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West Perth-based electrical engineering and control systems group LogiCamms Ltd aims to raise $10 million in its initial public offer, the company has announced.

Silver Lake Resources Ltd has debuted strongly on the Australian Securities Exchange, closing 25 per cent above its offer price of 30 cents.

Perth-based exploration company United Minerals Corporation Ltd has signed a joint venture deal with Norsk Hydro subsidiary Hydro Aluminium AS to establish a bauxite reserve capable of supporting an alumina refinery.

Some charitable organisations in Western Australia could be forced to pay rates to Local Governments after the Supreme Court overturned a rates exemption decision by the State Administrative Tribunal.

Moly Mines Ltd has become the latest Western Australian mining company to gain backing from US investment group Harbinger Capital, which has also invested in Fortescue Metals Group, Poseidon Nickel and Po Valley Energy.

State-owned electricity generator Verve Energy has been selected to supply electricity to Gindalbie Metals' Karara iron ore poject, making it the winner of Western Australia's biggest contested electricity contract in more than a year.

South Perth-based energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd has appointed Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd to advise on ongoing development of, and acquisitions for, its integrated energy projects, the company has announced.

Perth-based uranium explorers Atom Energy Ltd and NuPower Resources Ltd have entered into a joint venture deal to advance exploration of Atom's Natve Gap project, 120 km north of Alice Springs.

Perth-based CityView Corporation Ltd will raise $3.4 million through the issue of 11 million shares to Global Investments Strategy (UK) Ltd, the company has announced.

Takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd has backed an improved $1.08 billion offer from Palmary Enterprises Ltd, while also advising shareholders that its high stock price is ripe for short term profit-taking.

Western Australia is the only state in Australia where financial incentives overshadow flexible work options with almost 75% of employers highlighting financial rewards as the key staff engagement tool, according to the latest Hudson Report released today

Burke faces threat of charges; Stand-off over merger bid; 'Deeper, darker scarier' warning unnerves investors; Steven Goh back with Bell tilt at online trades; PM banks on budget revenue surge.

As the titans of Pilbara iron ore flirt with each other, Andrew Forrest makes his dreams a reality, and the minnows of sector fight over control of the Mid West’s resources, it’s little wonder that almost $7 billion of new investment plans have gone almos

For almost 20 years Cable Beach Club Resort has been the only luxury resort to offer its guests the famous Cable Beach strip at their doorstep, but that is set to change.

In the same week as the Commonwealth Bank consolidated its position as Australia’s biggest online stockbroker by acquiring IWL Limited, industry pioneer Steven Goh has emerged with a new low-cost service.

Australia’s planning profession has given the Western Australian planning system, and those of most other states and the ACT, a ‘C’ rating in the Planning Institute of Australia’s annual report released last week.

MINING giant BHP Billiton Ltd believes a merger with Rio Tinto Ltd would accelerate the development of the Pilbara iron ore industry.

Joondalup-based industrial relations consultancy Workplace Professionals has closed its doors after 14 years in business, a direct result, according to founder Tony Thompson, of the federal government’s fairness test for Australian Workplace Agreements.

Fresh from its acquisition of Queensland-based transportable homes builder, Halley Homes in September this year, Nomad Building Solutions Ltd has another takeover target firmly in its sights.

IVERNIA Inc, the parent company of lead miner Magellan Metals, has appointed LandCorp senior executive Dr John Yeates as general manager corporate and social responsibility.

The Environmental Protection Authority’s new chairman, Dr Paul Vogel, plans to overhaul the way the agency manages the approvals process to avoid “drowning” in a sea of applications as the wave of resources activity continues to gather momentum.

With Western Australia’s growing population and economy, retail investors and developers are looking at the state’s neighbourhood shopping centres in a new light.

Aquila Resources Ltd non-executive director Charles Bass reduced his interest in the company through the off-market sale of 2 million shares worth $13 million to West Perth-based SAS Global Private Cl

Botanist turned CEO, Andrew Grant, believes there has been a sea change in attitude to environmental issues from corporates in Western Australia.

Fremantle is a city divided over ING Real Estate’s plans to redevelop the Victoria Quay heritage precinct into an office and retailing development.

FAMILY-OWNED business, MG Kailis Holdings Pty Ltd, has returned to the black with a net profit after tax of $4.8 million in the year to June 2007, following an extensive restructuring during the previ

With some of Western Australia’s biggest corporate names on its books, IT services provider L7 Solutions is making the most of the state’s booming economy.

The Housing Industry Association has warned that Western Australia’s housing affordability crisis will intensify, with the likelihood of two further interest rate rises this cycle.

THE Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance has concluded in a study that less than 1 per cent of the Mid West region’s Banded Iron Formation ranges would be mined under current proposals of its eight member comp

One month ago, WA Business News published an in-depth report on Western Australia’s export boom, which highlighted the prominence of three giant resources sector producers.

Several Perth-headquartered mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing an uncertain future, following the Congolese government’s recommendation that 61 mining contracts with foreign companies be renegotiated or terminated.

THE festival season is upon us again, bringing a fresh buzz of activity to the city.