SPECIAL REPORT: The dramatic rise and fall of iron ore producers and the recent surge in gold and lithium stocks have been highlighted by a historic review of WA's major listed companies.
The resignation of Talisman Mining's managing director and the appointment of a new chief executive at Tiger Resources are among the recent board changes at four local junior miners.
Woodside Petroleum's ambitious play for Oil Search is a rare example of a Perth-based company being the bidder in a big takeover. Click through to see Business News' listing and analysis of $1 billion-plus M&A deals in WA over the past 20 years.
WITH a sharp slump last year in the number and value of stock market floats, and little sign of a recovery, more emerging companies will likely pursue a backdoor listing.
WITH some experienced campaigners suggesting the current mergers and acquisitions market is the worst they have ever seen, there is plenty of finger pointing to overly exuberant deals of the past f
THE market value of Western Australia's top 100 companies barely changed during the month of April, dipping fractionally to $195.8 billion, according to the Deloitte WA Index.
Equinox Minerals has recommended shareholders accept a C$7.3 billion (A$7.1 billion) takeover offer from Barrick Gold Corporation, which trumps an earlier offer from China's Minmetals Resources.
Canada's Lundin Mining has told its shareholders to reject Equinox Mineral's $4.9 billion hostile takeover, saying it is "financially inadequate" because of the number of conditions attached to the offer.
Equinox Minerals has reported an after tax profit of $US269 million in the 12 months to December 31, on the back on increased copper production and improved operational performance at its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia.
Fresh from its $1.2 billion takeover of Citadel Resource Group, West Perth-based Equinox Minerals has launched a $C4.8 billion ($A4.83 billion) bid for Canadian base metals producer Lundin Mining Corporation.
Equinox Minerals has declared its $1.25 billion takeover offer for Citadel Resource Group free of all defeating conditions if it receives an interest in Citadel shares of more than 50 per cent by December 16.
Equinox Minerals says it will roll over its existing debt into a new $US400 million ($A449 million) corporate loan facility, which it said will provide greater flexibility.
West Perth-based Equinox Minerals expects to raise around $181 million through an equity offering to investors with funds to be applied to the Lumwana copper project and to strengthen its capital position.
Shares in Equinox Minerals have closed higher on the back of a $US173 million ($A254 million) net income for the 2008 calendar year and a favourable restructure of its debt repayments.
West Perth-based Equinox Minerals Ltd has secured a new $103 million loan facility, underwritten by a banking syndicate, for its Lumwana copper project in Zambia.
West Perth-based Equinox Minerals Ltd expects installation and testing of new equipment at its Lumwana copper project Zambia to start in December following a fire at the project's power station a fortnight ago.
Equinox Minerals Ltd chief executive Craig Williams has become the third Perth company director to have a big parcel of shares sold by Merrill Lynch as a result of links to failed margin lender Lift Capital Partners.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Equinox Minerals Ltd is considering building a uranium plant separate to its planned copper plant at its $922 million Lumwana project, to maximise the by-product potential of the site.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Equinox Minerals Ltd has signed a contract worth $53 million with UK-based Standard Chartered Bank to provide contingency funding for its Lumwana project.
Equinox Minerals Ltd has filed a final short form prospectus with the securities regulators in Canada for the purpose of qualifying the common shares issuable in connection with the Offering for distribution to the public.
Aspiring Perth copper producer Equinox Minerals Ltd has added another $40.5 million to an earlier $170M raising to pave the way for production from its $750 million Lumwana copper/uranium project in Zambia in about two years' time.
Aspiring Perth copper producer Equinox Minerals Ltd has added another $40.5 million to an earlier $170 million raising to pave the way for production from its $750 million Zambian copper project in late 2007/early 2008.
Equinox Minerals Ltd has issued its prospectus to raise $10.2 million from Australian investors as part of a $146 million capital raising to fund development at its Lumwana copper-uranium project in Zambia.
