Perth-based oil explorer Oilex has announced it has secured a $13.5 million three year equity financing facility with UK-based Darwin Strategic, for drilling at its Cambay onshore oil joint venture project in Gujarat, India.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has rejected spending more public money to keep Holden operating in Australia, amid reports the car maker's American parent company General Motors wants to close Australian operations by 2016.
US stocks have declined again after surprisingly good US economic growth in the third quarter raised expectations the Federal Reserve will hasten a plan to scale back aggressive monetary stimulus.
Karratha's first small bar owner, Bart Parsons, has realised his dream of opening among the traditional pubs and hotels in the northern town, but it has come with a costly sting in the tail.
Global chemical manufacturer Rockwood Holdings is set to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Perth-based Talison Lithium, just less than a year after its proposed $700 million takeover bid for the miner collapsed.
Leederville jeweller Rohan Milne is moving in esteemed circles, having joined two other Perth jewellers and 17 nationally as members of the exclusive diamond association, Diamond Guild Australia.
Mineral sleuth Rox Resources has raised $2.4 million for exploration programs and working capital in a share purchase plan, the company announced today.
Base Resources is set to increase its working capital for the ramp-up of its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya by a further $US25 million up to a total debt facility of $US215 million.
FEATURE: It has been a difficult year for many of WA’s listed entities, but investors are backing the performance of most of the state’s top executives.
Tangiers Petroleum is to acquire Jacka Resources via a friendly off-market takeover bid, combining to create an Africa-focused upstream oil and gas company valued at about $80 million.
The state government's $609 million City Link project is progressing faster than expected, with the project's $360 million rail component completed six months ahead of schedule.
Inspectors from the Department of Mines and Petroleum are investigating the death of a contractor at Newcrest Mining's Telfer gold mine in the Pilbara.
Gold and silver futures have rallied as some bearish investors rush to reduce their wagers after the precious metals showed strength in the face of brighter economic data.
Rio Tinto employees have dominated a list of 16 executives and key operational players based in Western Australia that feature in the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining.
Third generation builder Dale Alcock’s personal experience with asbestos-related disease has prompted the ABN Group’s fifth largest philanthropic donation - this time to help fund mesothelioma research.
The market capitalisation of Western Australia's top 100 listed companies has fallen on the back of lower commodity prices, marking an end to four months of consecutive gains.
