Medical technology company Admedus has attracted investment group Partners for Growth for a $10 million debt facility, as it continues development of its products.
Local graphite companies Volt Resources and Sovereign Metals have announced plans to raise a combined $45.4 million from investors to fund development of their operations in Africa.
Africa-focused gold explorer Cardinal Resources has attracted an equity deal through brokerage firm Clarus Securities for a $C12 million ($A12.2 million) investment in the business.
Phosphate explorer Avenira has announced plans to raise up to $15 million from investors, while flagging another ‘significant’ capital raising in the coming year for its Baobab project in Senegal.
Alderan Resources has appointed Utah-based mining executive Bruno Hegner as executive director and as vice president of its 100%-owned US subsidiary Volantis Resources Corp.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has committed $2 million towards the development of a new curriculum in partnership with Tafe WA, which will focus on jobs around automation and future advancements in technology for the mining industry.
Lithium explorer Tawana Resources has attracted a $25 million funding package with one of its offtake partners, as it works towards first production at its Bald Hill project in the Goldfields by early next year.
NRW Holdings has announced it has recently won $57 million worth of contracts through its Action Drill & Blast subsidiary, for work on five coal mines on the east coast.
Ross Cotton has resigned as non-executive chair of iCollege. He joined the board in 2014 and was its chief executive prior to being appointed executive chair from October 2015 to June 2017.
Gold miner Northern Star Resources has posted a comfortable quarterly result, with funds committed to expand production beyond its 2018 output target of 600,000 ounces per annum.
The consumer watchdog has succeeded in having unfair terms from the standard contract of a major waste management company – which set up shop in Western Australia last year - binned, in the first enforcement of new laws designed to protect small businesses.
David Flanagan-led graphite explorer Battery Minerals has slashed the development cost of its Montepuez project in Mozambique by two-thirds, as the company restructures its plans for the operation.
Fibre tech company Nanollose has excited investors on its first day of trading on the ASX, following completion of a $5 million initial public offering.
Force Commodities has appointed James Sullivan as head of exploration and Makonga Pelesa as non-executive director and the company’s in-country representative.
The Western Australian opposition will not block the Labor government's proposed payroll tax increase, despite describing it as a broken election promise and predictions it will cost over 1,300 jobs.
ASX-listed financial institution Goldfields Money has received a takeover offer from its largest shareholder, which values the target at about $25 million.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten confirmed today that $700 million of federal money will be provided for a train line to Ellenbrook in Perth's north-east if Labor wins the next national election.
Cooler conditions and decent rainfall have prompted the grain industry association to boost production forecasts across regional Western Australia by 12.4 per cent.
Local tech company Dreamscape Networks has agreed to a $20 million cash advance facility with an undisclosed major Australian bank, to fund potential acquisitions.
