Mineral Resources has launched a $484 million takeover bid for oil and gas group AWE amid the ongoing battle for control of the Waitsia gas field north of Perth.
The directors of Osborne Park-based Tox Free Solutions have decided to cash-in on 17 years of successful national growth by accepting a friendly $671 million takeover offer from waste management competitor Cleanaway.
Junior explorer Walkabout Resources will tap investors for up to $10 million through a placement and rights issue as the company continues exploration at its African projects.
Shares in junior lithium explorers MetalsTech and Force Commodities have spiked after the companies announced funding and joint venture agreements, while European Lithium will tap investors to progress its lithium project in Austria.
Technology companies Syntonic and Family Zone are planning to grow their respective international customer bases after announcing separate $5 million share placements today.
European Cobalt will raise $20 million through a share placement as the junior miner advances exploration work at its Dobsina copper, nickel, cobalt project in central Slovakia.
Shareholders in uranium miner Paladin Energy will end up owning just 2 per cent of the company under a recapitalisation plan that will include a major debt for equity swap and a $US115 million high yield secured note raising.
Perth-based gold explorer AIC Resources, chaired by Centamin founder Josef El-Raghy, got off to a solid start in trading today after raising $10 million in its initial public offering.
Junior miners Draig Resources and Capricorn Metals will tap investors in separate capital raisings as both companies advance their respective Western Australian gold projects.
Two of the state’s major agribusiness operators have announced a phased merger, with Craig Mostyn Group moving to full ownership and control of V&V Walsh over the next five years.
Brisbane-based Firstmac Holdings said today it would not extend its cash takeover offer for Goldfields Money, which has recommended shareholders support an alternative scrip-based merger with mortgage aggregator Finsure.
Kalium Lakes will raise $14.2 million in an oversubscribed share placement with plans to complete a bankable feasibility study and start early site preparation works at its Beyondie sulphate of potash project in the Pilbara.
Greenland Minerals is set to raise $10.25 million through a share placement with the funds to be spent on technical optimisation and completion of permitting for its Kvanefjeld rare earths project.
Automotive Holdings Group has sold its underperforming refrigerated logistics business to Chinese conglomerate HNA Group for an enterprise value of $400 million.
Perth company Quantify Technology Holdings has received firm commitments for a $5 million capital raising that will support increased development of the company’s technology.
Gascoyne Resources has raised $21 million through a heavily oversubscribed share placement to fund further exploration and development at two of its Western Australian gold projects.
Fastbrick Robotics has raised $35 million through a share placement as the Perth-based technology company continues to develop its commercial prototype Hadrian X bricklaying robots.
Battery Minerals has announced a $20 million capital raising, primarily through a strongly supported share placement, ensuring the company can progress at its graphite projects in Mozambique.
Perth-based Altona Mining has negotiated a scrip-based takeover deal that will see the aspiring copper miner bought by Canada's Copper Mountain Mining but its shares remain well short of the 17 cents valuation of the takeover scheme.
Sodexo’s acquisition of Morris Corporation has pushed it up the ranking of big facilities management companies in Western Australia at a time when its competitors have been battling with the slowdown in large projects in the Pilbara.
Halom Investments has asked the Takeovers Panel to revise MMA Offshore’s planned $97 million capital raising, claiming the deal is designed to entrench the control held by the incumbent board.
The $11 billion merger of gaming giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group is back on track for now, after the Australian Competition Tribunal gave the deal a green light for a second time.
A local power generator majority owned by Rod Jones’s Hoperidge Capital has refinanced its bank debt through a $44 million bond issue which the company believes will give it more flexibility, including the potential to pursue a 100-megawatt solar farm.
Peter Sullivan-led Zeta Resources is set to increase its position in Perth-based nickel company GME Resources to nearly 50 per cent following the acquisition of investment firm Axelrock for $50.1 million.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering will raise $32 million through a share placement to provide working capital as the company’s order book continues to expand.
Shares in energy giant Santos have soared to a 15-month high after the company confirmed it recently rejected a takeover offer from a major US investor worth almost $9.5 billion.
Struggling marine services company MMA Offshore will raise nearly $100 million to repay debts and repair its balance sheet, despite opposition from major shareholder Halom Investments.
