West Perth-based metals explorer Azure Minerals Ltd has applied for a mining concession covering an extensive area of surface mineralisation in Sonora, Mexico.
Doubts Mid-West ore miners can deliver; Taiwan giant locks into gas deal; Stokes lifts stake in WANH to 19.4%; Shareholders seek end to BHP-Rio stand-off; Kiernan draws Olympia into grand plan.
Nedlands-based investment company Oceanic Uranium Fund Ltd will raise $50 million in its initial public offer, raising funds to pursue investments in the uranium and broader energy sectors, the company has announced.
Mineral Resources Ltd directors led by Chris Ellison have sold $36.5 million worth of shares after the scrip came out of escrow, following the release of the company's full year results.
Michael Kiernan-chaired Territory Resources Ltd has acquired about 14 per cent of Herdsman-based mineral sands miner Olympia Resources Ltd, causing Olympia's share price to rise sharply for the second day running.
Stockbroking firm Goldman Sachs JB Were has started the process of rebuilding its Perth office by making four appointments, including the recruitment of Tait Farrow Azure co-founder Jason Farrow.
South Perth-based gold explorer Oropa Ltd will secure a 90 per cent stakes in two uranium exploration projects in Malawi through the establishment of two independent joint venture companies with the current holders, the company has announced.
A subsidiary of Subiaco-based Vital Metals Ltd, North Queensland Tungsten Pty Ltd, has received a summons alleging breaches of workplace safety laws following a fatality last year at its Watershed Tungsten project.
Perth-based Alkane Exploration Ltd aims to raise $12.8 million through the underwritten issue of 40.1 million shares to existing shareholders on the basis of one new share for every five shares held.
Scrap metal group CMA Corporation Ltd will acquire the Chicago-based Meretec Steel Recycling Plant from metals recycler Meretec Corporation in a scrip deal worth around $7.7 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Atlas Iron Ltd will sell the non-iron mineral rights of its Abydos and Goldsworthy tenements to West Perth gold explorer Shaw River Resources Ltd for $1.5 million in scrip and the issue of 2.5 million options, the company has announced.
BHP threatens tougher tactics; Ausdrill pitches for a slice of WA action; Call to jail share rigging pair; Arc directors given cautious backing; Rudd flags fast paced reform push.
WA politics reclaimed the spotlight this week as Upper House MP Shelley Archer quit the ALP. Meanwhile both federal parties launched their campaigns, Foreign Affairs spokesmen were in furious agreement and our expats started voting.
Subiaco-based Natural Fuel Ltd has appointed three new directors and implemented an asset optimisation strategy over its Singapore plant, seeking to secure interim revenues while unfavourable market conditions remain, the company has announced.
If ever there was a single indicator of the strength of Western Australia's economic good fortune, tycoon Stan Perron's private investment empire would be it - basically trebling its profits in just four years.
West Perth-based iron ore explorer Atlas Iron Ltd will pay $15 million in port facilities charges to the Port Hedland Port Authority as an up-front contribution for the planned $225 million upgrade of the Utah Point public access facility.
One week after Brazilian mining giant CVRD Inco agreed to fund further studies on Heron Resources' Kalgoorlie nickel project, Heron has done a deal with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton to raise extra capital for a second nickel project.
West Perth-based uranium and iron ore company Apollo Minerals Ltd will acquire an 80 per cent interest in an iron ore project in the Pilbara for up to $1 million under an option agreement, the company has announced.
West Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Baraka Petroleum Ltd has raised $3.3 million through a share purchase plan, with funds raised to help the company fully acquire the La Punta oil field in Colombia.
West Perth-based uranium explorer Atomic Resources Ltd's Tanzanian subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Development Corporation to explore two coal fields in southern Tanzania.
Leederville-based Bannerman Resources Ltd has won approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange to connence listing from Monday November 19, the company has announced.
Subiaco-based Mallee Gold Corporation Ltd has announced plans to raise $5 million in its initial public offer, to raise funds for exploration of its nine goldfields tenements.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned financial planner Philip Gerard Wade from providing financial services for seven years after failing to provide appropriate advice about Westpoint products, the Commission has announced.
Australian stockbroker Patersons Securities Limited has announced that Rod Evans, Shaun Duffy and David De Loub have joined the firm to head up the newly created Patersons Capital Partners.
Goyder warns of big tab for Coles chief; $6bn man: Twiggy joins big league; Woodside takes $2.6b hit after production cut; Tables turn with talk of Oxiana bid for Zinifex; UBS grabs 5% of Rio to complicate BHP bid.
The Federal Labor Party will fund a third of an estimated $180 million upgrade to road and rail networks in Esperance to improve access to the port, Opposition Transport spokesman Martin Ferguson announced today.
Subiaco-based Yilgarn Mining Ltd will change its name to Brockman Resources Ltd after securing shareholder approval at the company's annual general meeting yesterday.
West Perth-based Lonrho Mining Ltd will sell its Kamfersdam tailings dumps in South Africa to South Africa-based Meepo Investment Consortium Pty Ltd for around $1.1 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based metals explorer Azure Minerals Ltd has formally applied for the listing of its ordinary shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange's Venture Exchange, the company has announced.
South Guildford-based Cougar Metals NL will raise $1.6 million through a placement to fund an assessment of its Pyke Hill Nickel project and soil sampling programs on its Alta Floresta Gold Project in Brazil.
Perth-based Eastland Medical Systems Ltd will take a controlling stake in African drug developer Star Medical (Botswana) Ltd after acquiring a further 25 per cent of the company through a scrip issue worth $1 million, the company has announced.
