Staff Reporters

US Consulate General commercial consul Nasir Abbasi to present a special business briefing for the CCI on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement, April 15 at the CCI Function Centre, East Pe

FINBAR International Limited has entered into a joint venture with Wembley Lakes Estate to develop a lot located at 135 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, into a 10-storey residential building valued at $3

Edith Cowan University has appointed Charles Thorn as director of research services.

Code: TFE Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Iron ore exploration.

Credit Suisse First Boston Australia Holdings Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Farooq Khan became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,159,668 ordinary shares (6.447%).

Cleveland Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 125,448,399 ordinary shares (71.4004%) to 128,546,631 ordinary shares (73.1661%).

Clough AMEC Joint Venture has been selected as the preferred tenderer for an Integrated Services Contract by Woodside Energy Ltd of Australia.

Has sold its bearing division to Auzparts Pty Ltd for $3.8M

Explains fuel ethanol licences, who needs a licence for fuel ethanol and how to obtain an excise licence. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/55136.htm Published: April 4 2005

IDP Education (Indonesia) director Isla Rogers-Winarto to speak at an Australia-Indonesia Business Council breakfast, May 5 at the WA Club.

The Mirvac Group has announced the establishment of an industrial trust in the US valued at approximately $487 million and to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Chemeq has appointed Brian Mangano as chief financial officer and company secretary.

PAKISTAN-FOCUSED local explorer Tethyan Copper Company has increased its estimated resource base by 29 per cent at its H4 copper project in Pakistan, lifting the contained copper metal content to 1.1

Proposed code: KAL Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold based metals explorer.

JP Morgan Chase & Co became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 128,582,196 ordinary shares (7.66%).

Mathews Capital Partners became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,619,278 ordinary shares (5.16%).

Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 9,678,016 ordinary shares (6.12%) to 11,472,284 ordinary shares (7.23%).

Has entered into a Heads of Agreement to acquire a 50.1% option interest in the Corachapi uranium deposit located in Peru.

Has reached in principle agreement with Hartleys Ltd to place 26,923,000 shares at an issue price of $0.13 per share to raise approximately $3.5 million.

99 Plain St East Perth, Upgrade and Modernization of Lifts Thyssenkrupp Elevator Australia Pty Ltd $658,900 Construction of 4x2 bedroom houses, Redhill aka Lundja Community via Hallscreek

A NEW research alliance has been announced between major oil and gas player ChevronTexaco and the Western Australian Energy Research Association.

Bryce Banfield, former state marketing manager for Ausbulk/ABB, has recently joined the AgraCorp wheat team as wheat acquisition manager.

Atlas Gold Limited has changed its principal place of business to: Ground Floor, 25 Richardson Street, West Perth WA 6005 Ph. (08) 9476 7900, Fax (08) 9476 7988

Queensland Investment Corporation ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Central Exchange Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,159,668 ordinary shares (6.447%).

Australian Executor Trustees increased its relevant interest from 5,359,884 ordinary shares (8.49%) to 5,916,247 ordinary shares (9.37%).

Entered into an agreement with Baker Steel Capital Managers LLP for DRD to raise R180.4M through a new issue and claw back offer.

Has reached agreement with First Pacific Mining Lao Co. Ltd to acquire a 60% interest in the sulphide portion of the Pha Luang zinc-lead-silver mine which lies 160 kilometres north of Vientiane.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained orders in the Federal Court appointing a liquidator to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme promoted by George Peat, a Da

Telstra chief executive officer Ziggy Switkowski to speak at the Graduate Management Association Dinner, April 30 at the University Club, UWA.

Many of the state’s ratepayers will be anxious to learn the results of the May 7 local government election after several councils and their elected members have received varying degrees of negative publicity in recent months.