Deals

The institute bought two West Perth buildings for $6.5 million, with plans to consolidate its Perth campus.

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has lifted his stake in Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal.

Chalice Mining has laid plans for a considerable capital raising effort to bankroll the next year and a half of exploration activities across its Julimar and West Yilgarn prospects.

A minerals extraction technology developed in partnership with Curtin University has sold to multinational chemicals business Draslovka.

West Perth-based Wiluna Mining is offering shares at more than a 40 per cent discount to raise a minimum $50 million to bring its namesake gold project up to speed.

Australian Vanadium is looking to institutional and sophisticated investors to raise cash for a proposed vanadium processing plant in the state’s Mid-West.

Blackstone’s $8.9 billion proposal to buy Crown Resorts has won over shareholders, but the deal still hinges on gaming regulatory approval from Victoria, NSW and Western Australia.

A subsidiary of multinational conglomerate Koch Industries has been selected as Strike Energy’s sole offtake partner for product from a $2.3 billion planned urea project near Geraldton.

A mega-merger between Woodside Petroleum and BHP’s oil and gas business has received overwhelming shareholder approval at an AGM in Perth this afternoon.

Arafura Resources shares are trading higher on the back of a new potential seven-year offtake deal with South Korean-based automotive business Hyundai.

East coast group Tempe Tyres spent $10.6 million on a Bayswater industrial site.

OZ Minerals will have 18 months to assess Havilah Resource’s Kalkaroo project before deciding whether to acquire the South Australian copper outfit for up to $405 million.

Blaq Projects is set to build a five-storey apartment development at the Australian Fine China Precinct, where Edge Visionary Living’s plans fell over.

Woodside is awaiting shareholder approval to crystalise a merger with BHP’s petroleum business following clearance from a government administrator.

Shares in Australian Strategic Materials were up more than 30 per cent during trading after banking its first round of funding from a cohort of South Korean investors.

Perth-based audio technology company has flagged a strategic shift with the appointment of a US-based CEO and possible dual listing, most likely on the Nasdaq.

The Malaga facility attracted a 5 per cent yield, a record for Perth’s northern industrial corridor.

Shares in gold technology company Chrysos Corporation have crashed on their first day of trade, down 36 per cent from their issue price.

Altamin shares were catapulted to a 12-month high on the back of an unsolicited off-market takeover attempt from its largest backer.

A Perth-based pharmaceutical founded by 40under40 winner Matt Callahan has acquired its first product in a bid to manoeuvre from research and development status to revenue-generating.

Local tech enterprise Family Zone is chasing $42 million to acquire a fellow parental control and digital wellbeing business based in Barcelona.

The Perth-based marine services company is set to pocket $US15 million (A$21.3 million) from the sale as it seeks to shed non-core assets.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Fiveight is buying Carillon City for an estimated $80 million.

Centuria Capital has bought two WA healthcare centres, with its property fund acquiring $115 million worth of property nationally.

Dexus is set to acquire close to $31 billion of assets under management from AMP Capital, including all of its domestic real estate.

Mineral Resources shares have nosedived as iron ore miners headed lower and the company announced it would issue up to $US1 billion in unsecured notes to institutional buyers.

The Maddington Road site sold for the first time in close to three decades.

Specialist chemicals company DGL Group has continued its expansion in Western Australia by acquiring Wangara-based Total Coolant Management Solutions.

RLF AgTech is looking to expand the profile of its crop nutrition products on the back of an $8.5 million initial public offering and ASX debut this morning.

Plans for a $35 million cooperative to take ownership of the Kimberley’s sole abattoir have not progressed, with Yeeda Pastoral Company instead retaining full ownership.

Belmont-based SSH Group is looking to bolster its equipment division and its bottom line by taking on an established mining and civil machine hire business in the Pilbara.

The Ballantyne Road property sold to local investors.