The State Government will introduce a bill establishing Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes, where producers of consumer goods could be required to establish recycling programs for those goods, Environment Minister David Templeman has announced.
Osborne Park-based Fairstar Resources Ltd has reaffirmed its commitment to a takeover of Golden West Resources Ltd, despite the bigger company officially rejecting the scrip bid yesterday.
Nickel miner Sally Malay Ltd and West Perth-based Thundelarra Exploration Ltd have signed co-existence agreements with the traditional land owners of its East Kimberley projects.
The legal hurdles surrounding Paladin Resources Ltd's Kayelekera mine in Malawi has been removed, with all six Malawian Civil Society organisations challenging it having withdrawn their cases, the Subiaco-based mineral explorer has announced.
West Perth-based electrical engineering and control systems group LogiCamms Ltd aims to raise $10 million in its initial public offer, the company has announced.
Perth-based exploration company United Minerals Corporation Ltd has signed a joint venture deal with Norsk Hydro subsidiary Hydro Aluminium AS to establish a bauxite reserve capable of supporting an alumina refinery.
Some charitable organisations in Western Australia could be forced to pay rates to Local Governments after the Supreme Court overturned a rates exemption decision by the State Administrative Tribunal.
South Perth-based energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd has appointed Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Ltd to advise on ongoing development of, and acquisitions for, its integrated energy projects, the company has announced.
Perth-based uranium explorers Atom Energy Ltd and NuPower Resources Ltd have entered into a joint venture deal to advance exploration of Atom's Natve Gap project, 120 km north of Alice Springs.
Perth-based CityView Corporation Ltd will raise $3.4 million through the issue of 11 million shares to Global Investments Strategy (UK) Ltd, the company has announced.
Takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd has backed an improved $1.08 billion offer from Palmary Enterprises Ltd, while also advising shareholders that its high stock price is ripe for short term profit-taking.
Western Australia is the only state in Australia where financial incentives overshadow flexible work options with almost 75% of employers highlighting financial rewards as the key staff engagement tool, according to the latest Hudson Report released today
Osborne Park-based Golden West Resources Ltd has rejected the all scrip takeover offer made by Fairstar Resources Ltd, saying that the bid was inadequate and provided no prospect of faster progress on the development of the Wiluna West iron ore project.
A Kalgoorlie-based fitness centre operator has been disqualified from managing corporations for four years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, after breaching his duties as a m
Subiaco-based mineral explorer TNG Ltd has raised $5 million through a placement to fund progress of its drilling program on its Manbarrum lead, zinc and silver project.
The State Government will match a $160,000 commitment by the Federally-funded Australia Council for the Arts for the employment of a Western Australian manager for the Council's philanthropic mentor program.
The State Government has fined exploration companies Golden West Resources and Hancock Prospecting after an industry review uncovered "widespread environmental and regulatory breaches".
Osborne Park-based gold explorer A1 Minerals Ltd will raise $1.5 million through a placement to fund a feasibility study on its BrightStar Gold Project, the company has announced.
Perth-based property developer Axiom Properties Ltd will develop an environmentally sustainable business precinct in Melbourne in cooperation with NSW-based Coffey International Ltd, the company has announced.
West Perth-based uranium explorer Energy Metals Ltd aims to raise around $5 million through a non-renounceable rights issue to fund exploration of its tenements in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Claremont-based Gippsland Ltd subsidiary Tantalum Egypt JSC has secured a 10 year offtake deal with German company HC Starck GbmH for the supply of tantalum peroxide from its 40 million tonne Abu Dabbab project in Southern Egypt.
West Perth-based mineral sands producer Matilda Minerals Ltd will ramp up exploration on its Cape York deposits, following the granting of permits from the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy.
Perth-based medical device company bioMD Ltd subsidiary Celxcel Pty Ltd has signed a deal with Royal Perth Hospital's Cell & Tissue Therapies WA division of Laboratory Medicine, to provide biotherapeutic manufacturing facility services.
The state government has announced a 2.6 per cent increase in taxi fares from the middle of November, while also announcing that an additional 100 peak period taxi plates will be issued to handle the Christmas and New Year period.
Perth-based biotechnology company Stirling Products Ltd has signed a deal with an American distributor to include their immune system-booster ProVale in their animal performance diet products, the company has announced.
The Australian dollar finished weaker today, dipping below 90 US cents for the first time in about three weeks, as the global credit crunch continues to batter high-yielding currencies.
Subiaco-based CI Resources Ltd has signed a deal with China's Xiangxi Xifeng Chemical Phosphate Co Ltd to develop a new phosphate mine neat the town of Xixi in the nation's Hunan province, the company has announced.
West Perth-based energy company Wasabi Energy Ltd has taken a 12.5 per cent stake in geothermal energy company Greenearth Energy Ltd for $250,000 ahead of its initial public offer, the company has announced.
A decision on the Federal Court of Australia's directions hearing into the legal battle between West Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd and Sweden-based Ericsson Inc will be handed down on November 20, ipernica has announced.
Perth-based Mission Biofuels Ltd's Mauritian subsidiary Mission Agro Energy Ltd will acquire a 20 per cent stake in the company's Indian joint venture, taking its holding to 90 per cent, the company has announced.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Avoca Resources Ltd will acquire the Two Boys gold mine from FMR Investments Pty Ltd, formerly Barminco Investments Pty Ltd, for $271,250 in cash and scrip, the company has announced.
