Perth-based Perilya Ltd is considering its options over the Mount Oxide project as higher copper prices push the project onto the radar of several overseas and local companies.
NRW Holdings Ltd's value of contracts with Rio Tinto for the Brockman 4 iron project have increased to over $201 million after it today received a letter of intent for a $70 million bulk earthworks deal.
Listed accounting and financial services group Count Financial Ltd has taken a 4.9 per cent interest in Mortgage Choice Ltd after earlier discussions of a possible merger between both companies.
Gallagher Holdings, controlled by Russian minerals magnate Alisher Usmanov, is set to take more than a 20 per cent share in Perth-based Strike Resources Ltd after subscribing to shares worth $103 million.
The squabble between Portman Ltd and Golden West Resources Ltd has turned up a notch as questions arise from a non-refundable $820,000 deposit for an acquisition.
Silicon Valley-based solar panel manufacturer SunPower Corporation has entered the Australian market following its acquisition of Belmont-based Solar Sales Pty Ltd.
Sinosteel Corp is persisting in its takeover bid for Midwest Corporation, extending the bid by a month, as US hedge fund Harbinger Capital increases its hold on the miner.
Speculation over the sale of BankWest by its UK parent has ramped up with National Australia Bank Ltd reportedly in talks with JP Morgan and others over forming a consortium to break up HBOS.
Opposition leader Troy Buswell said a Liberal state government would provide additional funding to the Royal Flying Doctor Service under a five year, $68 million country health plan.
The availability of trades in the state may have marginally increased over the June quarter but the skills shortage in the sector persists even as housing activity falls, according to a recent report.
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd is among eight companies charged by WorkSafe WA over the death of two workers and serious injuries to others during a cyclone at a Pilbara construction camp last year.
Shipbuilding, fashion design, education and mining are the tools of trade behind this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Western Region award winners.
Rio-Stokes deal good news for Pilbara ore minnows; Seven adds to WAN stake under 'creep' provisions; BHP contracts rattle WA unions; Iron ore sale plan to fund Moly Mines molybdenum project; Rates pain to persist, CBA warns
Western Australia's economic value will be reduced by $1.8 billion over the next five years as the Department of Treasury and Finance provide estimates of the economic disruption brought about by the gas crisis.
Western Australian small business owners are generally a positive bunch with the state revealed as having the most positive outlook over future revenue, according to the latest MYOB survey.
Kerry Stokes's Seven Network Ltd has increased its stake in West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd by about three per cent in a $41 million purchase this morning.
Rio Tinto Ltd has signed a landmark agreement to purchase iron ore from a Perth-based junior's Pilbara mine, paving the way for small companies to develop costly projects while allowing the industry majors to keep control of their rail infrastructure.
Perth-based Indian sandalwood grower TFS Corporation Ltd has realised its vision of becoming a vertically integrated producer after agreeing to acquire Albany-based essential oils business Mount Romance Australia.
Australasian Resources Ltd today confirmed that it has received a merger proposal from billionaire Clive Palmer's Resources Development International Ltd, which is currently finalising plans for a $5 billion initial public offer.
Record year puts pressure on BHP to lift dividend; Palmer plans takeover to build $18b resources titan; Inflation spikes on fuel, credit costs; Shifting sentiment drives banks; Macquarie challenged on funds as big asset write-downs looms
The federal government is expected to complete its review of the franchising sector by the end of the year, following a state government inquiry into the sector handing in its final report in April.
After each federal election, State Scene scans the new ministerial line-up to see if any political maddies were appointed to head the foreign affairs and defence ministries.
Sharing premises could lead to more than just rubbing shoulders for Western Australia's two leading theatre companies, though no-one wants to write the 'm' word into the script, just yet.
