SPECIAL REPORT: The gold and technology sectors have experienced a boost in investment activity for the March quarter, but doubts remain over whether it will last.
Automotive Holdings Group has announced plans to purchase a refrigerated logistics business and an automotive dealership group at a combined cost of $184 million.
Silver Lake Resources will place its Murchison gold operations on care and maintenance later this year, saying the project is no longer sustainable at the current gold price.
Perth-based gold companies Perseus Mining and Kingsrose Mining have strengthened their balance sheets after completing share placements worth a combined $40 million.
Western Areas is looking to raise $104 million to reduce debt and provide greater financial flexibility after a positive half-year report which saw the nickel miner turn a big loss to a modest $2.7 million net profit.
SPECIAL REPORT: The past 12 months have been tough for WA's corporate finance professionals, but there is cautious optimism that 2014 will be a different story.
Queensland-based food group Collins Foods will pay $55.6 million to acquire Competitive Foods' KFC business, which is the franchisee of 44 KFC restaurants in Western Australia and the Northern Terr
Sundance Resources has signed agreements to raise $40 million from a consortium of investors as it looks to progress its Mbalam-Nabebe iron ore project in West Africa.
The past year has been tough for listed WA companies looking to raise funds but a lift in activity during the past three months has the industry cautiously optimistic.
The $10 billion tragedy of Western Australia's failed magnetite iron ore processing experiment risks becoming something worse next year, as the price is pushed down by a flood of iron ore supply an
Sundance Resources is on the brink of big changes, as its 18-month takeover saga approaches a finale and its African iron ore project completes major milestones.
Local players in the corporate finance market faced more competition than ever before from big national and international firms, WA Business News' 2011 survey has found.
Diversified miner and explorer Perilya says it will tap shareholders for up to $110 million to pay off debts accrued through the acquisition of Globestar in January, continue the development of the
The state government has reacted critically to the sale of Wesfarmers' Premier Coal business, with premier Colin Barnett expressing concern over the state's two coal mines being in&n
The mining services industry is going from strength to strength, with earnings per share growth averaging 15.7 per cent, according to analysis of the August 2011 reporting season by UBS.
Patersons Securities has retained top spot in WA Business News' annual survey of capital raisings, followed by Hartleys, Euroz Securities and Macquarie Capital Advisers.
Indian infrastructure group Lanco Infratech has emerged as the winning bidder for the Collie coal business of Ric Stowe's failed Griffin coal and power empire.
THE two big winners in the latest fund manager awards, UBS Global Asset Management (UBS) and Perpetual Investments, come from very different backgrounds.
