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Leederville-based Cazaly Resources has failed to wrest control of the Rhodes Ridge tenements, which contain billion of dollars of iron ore, from mining giant Rio Tinto.
The second legal showdown between Murchison Metals and Chameleon Mining is due to start tomorrow over key Mid West iron ore tenements valued at up to $1.5 billion.
Perth companies Vulcan Resources and Universal Resources have agreed to merge through a scheme of arrangement, nearly one month after both explorers flagged a friendly merger.
Mining company OMH Holdings has secured a $294 million deal to acquire a majority stake in a South African manganese project, and will welcome Brian Gilbertson onto its board.
Debt-laden iron ore producer Territory Resources has been thrown a lifeline, after its biggest shareholder agreed to take on the company's most pressing debts.
Michael Minosora has resigned as the chief financial officer of Fortescue Metals Group to take up the managing director position at little known West Perth-based explorer, Atlantic.
The release of the new draft miscellaneous award has prompted concern from a state lobby group, which says businesses will suffer higher costs from a widening of the award's scope.
A Supreme Court judge has ordered the $1.5 billion owed to liquidators of Alan Bond's former Bell Group of companies be either put into a Public Trust or a bank account with one of the major banks.
GHD and GRD Minproc have jointly won a key contract for the Cape Lambert iron ore project by a Chinese company, while GHD will separately carry out studies for the operation's port, power and water needs.
Thai oil and gas firm PTT Exploration and Production Public Company will acquire a subsidiary of OMV Australia that holds interests in the Timor Sea, in a deal valued at about $US10 million ($A11.6 million).
Perth-based Dragon Mining plans to buy the remaining interest in the Weld Range tenements in the Mid West from joint venture partners Minara Resources and the administrators of Sons of Gwalia for $2.35 million.
The impact to an environmentally sensitive area within Sinosteel Midwest Corporation's Mid West iron ore project has been deemed minimal, as the state government today upheld the Chinese company's appeal.
The state government has given the go-ahead for the Cape Peron marina project at Rockingham, which will provide much-needed boating pens and create business opportunities.
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World oil prices tumbled Thursday as weak US economic data and signs of sluggish energy demand in the United States highlighted fears about a tepid recovery from the global recession.
A Chinese company has abandoned plans to take control of rare earths explorer Lynas Corporation after Australian regulators demanded it reduce the scope of the planned transaction.
Western Australia will not be bullied by the federal government into joining the other states in a national occupational health and safety regime, Treasurer Troy Buswell says.
The state opposition says an independent small business commissioner and changes to the commercial tenancy act will better protect the rights of small retail businesses compared to amendments proposed by the Barnett government.
WA's rail network is not ready for the next harvest and this could result in a large increase in the amount of grain being transported by road, the WA Farmers Federation has warned.
Planning Minister John Day has today released the government's planning reform agenda including the integration of environmental and planning approvals and appeals.
Eneabba Gas claims there is as much gas in one of its Mid West tenements as set aside by the Gorgon gas project partners for the domestic market, as it releases a maiden resource for one tenement.
The state government has managed to keep its annual budget in the black despite revenue growing by just 0.5 per cent and spending skyrocketing by 13.5 per cent.
Fisheries minister Norman Moore has imposed new restrictions on the rock lobster industry in a bid to halve the annual harvest from its long-term average of 11,000 tonnes to 5,500 tonnes.
Cazaly Resources will raise $4 million through a private deal with an unnamed Chinese company, as it looks to advance Parker Range iron ore project in the Yilgarn region.
Another Chinese entity has made its way onto Mount Gibson Iron's share register, with the coal company buying Shougang Concord's interest in the miner for $176.3 million.
Nomad Building Solutions says it has secured work valued at $43.3 million that includes a contract for the federal government's Building the Education Revolution project.
West Perth-based explorer Globe Metals and Mining has raised $5.2 million, giving a boost to its aim of becoming one of the world's largest supplier of ferro-nobium.
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