Takeover target Dioro Exploration says it is in advanced discussions with Canadian copper and gold miner Northgate Minerals Corporation as original suitor Avoca Resources extends its $68.5 million offer.
BC Iron is one step away from receiving full support from Fortescue Metals Group for its $43 million Pilbara iron ore project, with the miner requesting one further test.
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Coote Industrial will be able to make a start on its growth objectives after it received a $44 million payment from Greentrains while it enters into a major shareholding deal with Elphinstone Group.
Premier Colin Barnett is hopeful of strengthening the state's relationship with China, particularly in the iron and gas sectors, as he prepares to visit the country amidst a political storm.
West Perth-based Exco Resources has asked Barclays Capital to arrange a $16 million debt financing facility, which together with the recent $7 million equity raising, will be used for the development of the White Dam gold project.
Australasian Resources has stepped up negotiations with other companies after finance talks with Shougang Corporation over a $2.7 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara collapsed.
Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has confirmed it is running the ruler over Barrick Gold's Osborne copper-gold mine in Queensland as part of its acquisition plans.
Shipbuilder Austal has entered a $12 million contract to manage and maintain services for two vehicle-passenger ferries owned by the government in Egypt.
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The Economic Regulation Authority has knocked back Western Power's request to allow big increases in the price it charges for access to the state's main electricity grid for the next three years.
Magellan Metals today announced that the Department of Environment and Conservation has given final sign off to all of the requirements of the Esperance Lead Removal Plan.
There are signs Western Australia is well-placed to be one of the first states to come out from the global recession, with economists revealing there are early indications that the economy is about to recover.
Breakaway Resources has sold its Earn-In Rights for the Mt Finnerty Joint Venture to Reed Resources Ltd for a total consideration of 500,000 fully paid ordinary shares.
Opposition energy spokesman Mark McGowan today called on the state government to end 10 months of uncertainty surrounding the possible re-merger of Verve Energy and Synergy.
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THE state government is reviewing legislation to better protect business from new laws that allow vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers to be confiscated.
WITNESSING the plethora of electronic products being sent to his local tip inspired the founder of a Western Australian IT recycling firm to try and make a difference.
A WESTERN Australian not-for-profit organisation has proved the old saying that one man's trash is another man's treasure, by recycling waste materials from mine sites and donating the proceeds to charity.
A NEW global deal on climate change is due to be inked this year, and one of the sticking points is how poor countries will be funded to reduce their emissions.
STATE government disincentives to the disposal of waste in landfill have met with an unfavourable response from local governments, which say they were not consulted in the policy's development and that they will not benefit from its introduction.
STATE Energy Minister Peter Collier has denied the government is preparing to abandon Premier Colin Barnett's mooted re-amalgamation of Verve Energy with Synergy.
