Staff Reporters

MIR Investment Management Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 13,729,479 ordinary shares (7.44%) to 10,258,035 ordinary shares (5.51%).

Has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hong Kong based Jinshu Investment Group for the raising of a minimum of A$3m to its sophisticated investor clients.

WESTERN Australians appear to be heeding the slip, slop, slap message if the recent explosion in solarium numbers is anything to go by.

International subsea engineering company MCS has appointed Dean Hewitt and John Slater to lead its business development across the rapidly expanding Australian and South East Asian oil and gas markets

THE NCS Group started in 1986 when Chris Codrington established NCS Communications to provide a range of public relations and marketing services to the business community, both nationally and in Weste

Nathan Bruce MacMahon increased its relevant interest from 1,470,000 ordinary shares (5.72%) to 1,720,000 ordinary shares (6.7%).

Announce that it has today signed a Long Term Off-take Agreement for up to 20 million tonnes p.a. of iron ore with the wholly owned subsidiary Baosteel Trading Co Ltd

SHARES in Perth-based biodiesel producer Mission Biofuels Ltd jumped more than 12 per cent on Monday following news of a $50 million capital raising to fund its Indian and Malaysia expansion plans.

BOOM times don’t always result in booming profits.

Tax Office newsletter to inform BAS service providers of relevant updates, news and direct links. http://www.ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/content/00095917.htm Published: March 28 2007

Ospraie Mamagement LLC ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Norm McCleary ATF The Green Possum Super Fund became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,300,000 ordinary shares (12.1%).

FirstRand Ireland plc decreased its relevant interest from 12,301,780 ordinary shares (7.756%) to 10,301,780 ordinary shares (6.495%).

Announce they have authorised the placement of 8,990,000 fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of 40 cents per share to raise $3,596,000 before expenses, to institutional, sophisticated and oth

Little World Beverage Ltd director David Martin has decreased his indirect interest in the company by selling 600,000 shares at a value of $960,000.

Hamish Miller has joined not for profit organisation United Way as corporate volunteer manager. Mr Miller was most recently marketing manager at Activ Foundation.

Recall for the provision of radiological services to WA Country Health Service – Wheatbelt Region - Perth Radiological Clinic Ltd & Imaging the South - $3,345,000.00

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 158,217,914 ordinary shares (73.47%) to 175,808,279 ordinary shares (81.63%).

Advises that 250,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 30 March.

DIVERSIFIED industrial group Wesfarmers Ltd is pursuing a takeover of Coles Group Ltd, after gaining voting power over 11.3 per cent of its shares.

I REFER to ‘Total recall a winner for Arnie’ (WA Business News, March 29). A good article, but I won’t hold my breath. Whatever happened to the gentlemen’s code under the Westminster system?

PERTH-BASED burns treatment developer Clinical Cell Culture Ltd, or C3, announced it will close its American offices and sell its CellSpray technology after completing a strategic review of its option

Chris Connolly; Fremantle Football Club; Five years as coach

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,595,007 ordinary shares (7.86%).

Portfolio Partners Ltd changed its relevant interest from 3,412,911 ordinary shares (9.56%) to 4,675,922 ordinary shares (8.51%).

Has secured its second repair project in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), and the largest sub-sea repair project in the company’s history.

FORMER Normandy Mining Group senior group executive Ian Middlemas has been appointed as a non-executive director of Globe Petroleum Ltd.

Cathryn Cavaney has joined the team at Mount Pleasant-based Goldfinch Financial Planning. Ms Cavaney was formerly senior technical adviser at HBF Financial Services Pty Ltd.

WA Police. South Hedland Police Station - Rawlinsons (WA) - $133,804.00

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 137,949,629 ordinary shares (64.05%) to 149,288,390 ordinary shares (69.32%).

Advises that 5,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on April 8.

General Meeting will be held at Level 12, 484 St.Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004 on Tuesday, 1 May 2007 at 10:30 am.