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Barnaby Egerton-Warburton has been appointed non-executive chair of Hawkstone Mining.

Prodigy Gold has signed a $14.5 million joint venture and exploration farm-in agreement with Newmont Mining at Prodigy’s Tobruk project in the Northern Territory.

Alliance Mineral Assets has raised $32.5 million via two share placements, including with Galaxy Resources, with the funds set to primarily go towards upgrades at the processing facilities at its Bald Hill lithium and tantalum mine.

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Gold producer St Barbara has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Canadian miner Atlantic Gold Corporation for $768 million.

The first two weeks of May have seen a total of 34 insolvency appointments to WA-incorporated companies.

Joel Ives has resigned as company secretary and Francisco Barreto has resigned as non-executive director of Orinoco Gold.

BHP Group will retain its Nickel West business, with a potential expansion of the company's WA nickel operations likely to generate a higher return, with higher risk, than the Scarborough LNG development.

Georgiou Group has been awarded a design and construction contract to upgrade a section of Karel Avenue to a dual carriageway to ease congestion around the Jandakot industrial area.

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Bentley-based Quantify Technology has entered into a three-year agreement with Harvey Norman’s commercial division, which will see the franchise become the company’s exclusive distributor in the eastern states.

Aurecon has been awarded $8.5 million of detailed design works by the Public Transport Authority of WA for the proposed Bellevue railcar deport, as part of the $165 million Midland line extension project.

Artemis Resources has appointed executive director Edward Mead as interim chief executive.

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ConocoPhillips has awarded the first engineering contract for its Barossa offshore project to Technip Oceania for the supply of the subsea production system and associated installation support.

The state government announced it would spend $11.6 million on the installation of solar farms and energy storage in remote Aboriginal communities as part of this years’ State Budget.

Ian Clyne has been appointed non-executive chair of Geopacific Resources, following the retirement of Milan Jerkovic after 5 years in the role.

TPG Telecom shares have crashed along with those of Vodafone's local joint venture partner after the competition watchdog blocked the communications giants' $15 billion merger.

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Canadian contractor SNC Lavalin has announced it picked up work at two gas operations in Western Australia, including design work for a new power station at the Devil Creek gas plant.

Fenix Resources has formed a strategic alliance with trucking and logistics company Mineheaul, to be led by Craig Mitchell, which the mining company said is a significant step towards the development of its Iron Ridge project.

Troy Resources announced it received commitments to raise $7.57 via a share placement, with the funds to accelerate exploration at its South American gold project.

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Echo Resources has completed a $15 million share placement to fund its exploration strategy at the Yandal gold project.

FBR, formerly known as Fastbrick Robotics, has commenced a 50/50 joint venture with Brickworks, called Fastbrick Australia, to provide a ‘Wall as a Service' offering to the Australian market.

Mondium, a joint venture between local contractors Monadelphous and Lycopodium, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract at Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes project.

Dan Travers has replaced Anthony Rechichi as company secretary of Blackham Resources. Mr  Rechichi remains as the company’s chief financial officer.

Shares in WhiteHawk soared from 6.4 cents to 12 cents, in three days of trading, after the Perth-based cyber security announced it had secured two contracts in the United States.

ASX listed investment firm Keybridge Capital has cancelled its proposed $20 million takeover of Yowie, citing the Perth-based confectionery company’s worsening financial results.

Peter Huljich has been appointed non-executive director of AVZ Minerals. Mr  Huljich has extensive African mining, oil & gas, and infrastructure experience.

Western Australian students will have a third study option, apart from ATAR or VET, in their final years of schooling with the introduction of a new pathway next year.

Zenith Energy is seeking to raise $25 million via a share placement to fund equity requirements for ongoing construction of power generation and infrastructure projects.