Sinosteel Corporation's plans to mine old iron ore stockpiles at Koolanooka in the Mid West have been put on hold because low commodity prices have made the project uncommercial.
West Perth-based miner Kagara has revised down its annual zinc production target as it restarts trucking operations after heavy rainfalls in Queensland.
The state's Court of Appeal has overturned a Supreme Court ruling that two years ago found against Jubilee Mines and awarded $1.86 million to former managing director Kim Riley.
A national small business lobby group is urging the state government to ignore calls to privatise or amalgamate the Small Business Development Corporation.
Anvil Mining has revealed that its remaining employees and board members have taken a 20 per cent pay cut as the company books a full-year net loss of $US138.5 million ($A209 million).
The state's corruption watchdog has found there was no evidence that lobbyist John Halden received leaks of confidential cabinet information, despite conflicting media reports.
Perth-based Straits Resources has reiterated it may not be able to sell its 47 per cent holding in subsidiary Straits Asia Resources as talks continue.
The Rudd government will introduce new laws to curb excessive termination payments for executives, amid community concern about high "golden handshakes" given to departing company heads.
Nexus Energy has placed its Crux oil project on hold and extended a voluntary suspension of its shares as the company seeks funding after an asset sale process fell through.
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Azure Minerals has raised just over $1 million through a renounceable rights issue with shareholders subscribing to around one-third of shares on offer.
Three Western Australian resource companies are today on the hunt for capital with trading of shares in both Otto Energy and Eleckra Mines halted and Berkeley Resources unveiling plans to raise $10 million.
Litigation funder IMF (Australia) will pocket some $5 million following an unconditional settlement of a claim against certain directors of Centaur Mining, which formerly owned the Cawse nickel operation in the Goldfields.
The Perth director of global engineering company Connell Wagner hopes its merger with two South African companies will boost the chances of winning work on major projects.
Territory Resources has taken a sizeable $38 million hit to its half-year earnings with the iron ore miner reporting an interim net loss of $33.3 million.
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Western Australians are most likely to be concerned about the state of the economy than other states or territories, according to the Sensis Consumer Report released today.
The marketing arm of the North West Shelf Venture has extended the relationship with customer Kansai Electric Power Company, which will buy a further 3.3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas.
Mirabela Nickel plans to raise some $38 million more than the required amount of its debt facility condition in a bid to complete development of its Santa Rita nickel project in Brazil.
Mining services company NRW Holdings has received a letter of intent for a $57 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for overburden mining and ore-rehandling at the Christmas Creek site.
South Australian Resources Minister Paul Holloway says the state is prepared for increased competition for investment dollars over uranium assets after Western Australia dropped its uranium mining ban.
Wesfarmers' coal division, Premier Coal, has bought a further 30 per cent interest in Blackham Resources' tenements that surround the existing Scadden Energy joint venture near Esperance.
The Andrew Forrest-led Poseidon Nickel has confirmed it is in talks with Russian miner Norilsk Nickel about the possible acquisition of the Cawse nickel operation in Western Australia.
Perth firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with the Perth operations of national legal firm Gadens Lawyers to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia.
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Independence Group executive director Kelly Ross has sold $771,757 worth of shares, with funds from the sale to go to the tax man after the conversion of some options.
Congestion at Port Hedland Inner Habour is expected to ease mid next year as construction work officially starts on the new, $225 million public access berth at Utah Point.
The friendly merger between Scimitar Resources and Jackson Minerals has been deemed to be in the best interest of the latter's shareholders following an independent valuation.
BHP Billiton has sold its interest in two oil fields, near the Van Gogh oil field off the coast of Western Australia, to Japan's Inpex and Apache Energy.
