Edited announcement

West Perth-based mineral explorer Haddington Resources Ltd acquisition target Minvest International Corporation will acquire a two year option over two Indonesian coal projects, the company announced today.

Perth-based Redfork Energy Ltd has secured new gas leases over 13,500 additional gross acres, with a 100 per cent working interest, for between $500,000 and $800,000, the company announced today.

The commercialisation of genetically modified canola would have a negligible impact on the organic canola, livestock and honey industries in Australia, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

State Small Business Minister Margaret Quirk has accused the Federal Government of failing to recognise the importance of temporary skilled 457 visas in addressing Western Australia's skills shortage.

Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Alto Energy International Ltd has announced plans to raise $5.6 million through a one-for-four entitlements issue and placement to fund exploration in Oklahoma and Louisiana.

West Perth-based oil and gas explorer Carpathian Resources Ltd has raised $7.8 million from European and Russian investors under a planned fundraising and increased investment from investor group Energo Holdings Corporation.

The partnership between West Perth-based nickel company Rusina Mining NL and civil and mining contractor DMCI Holdings group has strengthened, with DMCI signing on to be Philippines partner in the company's Acoje Nickel/Chromite/Platinum project.

Water Resources Minister John Kobelke set a target for 30 per cent of all waste water to be reused or recycled by 2030 at the launch of his State Water Plan 2007 today.

West Perth-based mineral explorer Legend Mining Ltd will allow Oxiana subsidiary Oxiana Exploration Pty Ltd to earn a 75 per cent interest in its Mt Gibson zinc copper and gold project under a joint venture announced today.

Perth-based clean fuel company Eden Energy Ltd has appointed the former director of Woodside's green energy subsidiary Metasource, Richard Beresford and former Woodside Browse Gas Project head Andrew Leibovitch to its board, the company announced today.

WA-based fuel additive manufacturer and Western Force sponsor Firepower Ltd has won the 2007 UK Institute of Transport Management's Innovation in Fuel Technology Award, the company announced today.

Real Estate Institute of Western Australia President Rob Druitt has called on the State Government to extend the stamp duty cuts expected in this week's budget to homebuyers immediately, rather than after June 30.

West Perth-based minerals explorer Murchison United NL aims to raise $6.6 million through a placement to fund exploration of its uranium and copper projects in Australia and West Africa, the company announced today.

Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has called on the Federal Government to increase funding to Western Australia's freight rail network.

Only in Western Australia is the rate of wine grape production in 2006-07 expected to exceed that of the previous year, with production estimated to have fallen by 33 per cent nationally, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Eco

Perth-based medical device supplier bioMD Ltd has increased its shareholding in bioimplant development company Celxcel Pty Ltd to 76.3 per cent, with the remaining shares held by the company's founding shareholders.

Land Information Minister Michelle Roberts has announced a $430,000 spend over five years with Curtin University of Technology for the construction of a state-of-the-art spatial sciences studio.

NeuroDiscovery Ltd, a neurology-focused biotechnology research and development company, is pleased to announce its 100 per cent subsidiary, NeuroSolutions Ltd, has entered into a one year Master Services Agreement with a US biopharmaceutical company.

West Perth-based Midwest Corporation Ltd has announced plans to raise $66.9 million through a placement to fund development of its iron ore projects.

West Perth-based Kimberley Diamond Company Ltd has appointed former Rio Tinto Diamonds managing director Gordon Gilchrist as an executive director, after completing a $14.4 million capital raising, the company announced today.

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has signed a short term arrangement with Leederville-based transdermal drug delivery company OBJ Ltd to carry out studies into the use of its technology on a range of nonprescription applications.

WA-based fuel additive manufacturer and Western Force sponsor Firepower Ltd will bring a defamation action against the Sydney Morning Herald after claims allegedly made by the newspaper that Firepower marketed a sham technology and made false claims.

Premier Alan Carpenter has named 12 members of the State's new Science and Innovation Council, which he says will play a major role in positioning science and innovation as one of the key drivers of the State's economy.

West Perth-based Oilex Ltd has raised $67.5 million through a placement to Hartleys Ltd to raise funds for exploration of oil wells in India and Oman, as well as Australia and East Timor.

Perth-based Resolute Mining Ltd has called an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders after declining a request for the appointment of David Matthew Guy to the company board.

South Perth-based biodiesel producer Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd expects to receive $5.4 million in grants this month under the Commonwealth's Biofuels Capital Grants Program, after winning departmental approval for the payment.

West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has signed on to purchase $45 million of capital equipment for its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum/copper project from ThyssenKrupp subsidiary Polysius, the company announced today.

Fisheries Minister Jon Ford plans to halve the daily bag and boat limits for blue swimmer crabs to a maximum of 10 and 20 respectively after allocating $600,000 to a research program into maintaining stocks.

Subiaco-based Lignor Ltd will receive log residues from the State Government's Forest Products Commission for use in its engineered strand lumber products until December 2013, Forestry Minister Kim Chance announced today.

West Perth-based Jupiter Energy Ltd plans to appoint Kasakh engineer Erkin Svanbaev to its board to assist its expansion plans into Kazakhstan, the company announced today.

West Perth-based nickel and gold explorer Australian Mines Ltd will acquire leasehold and mineral rights over 86 sqkm of nickel tenements in Kalgoorlie for $3 million in cash, the company announced today.

Bibra Lake-based energy storage facilities manufacturer ZBB Energy Corporation has received a $3.1 million grant from the Federal Government's Advanced Electricity Storage Technologies program.