Nearly a year after seeking board seats and more than six months after their demand became hostile, Kerry Stokes and Peter Gammell are to become directors of West Australian Newspaper Holdings Ltd.
A yet to be made decision by Inpex Ltd to build a $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant in the Kimberley may be under threat by the federal government.
The last major hurdle for full control of iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd has fallen as US investment bank Harbinger Capital pockets $224 million from Sinosteel's takeover offer.
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East Perth-based North Australian Diamonds Ltd has settled legal proceedings with major shareholder Anglo Pacific Group plc over a staged capital raising that was deemed too low.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has today received the second payment as part of the $400 million sale of its namesake iron ore project to MCC Mining (Western Australian) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation.
Perth-based iiNet Ltd has announced it will buy back up to five per cent of its issued capital in a bid to strengthen its share price to better reflect the value of the company.
An ANZ loan to oil and gas services company Rheochem plc has increased from $8 million to over $20 million, in a move which the firm said will provide security for the business to grow.
Former chief executive officer of Alinta Infrastructure Holdings, John Cahill, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of mining services company Emeco Holdings Ltd.
Premier-elect Colin Barnett will seek an urgent meeting with Inpex Ltd to encourage the Japanese company and its joint venture partner to build a $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Western Australia.
Anvil Mining Ltd will look at other possible transactions after a $272 million private placement by Israel's Catala Global is called off due to continued deterioration in market conditions.
The sensitivity of mining certain areas of the Mid West region could prove to be one of the first resources test for the new government, as Gindlabie Metals Ltd comes under attack from the Conservation Council of WA.
Just a day after the Liberal Party emerged as the state's next government, Western Australia's key lobby groups have urged Premier-elect Colin Barnett to implement initiatives for the state to realise its full potential.
Shares in uranium stocks with assets in Western Australia have surged this morning as the prospect of a ban on mining the commodity comes to an end following the Nationals support of a minority Liberal state government.
Two major shareholders in Western Australian iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd have accepted the takeover offer from Chinese steelmaker Sinosteel, giving the bidder more than 82 per cent acceptances of its bid.
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has warned proposed changes to the national awards system will be a financial and regulatory setback for a large number of businesses across the state.
Delays in obtaining approvals and takeover defence costs have blown out Midwest Corporation Ltd's net loss for the first half of 2008, up from the previous year's $1 million to $7.8 million.
Shares in Perth-based miner Perilya Ltd have dramatically reversed its recent losses, skyrocketing over 60 per cent in trade today after Credit Suisse labeled the stock as "too cheap".
The directions hearing between Murchison Metals Ltd and Chameleon Mining NL has been adjourned until next week after the judge presiding over the matter did not attend.
East Perth-based Metals X Ltd will move ahead with plans for the development of its Wingellina nickel project in Western Australia following a feasibility study that pegged capital costs at $2.2 billion.
Shareholders in bamboo flooring products company Style Ltd have voted against a board shake-up brought on by major stakeholder Merim Pty Ltd in what has been called by the chairman a "cheap takeover".
Perth-based property developer Peet Ltd said it remains "deeply concerned" over gas emissions from a disused landfill site neighbouring one of its estates in Victoria.
Western Australia's Nationals say they are getting down to the "business end" of choosing whether to form a government with Labor or the Liberals as both parties submit their power sharing proposals.
Premier Alan Carpenter has retained his party's leadership after a meeting of cabinet ministers today as the Liberal Party closes in on Labor in the crucial seat of Albany.
A scoping study into Perth-based Heron Resources Ltd's Yerilla operation, which includes the Jump-up Dam project, has estimated a capital cost of $1.2 billion with a payback period of six-and-a-half years.
Brisbane-headquartered contractor John Holland secured a $125 million contract for construction works at the $2 billion expansion of the Worsley Alumina refinery in Western Australia.
Chinese company Sinosteel Corporation has today emerged with a 70.2 per cent holding in takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd following yesterday's surprise acceptance by former suitor Murchison Metals Ltd.
Ausdrill Ltd has blamed a fall in the company's share price on hedge fund selling after comments from suitor Macmahon Holdings Ltd that its takeover bid was unlikely to succeed.
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