Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial has announced a $715 million takeover bid for Australian contractor Broadspectrum, which was formerly known as Transfield Services.
Rapidly growing online booking company HealthEngine has gained backing from newly established private equity group Go Capital and carsales.com.au founder Greg Roebuck in its latest $5 million capit
Perth-based technology company Peppermint Innovation is planning to take its mobile payments technology across South-East Asia after listing on the ASX through a reverse takeover of Chrysalis Resources completed today.
Southern Gold has cancelled plans to conduct a capital raising to offshore investors, while Norwest Energy amended the terms of its own raising just hours after it was announced to the market.
Perth-based explorer Goldphyre Resources has entered into an agreement to purchase a large area of potash-prospective land near Kalgoorlie, which is owned by prominent prospector Mark Creasy.
Decmil Group has continued to diversify its business from the struggling resources sector by acquiring Osborne Park-based telecommunications solutions provider SC Services.
Kewdale company Goldstar Transport has struck a deal to buy the major assets of MJ & CM West Transport Services, nine months after another Pilbara-focused transport business changed hands.
Mineral sands explorer Sheffield Resources has raised $5 million for its Thunderbird project, and plans to bring in an additional $2 million via a share purchase plan.
Perth-based potash explorer Elemental Minerals has received a proposal from a private equity group for a $US40 million ($A55 million) investment in the business to advance its African assets.
Silver Lake Resources is selling off its non-core assets in the Murchison region, with Metals X acquiring its Comet gold project and Musgrave Minerals agreeing to buy a large portion of its Cue project.
Lithium hopeful Pilbara Minerals has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed placement to fund ongoing work at its flagship Pilgangoora project east of Port Hedland.
Shares in Perth-based Odin Energy have skyrocketed on news it plans to exit the resources industry by acquiring a tech company and re-list through the backdoor.
The directors’ interests table published in Monday morning’s email incorrectly showed that Valmec directors Vincent Goss and Stephen Zurhaar had sold $1.1 million of shares.
Live cattle exporter Wellard is set to list at $1.39 per share, launching a prospectus to raise close to $300 million to give the business a market capitalisation of almost $560 million.
The competition watchdog has cleared oil and gas giant Shell's proposed $70 billion takeover of rival BG Group, saying it will not substantially alter the domestic natural gas market.
Perth tech companies Norwood Systems and rent.com.au have completed capital raisings worth a combined $9.3 million, with Norwood planning to raise a further $1.5 million to fund further marketing of its products.
Henderson-based engineering firm Civmec has moved to gain a foothold in the east coast defence shipbuilding industry by striking an agreement to purchase the projects division of private company Forgacs Engineering.
Perth company Liquefied Natural Gas has finalised an engineering contract for an LNG plant in the United States that will cost about half as much, per tonne of production, as most of the LNG plants under construction in Australia.
The upcoming float of livestock exporter Wellard is set to be the fifth biggest in Western Australia’s history, and will also stretch the market lead of investment bank UBS, according to research by Business News.
Perth technology company Velpic has enjoyed a strong debut on the ASX today, with its shares jumping 188 per cent above the pricing of its recent $4 million capital raising.
The contest for Asciano looks set to heat up after a QUBE Holdings-led consortium sought to trump Brookfield Infrastructure with a $9.02 billion takeover proposal for the ports and rail operator.
