Staff Reporters

The state government has chosen Knutsford consortium, including Fini Group, Georgiou Capital and Mainpart Holdings, to partner LandCorp to develop a former industrial site near Fremantle into a residential precinct.

The state government has awarded the Stage Two contract to build the $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch to Brookfield Multiplex.

Accommodation maker Fleetwood Corporation has reached a deal to acquire Victorian-based BRB Modular for $56.5 million.

The Coalition has scored highest in resources industry employer group AMMA's comparison of the three major parties' industrial relation policies.

Rental growth remained largely flat during the June quarter, according to Australian Property Monitors' Rental Price Series Quarterly Report.

The Department of Consumer Protection is concerned a growing number of WA real estate agents are breaching the Residential Tenancy Act by requiring tenants leaving a rental property at the end of a lease to give 21 days notice.

The executive director of Seven Group Ryan Stokes has been appointed to the board of the Perth International Arts Festival and Michael Smith as been appointed board Chairman for a further four years.

Liquefied Natural Gas has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Oil Basins to develop an LNG project in the Kimberley.

Tony Sage's Cape Lambert Resources has taken a significant stake in Chameleon Mining, which is in the midst of a legal battle with Murchison Metals over iron ore tenements in the Mid West.

Spain-focused uranium miner Berkeley Resources has signed a non-binding US$70 million Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Electrical Power Corporation for its Salamanca Uranium Project.

Northern Star Resources has hailed its new gold operation at Paulsens Gold Mine a success with gold poured in July exceeding budget.

AdultShop.com has entered into a memorandum of understanding to merge with Sydney-based Blackfeather in a $20 million deal.

Litigation fund IMF Australia has secured a confidential settlement in the legal action against Quantum Securities and QBE Insurance in relation to the collapse of property developer Westpoint.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has announced it has recorded an $18.2 million net profit after tax for the 2010 financial year.

A Chinese miner has take a majority 51 per cent share in Northern Uranium.

West Perth-based Chalice Gold has announced plans to raise $12.6 million through a rights issue to existing shareholders which will be used to fund its gold project in East Africa.

Children's charity The Smith Family has welcomed Federal Labor's commitment to the not-for-profit sector.

The state government has committed $10.5 million to upgrade facilities at Barbagallo Raceway in an effort to bring the V8 Supercars Championship back to Perth for the next five years.

Iron Ore Holdings much vaunted alliance with Rio Tinto, trumpeted as an example of big miners supporting junior iron ore companies in the Pilbara, has come to nought, with the two companies terminating a sales agreement.

Mineral Resources has substantially bolstered its balance sheet this week, obtaining a $30 million capital injection from Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting one day after finalising a deal to extract itself from the costly Windimurra Vanadium project.

Perth-based Beadell Resources has settled a long standing multi-million dollar claim relating to an alleged environmental disturbance of the William Creek system in Brazil.

Mines Minister Norman Moore has rejected calls for a full-scale inquiry into mine safety following the death of a miner in the Goldfields yesterday.

Melbourne-based Big Sky Financial Solutions (BSFS) has acquired Perth firm Westwide Financial Services.

Apex Minerals has successfully completed a $5 million capital raising through a share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors to fund operational improvements at its Wiluna gold project.

The state government says the Perth Convention Bureau has delivered a $93 million business events boost to the state's economy.

Atlantic has announced a complex series of deals worth more than $76 million to buy Mineral Resources out of the Windimurra Vanadium project and acquire the mothballed project's beneficiation plant.

Gloucester Coal has announced that it has raised $434 million through a share offer to institutional investors.

Paladin Energy has signed a wide ranging Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chinese based CGNPC Uranium Resources setting up a framework of co-operation for long term sales of uranium.

Shares in Kalgoorlie-focused explorer Lawson Gold have commenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange after it successfully completed a $4.7 million initial public offering (IPO).

Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications has recorded a net profit after tax of $17.2 million for the 2010 financial year.

Bristow Helicopters Australia has been awarded a contract worth $50 million to support Apache Energy's drilling and production operations in WA.

Shares in Downer EDI gained almost four per cent after the engineering firm said it won a six-year contract worth $3 billion to provide mining services to Fortescue Metals Group.