Blina Diamonds NL has announced its own almost $6 million rights issue, to be fully underwritten at no cost by its parent company, Kimberley Diamond Company NL which revealed a $41 million expansion plan yesterday.
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd has secured a 1.5 million tonne per annum deal to sell liquefied natural gas from the Chevron-led Gorgon Project to Japan, the world's largest LNG consumer.
Hamilton Hill-based Cell Aquaculture has announced it is to take a 30 per cent stake in Marine Farms Ltd, a fish hatchery business operating near Exmouth.
Western Australia's property and housing contruction market was at its hottest in October with land transfers reaching new highs as one of the state's materials suppliers was forced to import bricks.
Grange Resources Ltd has raised almost $11 million from investors to fund further development of its Southdown magnetite project near Albany and in Malaysia.
West Perth-based AKD Ltd has issued a prospectus seeking $2.2 million to fund a drilling program at the Yogyakarta Ironsands Project and commence feasibility on a 300,000 tonne pa pig iron plant in central Java.
The daughter of former West Australian premier Brian Burke is one of a number of Labor hopefuls tipped to be seeking to become the party's next state president.
The WA Data Linkage System, technology used to assist medical research and patient management, has received a big boost with a state government grant of more than $2 million.
Western Australian polymetallic explorer Washington Resources Ltd debuted on the ASX today, closing at 21.5 cents a slight premium to its 20 cent subscription price.
Melbourne-based Structural Systems has reported a strong year for its WA-based Rock Engineering Pty Ltd mining subsidiary as mining sector demand increases, including specialised drilling.
Property Resources Management Pty Ltd and its partner Lang Walker's Walker Corporation are to be the private sector developers of a new 338 hectare housing project called Banksia Grove.
Former high profile Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association executive director Barry Jones, who stood down from the role in July, has passed away after a short illness.
Managers, you can relax! Apparently those Gen Xers you've been worried about are not so different after all, according to a study by HR consultancy Hudson - phew.
With all the rhetoric surrounding the current Federal industrial relations changes it is intersting that a study by HR group Mercer suggests that employers are being increasingly flexible in what they offer their employees.
Rev heads that love the powerful combination of high octane and sea salt will pleased to hear that a leg of the World Powerboat Championship will be staged off Fremantle's South Mole in 2007 after Perth events firm Exibit secured the local competition rig
The state auditor general has again raised the time taken to assess mineral title applications as an ongoing issue at the Department of Industry and Resources which, otherwise, has largely fixed title management problems he highlighted in 2002.
Perth-based dot.com boom survivor HarvestRoad today announced that Charles Darwin University has chosen its Hive educational software package to deliver courseware to its student community.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has announced that it expects to have the approximately $18 million minimum subscription required to go ahead with its plans to buy its namesake project.
Western Australian property investor Aspen Group Ltd has purchased a Sydney office property for $31 million, a price slightly above its stated $5 million to $30 million range as it seeks grow its fund by $250 million.
Schaffer Corp has predicted a material drop in first half earnings but believes a second half improvement will partially offset the current period's lacklustre performance.
James Fielding Funds Management, a subsidiary of east coast-based property developer Mirvac Group, has launched a new property fund called the James Fielding Property Development Fund.
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Glenn Stevens has warned the financial planning and services industry that frank discussion is needed to forewarn retirees of the challenges caused by rising longevity, and that product providers could benefit.
