The $120 million redevelopment of the Rendezvouz Observation City Hotel into luxury apartments has been put on hold on the back of the global financial crisis.
Shares in Mirabela Nickel have climbed higher after the company announced it has completed a $140 million capital raising in Canada with funds to be applied to its Brazil project and repayment of debt.
The new owner of Pinetec's pallet making division is expected to centralise the pallet business from Collie to Bassendean and will look to recruit in the next few months.
Mirabela Nickel has cleared one hurdle in its bid to raise some much needed funds, with a planned $182 million capital raising receiving shareholder approval today.
The state's meatworkers union has recommended Harvey Beef employees reject the same collective agreement that is again being offered by the company today.
New motor vehicle sales in Western Australia fell by more than 17 per cent in February to a seasonally adjusted 8,398 units, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
Dwelling starts in Western Australia have slumped to a near eight-year low with the latest December quarter figures revealing a 22 per cent drop from the previous corresponding period.
Shares in Aurox Resources have jumped as much as 56 per cent today as the company amends its convertible notes terms for an early cash injection of up to $47 million and modifies its port agreement.
THE Perth director of global engineering company Connell Wagner hopes its merger with two South African companies will boost the chances of winning work on major projects.
JAPANESE company Inpex and US company Apache Energy have increased their interests in two oil fields located near the Van Gogh oil project, which is due to start production in May.
IN keeping with a five-year tradition, Monadelphous managing director Robert Velletri has exercised options at a hefty discount to the company's trading price.
The state's Court of Appeal has overturned a Supreme Court ruling that two years ago found against Jubilee Mines and awarded $1.86 million to former managing director Kim Riley.
Anvil Mining has revealed that its remaining employees and board members have taken a 20 per cent pay cut as the company books a full-year net loss of $US138.5 million ($A209 million).
Perth-based Straits Resources has reiterated it may not be able to sell its 47 per cent holding in subsidiary Straits Asia Resources as talks continue.
An increasing demand for student housing has prompted Edith Cowan University to contract Campus Living Villages to construct a new 355-bed accommodation unit at its Mount Lawley Campus.
Melbourne-headquartered Rodpak says it is considering offering full time employment to Pinetec's pallet making employees, who are now working on a casual basis, after it bought the operation yesterday.
Litigation funder IMF (Australia) will pocket some $5 million following an unconditional settlement of a claim against certain directors of Centaur Mining, which formerly owned the Cawse nickel operation in the Goldfields.
A day after West Australian Newspapers Holdings appointed a new editor to its daily newspaper, the publisher has axed two lifestyle magazines, Perth Vita and Perth Habitat & Lifestyle.
The Perth director of global engineering company Connell Wagner hopes its merger with two South African companies will boost the chances of winning work on major projects.
Territory Resources has taken a sizeable $38 million hit to its half-year earnings with the iron ore miner reporting an interim net loss of $33.3 million.
The marketing arm of the North West Shelf Venture has extended the relationship with customer Kansai Electric Power Company, which will buy a further 3.3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas.
Mirabela Nickel plans to raise some $38 million more than the required amount of its debt facility condition in a bid to complete development of its Santa Rita nickel project in Brazil.
Aurox Resources has negotiated a restructure of its previous arrangement with a supplier for components towards its Balla Balla magnetite iron project in the Pilbara.
Mining services company NRW Holdings has received a letter of intent for a $57 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for overburden mining and ore-rehandling at the Christmas Creek site.
South Australian Resources Minister Paul Holloway says the state is prepared for increased competition for investment dollars over uranium assets after Western Australia dropped its uranium mining ban.
Wesfarmers' coal division, Premier Coal, has bought a further 30 per cent interest in Blackham Resources' tenements that surround the existing Scadden Energy joint venture near Esperance.
The part sale of the state's largest integrated pallet manufacturer Pinetec has offered some certainty to its employees, who have been offered casual employment during the 45-day settlement period.
Perth-headquartered water services company QED Occtech Services has been acquired by Toronto-based engineering group Hatch, one year after talks started.
The Andrew Forrest-led Poseidon Nickel has confirmed it is in talks with Russian miner Norilsk Nickel about the possible acquisition of the Cawse nickel operation in Western Australia.
