Curtin University's Vocation Training and Education Centre in Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been taken over by the state government and will be established as a separate institution within the Department of Training and Workforce Development from January 1.
Shaw River Resources is planning to raise $5 million via a share placement and share purchase plan to fund further exploration of its manganese tenements in the Pilbara and Ghana.
Mineral Resources has dispatched its first shipment of iron ore from the newly commissioned Utah Point berth in Port Hedland which is destined for steel mills in China.
North West Mining and Geology Group has agreed to subscribe to Meridian Minerals share placement announced earlier this month to maintain its 41 per cent stake in the company.
The share price of Malagasy Minerals has fallen by more than 40 per cent today after the company announced poor assay results from drilling at its Ianapera project in southern Madagascar.
Victorian-based Community Housing Limited has been awarded the tender to take over the tenancy and management of indigenous housing in the East Kimberley.
West Perth-based Tap Oil has appointed former Woodside Petroleum executive Troy Hayden as the company's new chief executive officer and managing director.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, Alan Robson has announced he will be retiring at the end of next year after more than six years in the job.
Perth-based Alara Resources has completed a $10.58 million capital raising which the company says will help fund the cost of acquiring a zinc-copper project in Saudi Arabia.
Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh will chair the newly formed Chamber of Arts and Culture WA, which boasts a stellar board including Janet Holmes a Court, John Langoulant, Helen Cook and Margaret Seares.
The state government says current and emerging junior miners will benefit from the commissioning of the new Utah Bulk Loading Facility at Port Hedland which was officially opened today.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has banned a 47 year-old financial adviser from Donnybrook from providing financial services for five years.
Sixteen months after Bendigo and Adelaide Bank increased its stake in Rural Bank to 60 per cent, Elders has agreed to sell the rest of its interest for $165 million.
A survey by accounting firm KPMG has found Australia's skills shortage is driving employers to increase their skilled migration intake, particularly in Western Australia.
The Town of Claremont has paid $11 million for the former Claremont Fresh premises on Stirling Highway beating off other potential buyers including Woolworths.
Premier Colin Barnett has announced the release of a large-scale development opportunity to revitalise Karratha's city centre as well as a plans to construct a new 2,500 home coastal community.
The state government has announced plans to build a $370 million desalination plant in the Pilbara as the next major source of drinking water for the region.
Following a strategic review agricultural investment firm AACL has announced plans to slash its workforce by 15 per cent, streamline its management structure and cut its operating costs by $1 million.
Northbridge-based Impact Minerals has announced plans to spin-out its Queensland gold assets into a new company, Invictus Gold in a proposed $3 million to $4 million Initial Public Offering.
Just days after striking a deal with major shareholder Mark Creasy to acquire a gold tenement in the north-eastern Goldfields, Sirius Resources has completed an $11 million share placement.
Shares in Aspire Mining rose after an Ivanhoe Group company took a substantial stake in the junior coal explorer as part of a $20 million capital raising.
Shares in Sandfire Resources have jumped 22 cents after the company announced plans to increase the targeted design throughput rate for its proposed DeGrussa copper-gold processing facility from 1.0 million tonnes per annum to 1.5 Mtpa.
WorkSafe WA says that the conviction and $90,000 fine for Laing O'Rourke (BMC) over the injury of two workers during Cyclone George in 2007 sends a strong message to employers that workplace safety must be given a high priority.
Kingsgate Consolidated has made a friendly $22 million takeover bid for explorer Laguna Resources less than a week after launching a separate $376 million bid for West Perth-based Dominion Mining.
Navigator Resources has completed an $11 million capital raising via a placement to institutional and sophisticated investors and hopes to use the funds for further exploration and to pay down debt.
