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.
Breakaway Resources has announced plans to raise $3.5 million via a share purchase plan to underpin new drilling and exploration programs at its flagship nickel sulphide projects in WA and copper projects in Queensland.
South Korea's GS Engineering and Construction says it has won a $2.96 billion order to build Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers Collie urea fertiliser plant.
Shareholders in Empire Beer could soon find themselves the owners of car park technology company Meter Eye after Empire announced plans to acquire the New Zealand-based company for an undisclosed amount.
Hong Kong listed Wah Nam International has launched a conditional off market takeover offer for emerging iron ore producers Brockman Resources and FerrAus valued at about $1.2 billion.
A Chinese consortium trying to win support for a deal with iron ore developer Sphere Minerals claims that a majority of Sphere shareholders will reject an alternative takeover proposal from Xstrata.
Quickstep has signed an agreement to allow US-based Vector Resources to use the company's patented Quickstep Process for advanced composites manufacturing.
Chinese-controlled Perth miner Perilya has unveiled a friendly $186 million takeover of Canadian copper miner GlobeStar Mining Corporation that will see the base metals producer spread its wings to the Caribbean and Canada.
US company Monsanto, best known for developing genetically engineered seed, has taken a 20 per cent minority interest in WA-based cereal breeding company InterGrain.
Apex Minerals has successfully completed a $5 million capital raising through a share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors to fund operational improvements at its Wiluna gold project.
PERTH-BASED surveying and mapping firm McMullen Nolan says it will use the acquisition of mid-tier surveyor DM Gerloff & Associates to build its business outside of metropolitan land development and expand its capabilities of servicing mining and resource
THE corporate advisory sector is expecting a rise in mergers and acquisitions activity now that the resources tax base has been narrowed, however buyers remain nervous about the detail and wary of global markets that have worsened since the tax debate sta
WA-based West African gold explorer Gryphon Minerals has announced a friendly all-scrip takeover bid for fellow West African gold player Shield Mining.
NEW Zealand-based contracting group Fulton Hogan is aiming to boost its market share in Western Australia after buying out its joint venture partners and rebranding its local operations.
Advanced materials company Quickstep Holdings has announced plans to set up a US base in an effort to target and secure defence and aerospace contracts.
China Magnesium (CMC) has launched an $8 million initial public offer and unleashed a veiled attack on the federal government's resource super profits tax.
Coogee Chemicals chief executive Phil Thick is confident a $40 million terminal transaction with Gull Petroleum will go ahead as the competition watchdog prepares to deliver its findings.
The Gordon Martin-led Coogee Chemicals has bought a terminal next to its Kwinana facilities from Gull Petroleum in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust has booked an 11 per cent increase in first-half income on the back of acquisitions and improvements to investment properties.
The anointing of a rival bidder by research houses means Pulpwood Plantations is an outsider to secure the necessary votes this week to take over Great Southern timber schemes.
