West Perth-based base metals producer Kagara Zinc Ltd has shut down its Mt Garnet processing plant in north Queensland after heavy rains made roads unsafe for the company's trucks.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced plans to trial 50 small zero emission vehicles on WA roads in what she says is a move to deal with climate change, contingent on Federal Government approval.
West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd will sell its New South Wales gold assets, held though subsidiary Big Island Mining Ltd, to West Leederville's Cortona Resources Ltd in a cash and scrip issue, the company announced today.
The vultures are circling, but Rockingham-based animal pharmaceutical products manufacturer Chemeq Ltd has life in it yet, as the Supreme Court yesterday restrained bondholders Stark Trading and Harmony Investment Fund from appointing a receiver.
Former company directors David Wayne Wright and Michael Burns Finlan, both of Carlisle, have been banned from managing companies for five years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
South Perth-based unit trust Finbar Property Trust has announced plans to convert Highgate's St Mark's College into apartments after acquiring the property for $11.8 million.
West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has entered into a trading halt while it considers a third party offer to purchase gold assets owned by subsidiary Big Island Mining Ltd.
Rick Stowe's Griffin Group is planning to spend $240 million upgrading and expanding its Collie coal mining operations, which are the mainstay of the privately-owned group's diverse business activities.
Small to medium enterprises in Western Australia have strengthened, according the National Australia Bank's SME Business Conditions index which rose five points to 35 in the December quarter.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has welcomed the commencement of work on Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara railway, saying the line would provide access for other companies to export markets.
West Perth-based microbrewer Oz Brewing Ltd will outsource future beer production to Palmyra-based Gage Roads Brewing Company Ltd under a two-year contract, the company announced today.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is considering granting approval to a pre-paid funeral scheme run by Retirees WA, which would see competing funeral directors issue fixed price funerals at discounted rates to members.
Property company Aspen Group Ltd has announced a $54 million capital raising and the establishment of a new investment fund after closing the purchase of Futuris Corporation's $239 million property arm.
The average price of land in Perth increased by 53 per cent to an average of $246,000 in the December quarter of 2006, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia, due to strong economic conditions and land supply shortages.
West Perth-based mining company Sphere Investments Ltd has completed a pre-feasibility study on its Guelb el Aouj iron ore joint venture in Mauritania, with an estimated total capital cost of $1.86 billion.
Two months after buying out its joint venture partner Baobab Mining, West Perth Coal Mining company GVM Metals has announced plans to acquire UK-based Kelso Mining Ltd for around $25.3 million in cash and shares.
Bibra Lake-based mining services company Mineral Resources Ltd subsidiary Process Minerals International Ltd will sell a minimum of 280,000 tonnes of manganese per year to Chinese joint venture CITIC Dameng Mining Industries Ltd under a new sales contract
Melbourne-based gold company St Barbara Ltd will develop its Gwalia Deeps gold project, near Leonora, setting pre-production capital at an estimated $110 million.
Ahead of Prime Minister John Howard's meeting with State and Territory Leaders on the Federal Government's $10bn water package, Premier Alan Carpenter has condemned the lack of Commonwealth funding for Western Australia.
Private companies in Western Australia are leading the nation with plans to raise more capital, pursue acquisitions and improve business performance, a survey by Ernst & Young has found.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Segue Resources Ltd has confirmed its acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in two Northern Territory uranium tenements from McCleary Investments for $220,000 and a share issue.
Low levels of housing affordability and a lack of available land will mean a lower level of residential activity in Western Australia over 2006-07, according to Housing Industry Association Acting Western Australian director Sheryl Chaffer.
Woodside has played down media reports of a suggested revenue shortfall, saying any changes to the company's expected exploration and capital spending budget would be announced later in the month.
Ascot-based olive oil maker Olea Australis Ltd will raise around $2.7 million for working capital through a rights issue to shareholders, following the buy-back of two managed investment schemes.
Leederville-based Fox Resources Ltd has raised $10 million through a placement to fund the company's return to nickel production, having also signed an offtake agreement with China's Jinping HengHao Non-Ferrous Metals Ltd.
The planned revamp of the Department of Land Information has been completed, with the launch of a new title and largely new board by Land Information Minister Michelle Roberts this morning.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has called for an open debate on carbon tax and carbon trading after Premier Alan Carpenter told reporters a carbon emissions trading system was inevitable - flagging a recommended cost of $25 a tonne.
Preliminary findings of an investigation into the cause of the Toodyay fire indicate extreme weather conditions may have caused power lines to clash, sparking the blaze.
Local Government Minister John Bowler today announced his support of the recommendation from the Local Government Advisory Board for the Shire and Town of Northam to amalgamate.
Perth-based Optima Corporation Ltd will sell its underperforming surfwear subsidiary West Surfing Products (USA) Inc for around $450,000 as the company devotes further resources to its increasingly profitable Vmoto Motorcycles brand.
Perth liquidator Gary John Anderson will be reprimanded and be supervised for the next ten voluntary administrations to which he is appointed after a decision to suspend his registration was overturned by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal today.
Burswood-based minerals explorer Mindax Ltd has been granted two more prospective uranium tenements in Western Australia's wheatbelt, advancing the company's Avon uranium joint venture project.
