Murchison Metals Ltd says its $1 billion offer for Midwest Corporation Ltd represents good value and there is potential for a re-rating the combined group if it proceeds.
Coles can do better than Woollies; Woodside forced to shut Otway; housing affordability record low; Carpenter makes critical reports of DoIR; Howards halves the gap with Labor.
Perth-based diamond explorer Paramount Mining Corporation Ltd has raised $487,000 through a placement to fund exploration activities and bolster working capital, the company has announced.
The business sector's satisfaction with the Carpenter government's key industry policy agency has plummeted, according to data compiled by the Department of Industry and Resources.
Perth-based IT infrastructure services provider ComputerCorp Ltd has partnered with USA-based EDS Australia Ltd on the Federal Government's $7.2 million infrastructure consolidation program, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Polaris Metals NL will work with Toll Holdings Ltd's Singapore-based marine logistics arm, Sembawang Kimtrans Ltd, aiming to finalise haulage, port and ship loading service agreements for its Western Australian iron ore projects.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has launched the next phase of public consultation on development proposals for boat harbours in the City of Fremantle, with three plans being drawn up by a Government-sponsored steering committee.
The State Government has acknowledged the existance of native title over more than 29,000 sqkm of Central Desert land in Western Australia's 14th consent determination.
South Australian uranium company Toro Energy Ltd has declared its $275 million takeover offer for Perth-based Nova Energy Ltd unconditional after receiving acceptances to more than 81.4 per cent today.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has further extended the deadline on Midwest Corporation Ltd's trucking permit to October 31, as the company seeks to resolve impediments to the construction of the Tilley rail siding.
Aspiring iron ore miner Grange Resources Ltd has selected its preferred power transmission option, which will have indirect benefits for communities on the south coast that have been plagued by poor power supplies in recent years.
A joint venture between Perth-based engineering company GRD Minproc and the Australian arm of USA-based URS Corporation has won the definitive feasibility study contract over West Perth-based Marengo Mining Ltd's Yandera Copper-Molybdenum project in PNG
West Perth-based freight vehicle maintenance company Transerv Australia Ltd will raise $3.4 million through a non-renounceable rights issue to augment its working capital, the company has announced.
Balcatta based oil and gas company Sun Resources NL aims to raise just under $2 million through a pro-rata non-renounceable entitlement issue of 28.5 million shares at 7 cents each, issued on a basis of one share for every six held.
Perth-based APA Financial Services Ltd has signed a deal with Tricom Investment Management Ltd to introduce a new Separately Managed Account service, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Eastland Medical Systems Ltd has secured approval to commence the final stage of the single dose Phase 1 clinical testing of its new anti-malaria treatment in Malaysia.
A week after joining Standard & Poor's All Australian 200 index, East Perth-based Macmahon Holdings Ltd will join the S&P/ASX 200 after Multiplex Group is removed from its indices, following its takeover by Brookfield BidCo Pty Ltd.
Leederville-based gold explorer Golden West Resources Ltd has recommended its shareholders take no action on a takeover proposal by Osborne Park-based Fairstar Resources Ltd, saying the bid "materially undervalues" the company.
Australian wealth world's strongest; Briggs offload Westralian shares; Woolies blocked from buying Kmart; Bogolyubov reveals he will fund ConsMin takeover with spare cash; Investors demand overhaul of shareholder meeting voting system.
East Perth-based tin and nickel explorer Metals X Ltd, previously Bluestone Tin Ltd, will re-open its Renison project as a tin and copper producer, the company has announced.
A proposal by the Federal Opposition to invest $9.8 million on infrastructure projects in the Peel-Kwinana corridor has won praise from Mandurah Mayor Paddi Creevey, despite her belief that the proposal doesn't go far enough.
The Australian Video Rental Retailers Association has hit back at claims of a superior service offered by internet-ordered, post-delivered DVD rental services.
Laurance Cellar's controversial Margaret River sculpture, dubbed the "chick on a stick", will live on after the State Administrative Tribunal ruled against the Shire of Busselton by approving the artwork today.
Perth-based tin and nickel miner Stonehenge Metals Ltd will acquire an 85 per cent stake in an Indonesian nickel project for a cash and scrip issue, the company has announced.
Hawaiian and the Town of Victoria Park have signed a memorandum of understanding which will see a plan prepared for the redevelopment of the town's centre.
West Perth-based Uranium Equities Ltd has entered into a joint venture with Queensland-based Southern Uranium Ltd for the exploration of up to four tenements near the Mid-West town of Three Springs.
Wealth held by Australians in property, shares and other assets surged to record highs in the past quarter, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Federal Treasury.
West Perth-based Ashburton Minerals Ltd's Brazilian subsidiary Trans Pacific Gold Mineraçao Ltda has won the right to acquire an 80 per cent stake in ten gold tenements for under $1.2 million, the company has announced.
Perth-based oil and gas explorer Strike Oil Ltd has raised $6.1 million after closing its non-renounceable entitlements issue with 61 per cent, or 28.3 million, taken up.
ACCC fines Pratt record $38m; SA govt forces Santos to wait another year to remove takeover rules; Howard's $34b package could become a burden; Rudd eyeing Swanbourne Barracks land to ease housing pressures; Airlines to increase ticket prices.
Few leading business figures could manage to look as comfortable as Peter Holmes a Court late on a Friday afternoon in the busy front bar of the Cottesloe Beach Hotel.
