Sydney-based Southern Cross Venture Partners has been appointed by the federal government as fund manager of Australia’s largest renewable energy venture capital fund, making available a total
Indonesia will slash live cattle exports from Australia by nearly half in 2012, and will move to phase out all cattle imports from Australia within three or four years.
Atlas Iron has sold the Balla Balla magnetite, vanadium and titanium project to Forge Resources for $40 million plus a capped royalty from future production.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn will file class actions against the other big banks for charging exorbitant customer fees after the partial success in a court case against ANZ.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will pay about $130 million for Bank of Cypress Australia, which caters to the Greek and Cypriot communities in NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
A new communications watchdog and an overhaul of media ownership rules are among the recommendations of the federal government's media convergence review.
GR Engineering's founding shareholders and key executives have sold $32.4 million worth of shares in the company, reducing their collective stake from 79.3 per cent to 67.3 per cent.
Consumer products retailer JB Hi-Fi has flagged its first fall in earnings despite adding new stores, as the retail slump catches up to the seller of low-priced audio visual products.
Gas pipeline owner Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) has rejected a surprise takeover offer by APA Group but says it's still open to a higher bid.
Sandfire Resources has signed a sales agreement with the Yunnan Copper Corporation for the remaining direct shipping ore (DSO) to be produced from its DeGrussa copper-gold project in WA.
Uranium explorer Bannerman Resources has announced that it has received subscription commitments for an $8.2 million share placement, with funds going to complete its feasibility study on its Entan
Total mining employment in Western Australia has surpassed 100,000 people for the first time, indicative of the growth of the state’s resources sector.
Phylogica has completed a $2.15 million capital raising to fund its drug discovery infrastructure, invest in in-house programmes and support operational activities.
Iron Ore Holdings plans to buy back up to 10 per cent of its shares on market, saying the iron ore explorer's share price does not reflect the fair value of its assets.
Wolf Minerals will be in a position to break ground at its Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in the UK next year after selecting Bardon Contracting to build a link road at the site.
In a bad sign for the renewable energy market, Perth-based solar power specialist Solco has withdrawn a $4 million rights issue offered last month due to price instability in the solar market.
Perth-headquartered emerging developer Coal of Africa has announced its intention to proceed with the issue and allotment of 50.32 million conditional placing shares, the second tranche in a US$106
Leighton Contractors have won a $240 million contract extension for mining services at OneSteel’s South Middleback Ranges (SMR) iron ore operations in South Australia.
An Asian investor will match the federal government dollar for dollar as part of a $200 million scheme to help local renewable energy companies get started.
Malagasy Minerals has completed a US$3.75 million joint venture with Canadian company Energizer Resources to accelerate its exploration for vanadium and industrial minerals in Madagascar.
Southern Cross Goldfields has completed a $3.3m capital raising to fund the completion of a feasibility study at its Marda gold project and exploration at the Copper Bore VMS copper-gold project.
