shoppers across the state spent a record $2.75 billion last December.
Premier Alan Carpenter and his cabinet are heading to Albany to meet members of the community, local governments and business representatives on Tuesday, March 4 and Wednesday, March 5.
Wine Grape Growers Australia has advised growers to trigger pricing disputes under their contracts with wineries to force a review of low 2008 vintage grape prices.
Harvey Industries Group, trading as Harvey Beef, has acquired the business assets of meat processing company Fremantle City Processors Pty Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been awarded a $25 million contract by Apache Energy for the Mars Phase 2A Project located on Varanus Island.
West Perth-based Rubicon Resources Ltd has entered into share subscription deed, evalution and farm-in agreement over its Warburton copper project with the world's second largest mining company by market capitalisation, Brazil's Vale.
Perth-based engineering company, Neptune Marine Services Ltd, has completed the second tranche of a share placement launched in December to raise a total of $60.8 million.
Perth-based biotechnology company, NemGenix Pty Ltd, has secured a $500,000 investment from the Murdoch Westscheme Enterprise Partnership fund, which supports projects arising from the university.
The state government will provide a $5 million loan to the City of Mandurah to support the construction of a link connecting the new Mandurah train station and the Mandurah CBD.
Henderson-headquartered ship builder Austal Ltd has been awarded a US$3 million ($3.3 million) preliminary design contract for the Joint High Speed Vessel programme for the US Navy and Army.
Dominion Mining Ltd managing director Peter Alexander has announced his retirement from executive duties after 25 years of service, and has been replaced by mining executive Jonathan Shellabear.
More Western Australians are switching to electricity generated from renewable sources, with new figures from retailer Synergy showing the number of GreenPower customers more than doubled in 2007.
Mundo Minerals Ltd has upgraded a 2008 gold production forecast for its wholly owned Engenho Gold Project in Brazil by 32 per cent, and says it is on track to join the ranks of international gold producers later this quarter.
Woodman Point will become a major focus for recreational sailors, with four new public boat ramps and boat stacking capacity for more than 300 vessels.
Emerging mid-tier Australian gold and nickel producer, Focus Minerals Ltd, plans to acquire the remaining 50 per cent stake in its Coolgardie Gold Project held by Canadian-based joint venture partner, Committee Bay Resources Ltd.
Wedgetail Mining Ltd is aiming to become a diversified molybdenum and gold company, by focusing its exploration efforts on the delineation of a molybdenum deposit in the East Pilbara region and changing its name to Millennium Minerals Ltd.
Cell Aquaculture Ltd is set to enter a joint venture with ASSAR Fishery Sdn Bhd based in Kuching, Malaysia to build and manage a $9 million, 700 tonne barramundi aquaculture production facility.
Macmahon Holdings Ltd has been awarded a long term mining contract for Jubilee Mines' new Sinclair Nickel Project, as well as an extension to its existing Olympic Dam underground development contract for BHP Billiton, worth a combined $200 million.
Boutique investment bank Azure Capital has been appointed corporate advisor to the proposed initial public offering of bauxite explorer Cape Alumina Pty Ltd, targeted for mid 2008.
State Training Board chairman Keith Spence has called on Western Australian industry to get involved in a restructuring of the training advisory bodies, whch will be cut from 14 to eight industry bodies.
David Jones Ltd has confirmed it will triple the size of its Claremont store to 30,000 square metres by early 2011 to tap into Perth's increasingly affluent western suburbs' demographic.
Monaro Mining NL has signed an agreement with China's Sinosteel Corporation to assess and develop the West Perth-based company's uranium projects in the Kyrgyz Republic.
