Blue chip mineral sands miner Iluka Resources and small biotech Sun Biomedical are as different as chalk and cheese; but what they share, apart from a Perth base, is a willingness to invest in Western Australia's emerging technology ‘accelerator' programs.
Perth-based mineral sands producer Iluka Resources has created a new senior executive role to focus on two growth opportunities involving new technology in the UK and Brazil.
Alcoa chairman Alan Cransberg has called on businesses to take responsibility for ending domestic violence through workplace initiatives, in an address to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy's Women in Resources awards today.
Listed companies from Western Australia are on the outer in the most recent quarterly reshuffle of the S&P Dow Jones ASX Indices, with high-profile absentees including Iluka Resources, Mineral Resources and Monadelphous Group.
Iluka Resources managing director David Robb has acquired around $2.5 million of shares in the mineral sands producer under the company's incentive plans.
Iluka Resources has announced it will seek about 150 employees and contractors to restart operations at its rutile production plant and Tutunup South mine in Capel.
Perth's maturing startup community will soon have its first resources sector focused technology incubator, offering participants seed funding of $70,000.
Western Australian companies are on the outer in the quarterly reshuffle of the S&P ASX indices, with local players including Iluka Resources and Medusa Mining dropping out.
Sandfire Resources has filed proceedings in the Federal Court against the Centre for Australian Ethical Research over media releases published on its website last month, which Sandfire argues contained “misleading and deceptive” information.
Perth minerals explorer Gunson Resources has agreed to acquire a 100 per cent interest in mineral sands firm Strandline Resources for $2.5 million, and will assume the name of its target as it expands its focus in offshore assets.
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LandCorp has placed a 4.55-hectare parcel of industrial land near Geraldton on the market, in an effort to meet rising demand from businesses seeking large plots of land near the Mid West city.
Iluka Resources has appointed general manager USA Matthew Blackwell as head of marketing and mineral sands; general manager sales and marketing Chris Cobb as head of alliances new ventures and roya
Cleveland Mining Company has announced former Fortescue Metals Group director Russell Scrimshaw as its new chairman, while Iluka Resources has appointed former Murchison Metals managing director Gr
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources is expanding its operations to Sri Lanka, after being granted four exploration tenements and acquiring the Sri Lanka-based holder of an additional tenement.
Mermaid Marine Australia managing director Jeff Weber has picked up just over 1.4 million shares at $3.05 each, or $4.5 million in total, through the exercise of incentive options.
Fresh from announcing plans to develop the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara, Mineral Resources has become the eleventh Western Australian company in the S&P/ASX 100 Index.
If any further evidence were needed that the commodities boom is over, management changes at some of the world's biggest resources companies seals the deal.
UNDERSTANDING the growing complexity of remuneration packages is a challenging exercise for investors seeking to determine the value, or otherwise, offered by a company's management team.
