West Perth-based Leyshon Resources says it will look to acquire more projects after selling its majority interest in a Chinese gold project for $US34 million ($A39 million).
Shares in gold miner Apex Minerals are in a trading halt ahead of a capital raising expected to raise $100 million to support the company's proposed recapitalisation and restructure.
The government's commodity forecaster has revised down its minerals and energy export earnings projection for 2009/10 as a result of lower contract prices for bulk commodities.
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An independent expert has judged Coote Industrial's $4 million convertible note offer to Elphinstone Group as reasonable but not fair due to the substantial share discount.
Westralian Gas and Power executive chairman Peter Briggs says the decision to terminate the relationship with Oswal Resources was due to differing views on exploration.
Shares in United Minerals Corporation have climbed higher after the Perth-based company announced it had increased its Pilbara iron ore resource, boosting its confidence of production in early 2011.
Property developer Port Bouvard says its share price rise over the past week is due to the company being undervalued and the recent opening of the Perth to Bunbury highway.
Grange Resources says it has raised $124 million from the rights issue component of its capital raising strategy, with funds to go towards debt reduction and a restructure of iron ore royalty obligations.
Perth's oldest stockbroking firm, DJ Carmichael, is looking to beef up its corporate finance team as Ian Dorrington is appointed managing director and Brian Hockney as chairman.
Shares in Liberty Resources have surged higher on the back of a resource boost from 338 million tonnes to 3.1 billion tonnes at its Queensland coal tenements.
South Perth-based Rand Mining plans to raise $6.5 million through a rights issue to retire its debt with Tribune Resources and to boost working capital.
The number of Western Australian companies looking to list on the local stock exchange is gaining momentum with Laconia Resources the latest to open its $6 million initial public offer.
The opening of the $705 million Kwinana Freeway extension and Forrest Highway on the weekend has marked the official completion of the State's largest road project.
Rising LNG, iron ore and gold exports saw the value of Western Australia's mineral and petroleum industry rise by 19 per cent to a record $71.3 billion in the year to June 2009.
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Magellan Metals has lodged a $5 million bond with the state government, which paves the way for the miner to start sealed lead shipments through the Fremantle port.
Shares in West Perth-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd have closed lower despite its link to an $11.7 billion gas deal in Queensland between its plant partner Golar LNG Energy and a member of the Toyota Group.
CITIC Pacific says it is meeting with unions over claims that workers at its $5.2 billion Sino iron ore project near Karratha have been exposed to unsafe levels of asbestos.
The Mid West shires of Mingenew, Three Springs, Morawa and Perenjori have agreed to form one new local government, as the deadline for voluntary council amalgamations nears.
Western Areas has received final ministerial approval for its $36 million Spotted Quoll nickel mine in Forrestania, with Mining and Civil Australia due to start site work later this month.
State parliament has passed through a number of amendments that will give government stronger powers to obtain information from local councils when carrying out investigations.
East Perth-based Bauxite Resources has raised $57 million that will be used to enhance infrastructure at its bauxite operation in the South West and fund a study into an alumina refinery.
The state opposition has called into question claims the construction of a private port in Kwinana will start within 12 months, after it uncovered no progress had been made on key negotiations.
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Western Australia will be aiming for a hat-trick as 19 state finalists, including iron ore heiress Gina Rinehart and Challenger Tafe chief Liz Harris, are revealed in this year's Telstra Australian business women of the year.
Premier Colin Barnett says he will not take any legal action after a parliamentary committee cleared him of any wrong doing over the removal of a Peppermint Grove property from the state's heritage list.
