Gold hopeful Resolute Mining has raised $25 million through a share placement, with funds to be used for the commissioning of the Syama gold mine in Mali.
West Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas has raised more than $10 million which will be used in the ongoing development of its Fisherman's Landing gas project in Queensland.
Howard Park wins gold FAMILY-OWNED Western Australian winery, Howard Park Wines has taken out top honours at the prestigious Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2009, held last month in Valencia, Spain.
Proceedings between Mineral Resources and its former chairman Michael Kiernan have started today over alleged misleading claims prior to the collapse of Monarch Gold Mining Company.
Gindalbie Metals will appeal against some of the conditions recommended by the environment watchdog over the $1.8 billion Karara iron ore joint venture with AnSteel.
Balcatta-based Tiger Resources plans to raise $9 million through a share placement to help pay for a majority interest in a copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Western Australian juniors Great Australian Resources and SA Metals, formerly Pan Palladium, have advised shareholders to take no action to Sylvannia Resources $31 million takeover offers.
Osborne Park-based A1 Minerals says it is on track to becoming a gold producer later this year as it awards a $1.7 million plant refurbishment contract to CPC Engineering.
East Perth-based Fleetwood Corporation is vying for contracts with some of the state's major resource projects, submitting tenders for the Gorgon gas project and Gindalbie Metals' iron ore joint venture.
The drop in Western Australia's jobless rate is not cause for celebration just yet with Premier Colin Barnett saying the state is not out of the woods while economists are treating it as a "rogue" number.
PERTH technology firm Antaria expects a licensing agreement with global pharmaceutical firm Merck will see its products make an impact on the international market.
Stirling Resources has extended its financial relationship with Austrian commodities trader DCM DECOmetal, raising $10 million to acquire Matilda Minerals mineral sands assets.
Barra Resources will restart its Burbanks gold mine near Coolgardie within weeks after it struck new mining and profit-sharing deals with Kalgoorlie-based Mulgabbie Mining.
Extract Resources has appointed Rothschild Australia as its corporate adviser to help facilitate the early development of its Rossing South uranium project in Namibia.
Shares in Uranio have skyrocketed as much as 250 per cent as the uranium explorer unveils the state's ninth largest uranium deposit at its Ponton project.
Atlas Iron will expand its footprint in the Pilbara after deciding to exercise its option to acquire iron ore rights in six Pilbara tenements from Haddington Resources for $1 million.
A joint venture between NRW Holdings and VDM Group has won a $240 million contract from CITIC Pacific for work at the port area of the Sino iron project at Cape Preston.
Perth-based Aditya Birla Minerals has reported a full-year net loss of $76 million as it halted production at two of its operations on the back of lower commodity prices.
Engine technology group Orbital Corporation has entered a $2.4 million deal with a Chinese business to jointly develop a concept engine that will improve fuel economy.
Japanese company INPEX has awarded AMEC Engineering the contract for the offshore front end engineering and design (FEED) for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in the Browse Basin.
Gold miner Newcrest Mining has withdrawn from its joint venture with Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings over the Mount Mackenzie gold joint venture in Queensland.
The steep economic slowdown reduced new infrastructure projects to a trickle in the first three months of the year, propped up only by a major federal government initiative, according to economic consultancy Access Economics.
THE tenure of chief executives in Western Australia is likely to get a lot shorter if recent trends keep up, with a flurry of local firms making changes at the top.
