Two not-for-profit organisations, The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer’s Research and Alzheimer’s Australia WA, have teamed up to launch a campaign to assist Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers.
Perth-based Nkwe Platinum Ltd has chosen to list on London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market, marking a change from the flurry of Australian resource companies turning their attention, and their pockets, towards Canada.
The votality that has characterised the financial markets this year has bred anxiety across the country, but caution may be a more apt term for WA, where its largely business as usual.
Stock market volatility has put a dampener on the number of Western Australian companies that floated during the March quarter, but surprisingly, the amount of funds raised was 75 per cent higher than in the same period last year.
Kerry Stokes' Seven Network Ltd today continued its attack on the performance of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd, arguing that WAN's improved quarterly results did not mean the company was "back on track".
Western Power has today signed a five year alliance agreement with Transfield Services, worth approximately $100 million in revenue in its first year of operation.
Leederville-based uranium development company Bannerman Resources has today confirmed that the majority of its Opes Prime related holding has been sold.
West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has announced the completion of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract with WorleyParsons for its 20 million tonne per annum Spinifex Ridge Molybdenum Project.
Coal prices surge more than 200%; ANZ flags $1b for bad debts; Second Opes director in ASIC's sights; BHP's petroleum chief to woo Rio investors; Shell opts for $2b floating LNG plant at prelude field
Newcrest Mining Ltd has agreed to farm into the Mount Mackenzie gold project in Queensland which is currently owned by Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings Limited (60%) and Australia Oriental Minerals NL (40%).
West Perth-based Atlas Iron Ltd has obtained a 19.9% interest in emerging iron ore explorer Warwick Resources Ltd, acquiring shares in Warwick at 0.23 cents via a share placement and off market purchase for a consideration of approximately $4.3 million.
Fortescue milestone marks end of giants stranglehold: Forrest; Santos to give Devil Creek nod; WAN goes on the attack to 'set the record straight'; Receivers target Opes six; Business calls for tax relief from states
The state government plans to introduce a $780 million subsidy scheme to limit increase in electricity prices, after rejecting a recommendation to lift prices by about 60 per cent over two years.
Redcliff- based construction services group, Global Construction Services Ltd has today announced a revised full year net profit forecast of $9.5 million for the year to 30 June 2008.
Shares in takeover target Golden West Resources Ltd have soared over 70 per cent after it was revealed iron ore mining company Portman Ltd had acquired a 10 per cent stake while its bidder Fairstar Resources discloses its position in the Opes Prime saga.
Total Staffing Solutions Ltd's offshore division has signed an agreement to acquire Perth-based CFM Global for $2 million which includes an agency supply agreement for sourcing skilled international labour.
West Perth-based Marengo Mining Limited has filed its final prospectus to raise A$9.1 million, in the Canadian market, which will be used to fund a definitive feasibility study on its wholly-owned Yandera copper molybdenum project in Papua New Guinea.
Small companies listed on the Australian stock exchange today continued to reveal details of their exposure to the collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime, including Perth-based Blackham Resources, Hodges Resources, Catalyst Metal and Conquest Mining.
There seems to be a competition developing amongst finance journalists, along with some economists and market analysts, to be the first to call a base to the current bear market phase on stock markets.
The starter’s gun has been fired for reinvestment in university education as our leaner and hungrier tertiary institutions prepare for the new federal landscape.
A question the Liberal Party’s national leadership – Brendan Nelson and Julie Bishop, primarily – should promptly ask is, what they hope to accomplish by merging with the Nationals, as some have suggested.
Como-based mining company, Aquila Resources Ltd, could be the target of takeover activity by its joint venture partner, private equity group AMCI, following recent share acquisitions in Aquila and three related iron ore explorers.
Perth-based resource company Windimurra Vanadium Ltd’s recent $25 million share placement has led a charge by small to mid-cap resources companies that have managed to raise capital despite the sharp stock market downturn.
The mining sector, the small business sector and the regions all claim from time to time to be the powerhouse of Western Australia’s economy, and they will all find evidence to back up their claims in a new research report prepared by the Chamber of Comme
Investors in Western Australia’s commercial property market appear to be feeling the effects of the global credit squeeze, as the first quarter of the calendar year passes without a single sale of prime stock in Perth’s CBD.
