Subiaco-based Arafura Pearls Holdings Ltd has increased sales at its 2007 pearl farming project to $10.5 million, up 228 per cent on the previous year's managed investment scheme sales.
The Corruption and Crime Commission has found the 1995 death of protected witness Andrew Petrelis was not linked to the unauthorised access of his covert identity details on the police computer system.
Cannington-based QRSciences Ltd associated company Spectrum San Diego Inc will negotiate with the US Transportation Security Administration for the manufacture of its Castscope screening system - used to screen heavy bandages and prosthetic limbs.
Perth-based Western Uranium Ltd has employed Franco Bonavia and Bill Peters as consultants to its planned acquisition of advanced uranium exploration projects in Africa.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced plans to construct 65 new boat pens at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour, at a cost of $2.31 million.
Housing finance data released today showed a modest 1.2 per cent increase in the total number of seasonally adjusted loans for owner occupiers to 8,381 in the month of March.
The Federal Court has ordered the winding up of the Lake Coogee Estate managed investment scheme following an investigation by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
The value of resource projects either under construction or committed to has risen to a record $43 billion, a new report by research group ABARE has found.
Uranium explorer WildHorse Energy Ltd has raised $20 million through a placement of convertible notes, with global investment bank Goldman Sachs subscribing most of the funds.
West Perth-based oil and gas producer Arc Energy Ltd has formed an alliance with Hong Kong's Energy World Corporation to develop an LNG business that would commercialise gas deposits in the Canning Basin to supply the domestic Western Australian market.
A survey of governance professionals by Chartered Secretaries Australia has found that the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's policy of fining companies that breach continuous disclosure requirements is too slow and cumbersome.
West Perth-based drug development company Phylogica Ltd has announced the development of multiple drug candidates, representing major technical progress in its $2.3 million research and development grant program.
Osborne Park-based Talisman Mining Ltd and Sydney-based Proto Resources and Investments Ltd have agreed to vend their uranium exploration assets into a new company to be called Protal Metals Group, which plans to undertake a $4 million public share offer.
The Environmental Protection Authority has found exploration and mining of banded ironstone formation ranges represents a significant threat to biodiversity, and such activity in A Class Nature Reserves was unlikely to be found acceptable in future.
Subiaco-based oil and gas explorer Monitor Energy Ltd subsidiary Issyk-Kul Energy has acquired a uranium exploration licence in north-eastern Kyrgystan, the company announced today.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd is exploring the possibility of listing on the Dubai International Financial Exchange, looking to attract around 15 per cent UAE investment, company chairman Michael Kiernan announced today.
South Perth-based oil and gas explorer Central Petroleum Ltd has announced another delay on the commencement of drilling at its Blamore and Avalon sites, citing difficulty in securing approval for the construction of an access route to the site.
West Perth-based energy exploration company Energy Investments Ltd will adopt the name Blue Energy Ltd, the name of a 2006 acquisition, to reflect its new focus on coal bed methand, the company announced today.
West Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Baraka Petroleum Ltd has announced plans to restrict trading on 80 per cent of the 113 million shares due to be released from escrow next week.
Rising commodity prices drew the market capitalisation of Western Australian companies up 4.4 per cent to $143 billion, according to accounting firm Deloitte's WA Index for April.
Curtin University of Technology has become the first Western Australian tertiary institution to be accredited by the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, enabling students to pursue those studies here for the first time.
Northbridge-based VDM Group Ltd is back on the acquisitions trail, announcing plans to acquire three Western Australia-based businesses for $87.5 million in cash and scrip during the 2007-08 financial year.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd will raise $7 million through a placement to keep the company debt free and able to escalate exploration of its tenements.
State Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has announced a two year funding allocation of $4.9 million to control and eradicate European starlings in Western Australia.
Yesterday's state budget provided virtually nothing for business, and was a sign of a government happy to continue riding the boom, according to Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia chief executive John Langoulant.
Shadow Treasurer Troy Buswell has labelled today's State Budget as the "Boomerang Budget", saying while tax revenue had been cut by $95 million, the government would reap an extra $590 million in fees and charges.
WA Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed the Federal Government's $2 billion spend on the Natural Heritage Trust Phase 3 Program, but said the impact on joint natural resource management activity would not be clear until he saw details of the plan.
The Perth Orioles will live on, after Netball Australia recommended Netball WA be included in next year's Tasman Trophy competition, which will see five Australian teams face five from New Zealand in a Trans-Tasman competition.
