Cell Aquaculture Ltd has appointed former Cooperative Bulk Handling Group chairman Robert Sewell as its new non-executive chairman replacing Perryman Leach, who has been temporarily serving in the position at the recently-listed company.
Earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco Ltd's wholly-owned subsidiary Emeco International Pty Ltd will acquire Andy's Earthmoving, a large independent equipment rental and sales business in Victoria.
Equinox Minerals Ltd has issued its prospectus to raise $10.2 million from Australian investors as part of a $146 million capital raising to fund development at its Lumwana copper-uranium project in Zambia.
Difficulty in recruiting staff continues to be a critical issue for WA employers with two out of three businesses canvassed in the latest CCI-BankWest Survey of Business Expectations saying a scarcity of labour was their biggest problem.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia has warned the state government against caving into special interest group calls for tax cuts instead of focussing on the outcomes from the State Tax Review.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given its blessing to national cinema giant Hoyts' planned purchase of rival Greater Union's 45 per cent interest in the Cinema City joint venture.
Higher gold prices are expected to underpin growth in the value of gold exports despite a fall in production volumes, the latest analysis by ABARE has found.
Metallurgical and mineral testing equipment supplier Ammtec Ltd has forecast a marked increase in its profit result for the first half of this financial year.
Perth-based Gryphon Minerals Ltd has announced a private placement to raise $500,000 to be used in funding exploration at its Banfora gold project in West Africa.
Unemployment in Western Australia has dropped again, breaking new ground to settle below 4 per cent, leading today's statistics which show a national average of 5.1 per cent.
About 400 Western Australian investors with failed finance broker Graeme Grubb could receive up to 70 cents in the dollar after St George Bank reportedly agreed to pay almost $10 million to settle long running claims.
The flood of emerging iron ore juniors going to the market for funds has grown stronger with iron ore junior Aztec Resources Ltd announcing a $42.3 million rights issue to finance part of its Koolan Island project.
Leadership speculation, the case of former Reserve Bank board member Robert Gerard and a re-cap of the major issues currently before Parliament, were the subjects of an in-depth interview with the ABC's Fran Kelly this morning.
Online DVD rental company Quickflix Ltd has raised $400,000 in a placement of shares to institutional investor Cranport Pty Ltd to help fund its acquistion of competitor Homescreen.
Junior explorer Tanami Gold Ltd has bought Allied Gold Ltd's mobile gold processing plant for $2 million to advance its Coyote gold project in Western Australia.
