PRIVATE equity group Archer Capital has emerged rapidly this year to become one of the largest investors in Western Australia, following its purchase of the company behind the Chicken Treat and Red Rooster fast food chains.
Catalpa Resources will buy Conquest Mining to form a $1.1 billion growth-focused gold miner, in which gold giant Newcrest Mining will hold a one-third stake.
Financial planning firms Shadforth and Snowball have announced their intention to merge to create a $14.3 billion wealth management business with 188 financial advisers nationally.
BRITISH industrial services giant Cape has continued its expansion via acquisition in the Western Australian market with the purchase of Bibra Lake-based defence specialist Shoreguard Marine.
Perth-based Base Resources says it will commence construction at its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya in September and begin production in the third quarter of 2013, after finalising a $US150 million finance facility.
FIVE years after buying private Perth business ComputerCORP and renaming it Synergy Plus, the directors of the listed IT services company have called in the administrators.
Perth-based Hunnu Coal has continued its stunning run with the announcement of a strategic partnership with Singapore-based Banpu Minerals to develop its Mongolian coal tenements.
Singaporean engineering firm MTQ now holds a 12 per cent stake in Neptune Marine, after the struggling shipbuilder and engineering firm announced it had reached the minimum subscription level in its $80.6 million capital raising.
Ian Trahar has confirmed he will not increase his takeover offer for window coverings manufacturer Kresta Holdings, even though independent analysis of the bid last week found it neither fair nor reasonable.
Diversified junior explorer Reed Resources has announced a discounted $40 million capital raising to fund the purchase of the recently acquired Meekatharra gold project.
Westgold Resources has announced it seeks to snap up the remaining shares it does not already own in Aragon Resources, to create a mid-tier mining house with potential annual gold production of 200,000 ounces.
The financier for Moly Mines' Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project in the Pilbara says it is still committed to the project, despite delays in securing project approval.
A one-time labour recruitment company chaired by Lyndon Rowe is being used by Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris for a back-door listing of his new venture on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Atlas Iron will take control of all Giralia Resources shares in an exclusive off-market takeover bid announced today, valuing the junior miner at $828 million.
Indian infrastructure group Lanco Infratech has emerged as the winning bidder for the Collie coal business of Ric Stowe's failed Griffin coal and power empire.
Sandfire Resources has completed the retail component of its $103 million equity raising announced in November, with a total of $37 million raised from participating and eligible retail shareholders.
After months of speculation Qantas has confirmed it has taken over regional airline Network Aviation to move into the fly-in-fly-out air charter market in a deal believed to be valued at more than $30 million.
Property developer Finbar Group has announced plans to raise $45.6 million via a placement and share purchase plan to step up development activity on its Karratha project and continue to bolster its Perth project pipeline.
Gold Road Resources has completed a $9 million share placement to professional and sophisticated investors, which will be used to fund exploration and evaluation of its Yamarna project east of Laverton.
Rio Tinto has bolstered its links with China, with the announcements today of an extension of its Pilbara joint venture with SinoSteel and an Asia-based minerals exploration joint venture with Chinalco.
The Chinese majority owner of Moly Mines, Hanlong Mining Investment, has received Chinese government approval for a $US466 million loan to complete financing for the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum-copper project in the Pilbara.
Equinox Minerals has declared its $1.25 billion takeover offer for Citadel Resource Group free of all defeating conditions if it receives an interest in Citadel shares of more than 50 per cent by December 16.
