Western Australia's chances of being selected as the host of Inpex's $12 billion liquified natural gas plant have been put at risk after the Northern Territory today called an early August election.
Former Carmichael Capital Markets executive chairman Craig McGown and former Woodside executive David Craig have joined the board of West Perth-based based oil and gas play Entek Energy.
Subiaco-based Midas Resources Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese company Zijin Mining Group which will allow it to take a sizeable stake in the Da Hong Shan copper project in the Xinjiang Province.
South Perth-based bamboo flooring products company Style Ltd will write down the value of its assets by $1.3 million after exiting from its obligations at the Wanzai plantation in China.
The state's Northwest Shelf continues to deliver good news for US energy company Hess Corporation, which today announced another natural gas discovery in Jurassic and Triassic sandstones.
An updated scoping study into West Perth-based Energy Metals Ltd's Bigrlyi uranium and vanadium project in the Northern Territory has boosted the mine's life from eight years to 12 years.
West Perth-based Equinox Minerals Ltd expects installation and testing of new equipment at its Lumwana copper project Zambia to start in December following a fire at the project's power station a fortnight ago.
HBOS, the UK owner of Perth-based BankWest, today said shareholders agreed to take up 8.29 per cent of its $8 billion rights issue, increasing speculation that Perth-based BankWest could be up for sale.
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Malaga-based engineering company Georgiou Group has been selected by the state government to build a new infrastructure project at the Australian Marine Complex Common User Facility at Henderson.
Perth-based biotechnology company Xceed Capital Ltd will net over $6 million in scrip from selling its majority shareholding in PolyNovo Biomaterials Ltd to a Melbourne company.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore has agreed to pay a levy of up to $300 million over 50 years to the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation to cover present and future land use of the traditional owners' land.
Canning Vale-based Ausdrill Ltd has forecast an extra $370 million in revenue after African miner Gold Fields Ltd extended its contract to cover the life of a mine in Ghana.
The grandson of the late iron ore prospector Peter Wright, a long time business partner of mining tycoon Lang Hancock, has been appointed to Apex Minerals ML's board in what is understood to be his first public company venture.
Traditional owners in the Pilbara region are celebrating a win in the National Native Title Tribunal over Fortescue Metals Group Ltd after proving the company failed to negotiate in good faith over a tenement application.
West Perth-based Key Petroleum Ltd has declared its gas discovery in Tanzania commercially viable with the Kiliwani North field to be developed for local market.
South Perth-based Finbar Group Ltd expects to quadruple its net profit for the 2008 financial year and has forecast early sales revenue for fiscal 2009 from its Domus and Ceresa apartments.
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Four Midwest Corporation Ltd directors have cashed in nearly $60 million worth of shares after accepting Sinosteel Corp's offer, while the Chinese steelmaker keeps quiet on whether it will extend its takeover deadline, due to expire tomorrow.
The state Liberal party has revealed a leaked document from a government agency that had grave concerns about the condition of Apache Energy Ltd's Varanus Island pipelines last year.
Three Western Australian companies have been selected by the state government to install factory-built houses worth over $280 million in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.
The Australian Taxation Office will investigate up to 160,000 individuals and entities that have registered a boat in Australia, according to Deloitte tax partner David Pring.
A 12 per cent shortfall in uranium production has forced Subiaco-based Paladin Energy Ltd to revise down its forecast production for 2008 at it Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.
Employers should be encouraged to recruit more overseas workers as permanent migrants, rather than relying on 457 visas, and a state-based approach to migration should be adopted, according to Immigration Minister Chris Evans.
PT Bumi Resources TBK has gained majority control of Herald Resources Ltd, lifting its stake to 51.34 per cent after its former rival accepted the takeover offer yesterday.
West Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group has lodged several claims with the Australian Tax Office regarding overpaid goods and services tax of up to an estimated $7 million in total.
Sinosteel Corp's holding in takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd has crept up to 54 per cent while it stays quiet on whether it will extend its takeover deadline, due to expire tomorrow.
Following Chinese steel company Sinosteel's announcement that it had secured majority control in iron ore miner Midwest Corporation last week, questions have been raised regarding the potential of future acquisitions of WA mining companies.
