Dan Wilkie

FIVE Western Australia-based homebuilders have been ranked among the nation’s top 20, with Summit Homes and Pindan making their debut in the top echelon of housing construction.

Perth-based mining juniors GBM Resources, Invictus Gold and Hannans Reward have announced capital raising plans today, collectively worth nearly $7.5 million.

Ric Stowe’s sprawling Devereaux Farm in Bullsbrook is back on the market, with Jones Lang LaSalle and Garland International appointed by PPB Advisory to sell the property by tender.

Commercial property agents are expecting a burst of sales activity for suburban shopping centres, after a private Singaporean investor picked up the Altone Park Shopping Centre in Beechboro for $15

Engineering contractor VDM Group has won $56 million in new contracts, including $42 million worth of new deals with the Queensland Department of Transport.

Perth-based Cortona Resources and Victoria’s Unity Mining have announced a merger plan to create a gold miner with a market capitalisation of around $90 million.

Doray Minerals has launched a $30.8 million share placement in conjunction with a $12.2 million entitlements offer, ensuring its Andy Well gold development near Meekatharra is fully funded to produ

Singapore’s K-REIT Asia has snapped up a 50 per cent stake in Mirvac’s Old Treasury Building development for $165 million.

Property developer Luke Saraceni has been ordered by the Supreme Court to transfer $1.3 million into a bank account held with Bankwest in the latest fallout from the Raine Square saga.

Skyrocketing population growth in Western Australia will add more pressure on new home building and result in further tightening in the state’s rental market.

PMI Gold Corporation has secured a $US30 million standby finance facility to boost its coffers at it finalises a comprehensive funding package for the development of the Obotan gold project in Ghan

Five Western Australia-based homebuilders have been ranked among the nation’s top 20, with Summit Homes and Pindan making their debut in the top echelon of housing construction.

The owner of the one40william office and retail building in central Perth, which has struggled to attact shoppers and retain tenants, has unveiled a new vision focused on the development of an ‘urb

Shares in Perth-based oil and gas junior Pura Vida Energy jumped on the Australian Securities Exchange today, in response to stockbrokers’ backing of a resources upgrade at its 75 per cent-owned Ma

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced $69 million in new contracts in the Pilbara and northern Goldfields.

Buru Energy has announced a $40 million placement to fund the acquisition of fresh acreage in the Canning Superbasin, north of Perth.

Exploration firm Hannans Reward is planning to offload its nickel sulphide portfolio in Western Australia to focus on the development of its Kiruna iron project in Sweden.

IT services firm ASG Group says it is confident of exceeding profit forecasts in financial year 2013 as clients transition to its cloud computing services.

Quickflix has signed a deal with international electronics giant Samsung to make its pay-per-view video streaming service available on Samsung televisions and blu-ray players.

Property syndicator and developer Primewest has put the building at 619 Murray Street in West Perth up for sale, with agents at Colliers International expecting the boutique office asset to pull in

The state government has put out a call to the private sector to help with design, construction and financing of the new major stadium at Burswood, while also releasing a plan that says the arena a

Indo Mines shares spiked on the ASX today after the explorer announced its cornerstone shareholder, Indonesia’s Rajawali Group, had agreed to kick in $50 million through a share placement.

Mining and civil construction contractor MACA has won a $60 million contract with Main Roads Western Australia at Carnarvon.

Marengo Mining has announced it is pulling up its Perth stumps and shifting its headquarters to Canada.

NRW Holdings has confirmed a contract at BHP Billiton’s Port Hedland inner harbour expansion project has been “reduced”, but the engineering and contracting group is not expecting any hit to full-y

Tangiers Petroleum has announced a $5.8 million share placement to assess growth opportunities in Africa, including potential farm-in deals and acquisitions.

The state’s peak business group says time is running out for the state government to fulfil its promises of public sector and industrial relations reform from the last election.

Aspen Group says it is planning to sell out of its residential and commercial development divisions as a result of an ongoing review of operations, while also unveiling a $101.4 million capital rai

A Federal Court judge has ruled in favour of a group of 72 councils, charities and churches, including the City of Swan, holding investment bank Lehman Brothers liable for millions of dollars

Shares in Matsa Resources have spiked by more than 20 per cent, after neighbouring junior explorer Sirius Resources called a trading halt on its stock, pending release of an announcement on Tuesday

United Community Credit Union has tipped a housing recovery to gather pace over the next 12 months in Western Australia, after its parent company, Community CPS Australia, announced a net profit of

Apex Minerals shares have jumped after the gold miner announced it is seeking to raise nearly $11.4 million through a private placement and rights issue.