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Our board moves wrap includes Jonathan Taylor, Timothy Spencer, David Crook, Paul Payne, Dennison Hambling, Peter Kennan, Aleksandra Spaseska, and Vicki Robinson.

Perth-founded Automic Group has become Australia’s third-largest share registry after acquiring its competitor, Security Transfer Australia (STA).

Emerald Resources has announced plans to raise $75 million to fund its Cambodia-based Okvau gold project, via two placements of 1.9 billion new shares.

A summary of the smaller deals from last week, which did not get included in our daily news coverage.

Perry Mitchell has been appointed non-executive director of AustSino Resources Group.

There have been 38 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies since December 12.

Rio Tinto has posted a 3 per cent drop in iron ore shipments in 2019 as the Anglo-Australian miner's operations faced disruptions due to cyclone and a fire at a port facility.

Findings released today by Tourism Research Australia show 2.9 million visitors spent a total of $10.9 billion in Western Australia in the year to September 2019, a substantial increase on previous periods.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Miriam Stanborough, Ashleigh Woodley, Colin Carson, Mark Norwell, Joe Taboni, Natalie Kam, Mona Gill, Jeffrey Malone, Craig Foster, Mark Liddelow, Noel Hart, Peter Creek and Kate Watson.

Centaurus Metals’ chief financial officer, John Westdorp, has taken over the role of company secretary from Paul Bridson.

Osborne Park-based CV Check has reported a breakeven cash flow quarter and continued growth in its B2B customer segment, which contributed 73 per cent in total sales.

Our board moves wrap includes Jeremy Kirkwood, David Ross, Bruce Goulds, Terry Bowen, and Lindsay Maxsted.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has reported a 72 per cent take-up by shareholders for the retail component of its underwritten $32.7 million entitlement offer, helped by support from major shareholder Zeta Resources.

Metals X has announced the resignation of YiMin Zhang as non-executive director and a representative of Jinchuan.

A summary of the smaller deals from last week, which did not get included in our daily news coverage.

Peter Marks has been appointed non-executive director of Elsight.

Woodside Petroleum is set to begin drilling for oil off the coast of Senegal, executing key contracts to begin the first phase of its $US4.2 billion ($6 billion) Sangomar project.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Nicola Watts, David MacLean, Charlotte Wallace, Robert Kaplan, Geoff Eyre, Phillip Fox, Dave Kelly, Peter Tinley and Chris Tallentire.

The West African nation of Senegal has authorised its first oil development, the $US4.2 billion Sangomar offshore oil project, operator Woodside Petroleum has announced.

ADX Energy has appointed London-based Edouard Etienvre as non-executive director, following the resignation of Rob Brown due to increased overseas work commitments that will requir

The Western Roads Federation has called for truckies to be included in the federal goverment's business assistance package, as it emerged today the two-week closure of the Eyre Highway would continue after bushfires were upgraded to emergency level.

Engineering group Monadelphous has secured several new construction and maintenance contracts, including three with BHP, worth a combined value of around $110 million.

Terry Gardiner, current non-executive director of Affinity Energy & Health, has taken over from Jessica Rodrigues as company secretary.

Minderoo Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA and Fenix Resources made senior appointments over the holiday break.

Rick Higgins will be retiring as non-executive director of BWP Trust in early February, having served on the board since 2007.

Australia has edged out Qatar to become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on an annualised basis, according to national consultancy Energy Quest.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia fell 2 per cent last month and 5.4 per cent during 2019, with national sales crashing to their lowest since 2011.

Bannerman Resources has appointed Robert Orr as chief financial officer and company secretary, replacing Robert Dalton who has been financial controller and company secretary for o

Clive Brown has retired as non-executive director of CI Resources.

Garret Dixon has been appointed non-executive chair of Fenix Resources from January.

Our board moves wrap includes Leigh Warnick, Marc Ducler, John Jones, Peter Stern, David Varcoe, Graeme Smith, Andrew Barclay, Matt Hardisty, Matthew Banks, Alexander Hewlett, Zane Lewis, Simon Jenkins, Brad Underwood, Mathew Whyte, and Mark Strizek.

David Sanders has been appointed an alternate director for Matt Hardisty at Anglo Australian Resources.