Staff Reporters

JYN Sim Baker, the woman who guided iron ore producer Midwest Corporation Ltd to its first export shipment later this month, has suddenly resigned as an executive director.

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Proposed code: GLA, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: nickel, gold and uranium explorer.

Phoenix Gold Fund became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 20,000,000 ordinary shares (5.6%)

Muhoway Pty Ltd changed its relevant interest from 3,331,925 ordinary shares (19.48%) to 5,931,839 ordinary shares (12.32%)

Has today entered into a Pre-Bid Acceptance Agreement with Antofagasta PLC in connection with an off-market takeover bid that Antofagasta has announced for all the shares in Tethyan Copper Company Ltd

Shares and options have been issued to a London-based institutional investor pursuant to the $7 million placement

ASG Group Ltd has appointed Rob Bild as general manager – southern region.

Board of directors; Michael Tait – CEO. Mr Tait reports to a monthly meeting of 12 volunteer board members, who wish to remain anonymous.

MID-WEST Minister Kim Chance and Mid-West Development Commission Chairman Laurie Graham have appointed Steve Douglas as chief executive officer for the Mid-West Development Commission.

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WESTERN Australia’s Advanced Well Technologies Pty Ltd has been awarded a major contract for the engineering, procurement and construction management of sub-sea wells for Galoc Production Company’s fi

THE booming Western Australian economy is putting enormous strains on the state’s infrastructure, including the availability of commercial and industrial premises for business tenants.

Proposed code: LBT, Issue price: $0.20 , Principal activities: development of technology for use in the automation of microbiology laboratory processing.

Warramboo Holdings Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,040,000 ordinary shares (6.12%)

Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 4,707,377 ordinary shares (6.68%) to 3,978,686 ordinary shares (5.65%)

Has completed the sale of its South Laverton assets to Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd for value of $A18.4m

An overview of annual investment income reporting including information about how reported information is used by the Tax Office.

Suzy Montandon has been appointed as a senior associate for Freehills’ corporate resources area. Ms Montandon has extensive WA mining industry experience.

The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is hosting its second international mining seminar in Australia, for the first time, March 8 to 10 at the Novotel Langley Perth Hotel.

PLANTATION timber investment manager Great Southern Plantations has put pen to paper on a lucrative contract with a leading Japanese company for the export of hardwood woodchips, worth more than $130

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Proposed code: ROY, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: iron ore, gold exploration, Corporate: Rick Crabb (non-executive chairman), Frank DeMarte (executive director), Brian Richardson (non-exec

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 15,095,831 ordinary shares (5.01%)

Alliance WA Pty Ltd, The Toad Group Pty Ltd, Christian Singeton & Eve Anne Singleton increased its relevant interest from 48,888,889 ordinary shares (12.22%) to 51,220,604 ordinary shares (12.79%)

Antofagasta PLC and Tethyan Copper Company Ltd have today reached an agreement under which Antofagasta will make an off market conditional takeover offer to acquire all of the shares in Tethyan at aca

Has reached in-principle agreement with Hartleys Ltd to place 88,900,000 shares at 4.5 cents per share to raise approximately $4 million to institutional and retail clients of Hartleys Ltd

Jonathon Hull has joined the Perth office of BDO Chartered Accountants & Advisers from the firms UK practice, where he was a corporate tax manager.

MACMAHON Holdings Ltd announced a record after tax profit of $11.7 million for the half year ended December 31 2005, an increase of 107 per cent on the (AIFRS adjusted) result for the same period in 2

ACCOUNTANTS Ernst & Young have appointed Jeff Dowling as managing partner, western region, after Michael Minosora announced his resignation from the position in January to take up a new appoint