Perth-based property developer Aspen Group Ltd has raised $54.5 million through a securities issue, which closed today with 95 per cent of the issue accepted.
West Perth-based dry welding company Neptune Marine Services closed up 5 per cent today on news it had secured the largest sub-sea project in the company's history, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Subiaco-based Natural Fuels Ltd will raise up to $124.3 million through the issue of convertible bonds, raising money for three new biodiesel plants in Singapore, the company announced today.
Perth-based gold producer Crescent Gold Ltd has raised $120 million through a placement with Deutsche Bank AG, which will give the investment bank a majority stake in the company.
Australian rural confidence has rebounded dramatically as promising summer rainfall and a predicted return to normal seasonal conditions fuel farmer optimism, according to the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey.
West Perth-based geothermal energy exploration company Torrens Energy Ltd has closed its $6 million initial public offer oversubscribed, the company announced today.
South Perth-based gold explorer Mutiny Gold Ltd will raise $3 million through a placement with Hong Kong based Jinshu Investment Group in the first part of a $6 million capital raising, the company announced today.
West Perth-based gold explorer Jackson Gold Ltd has announced plans to sell some gold prospects to Saracen Gold Mines Ltd, renewing its focus on the Boolaloo copper-gold-uranium project, in a deal worth $7 million.
Uranium hopeful Uran Ltd says it remains in discussions with Czech authorities to acquire a stake in the Rozna mine, Europe's only operating uranium mine.
Perth-based gold explorer Mawson West Ltd has signed a a joint venture agreement to work with St Barbara Ltd on its Golden Mile South project, 4km south west of the Kalgoorlie Super Pit.
Multiplex Group's funds management business, Multiplex Capital, has launched two unlisted property funds, designed to grow the company's managed funds portfolio through trusts worth over $81 million.
An officer from the Department of Environment and Conservation will be present during a nickel loading process at the Esperance port next Monday, as concerns rise over dust emissions from the facility.
Henderson-based diversified engineering company Orontide Holdings Ltd has purchased Port Hedland mechanical engineering company Robil Engineering Ltd, with the north-west of WA being an integral part of the company's expansion plans.
The Director General of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Greg Martin, will be leaving his current post to become Executive Director of the Planning and Transport Research Centre in September.
Financial advisers are more optimistic about the growth prospects for their businesses in Western Australia than they were a year ago with most expecting to benefit from the investment boom in the golden west, according to an ING survey.
The State Government will spend an extra $11.9 million over five years on Western Australia's business tourism industry, Tourism Minister Sheila McHale announced today, to attract conferences and other business events.
Sales of WA resources rose 23 per cent to $48.4 billion, helped by a 60 per cent in nickel sales, over the 2006 calendar year, according to new statistics released by the state Department of Industry and Resources
Malaga-based Advanced Engine Components Ltd's natural gas vehicle system has made the 6.9 litre natural gas engines of Chinese company Dongfeng Nanchong Automobile Co Ltd compliant to Euro 3 emission standards, AEC announced today.
Perth-based Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd will conduct a feasibility study on a proposed multi-user rail project in the Mid-West, after signing a memorandum of understanding with the China Overseas Engineering Corporation, the company announced today.
Many politicians and holders of public office wouldn't recognise a conflict of interest if it "kicked them in the backside", says the retiring head of Western Australia's powerful corruption watchdog.
A subsidiary of Perth-based Eden Energy Ltd has signed a five-year agreement with Indian natural gas group Gurjarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd, to market Eden's hydrogen-enriched natural gas blend throughout Gurjarat, a heavily idustrialised state.
Scientists from the Department of Environment and Conservation have commenced analysing soil, water, plant matter and marine samples in Esperance, in a bid to establish a link between the lead source and the lead found in over 4,000 birds.
Former Churchill Capital managing director Patrick O'Connor will chair the Water Corporation, with former Clough chief executive Brian Hewitt as his deputy, Water Resources Minister John Kobelke announced today.
State opposition leader Paul Omodei has raised the prospect of deregulating retail trading hours, raising the issue as part of his foreshore redevelopment plan in a major policy speech at the Committee for Economic Development Australia today.
Perth should become a global centre for carbon trading, through the development of a workable and incorrupt system, according to Shadow Environment Minister Steve Thomas.
West Perth-based hydrocarbon exploration company Antares Energy Ltd will raise $5 million through a convertible notes issue to fund the appraisal and development of new discoveries.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Niagra Mining Ltd has acquired the Woodline Well nickel sulphide project from Perth-based minerals explorer Perilya Ltd, in a move Niagra says will complement its exploration and development strategy.
The State Government's independent Sustainability Panel has declared a proposal to extract 45 gigalitres of water per year from the South West's Yarragadee aquifer is sustainable.
Perth-based engineering and construction company Monadelphous Group Ltd has been included in the S&P/ASX200 shares index, which will bring the stock onto the radar screens of a wider range of institutional investors.
Electricity gererator Verve Energy has announced plans to close four 60 MW generating units at its Muja Power Station, reducing the facility's generating capacity to 854 MW.
