Perth based chemicals and instruments manufacturer XRF Scientific has closed its initial public offer after having raised $4.5 million, down from the $5 million it hoped to raise for research and product development.
West Perth uranium startup WildHorse Energy Ltd has closed its initial public offer to raise $10 million early after attracting levels of interest in excess of $25 million.
The CPI rose by 0.9 per cent in the September quarter, down from 1.6 per cent in the June quarter, giving a headline annual inflation rate of 3.9 per cent, down by just 0.1 of a percentage point from the 4.0 per cent clip posted in the year to June.
Not one of WA's eight port authorities or utilites has submitted to a legislative requirement to table a statement of corporate intent before the new financial year, according to a report released by acting auditor general Colin Murphy.
WA Employers are struggling to find qualified professional staff, paying the same people more money to do the same job, according to a survey by employment agency Manpower Inc.
Herdsman-based mineral sands explorer Olympia Resources Ltd has announced plans to construct a $3.1 million zircon processing plant at the company's Banjarmasin project in Indonesia, following positive feasibility studies.
Perth-based burns treatment developer Clinical Cell Culture Ltd, or C3, will raise $10 million through a share purchase plan to existing shareholders for further commercialisation of the company's ReCell product.
Leederville-based International Goldfields Ltd has signed a farm-in agreement with South African company Genorah Resources Ltd for exclusive exploration rights over a platinum project.
WA energy firm Alinta Ltd will hang on to its 10.25 per cent stake in the Australian Pipeline Trust for a bit longer after announcing plans to appeal a Federal Court finding that the purchase took place under unacceptable circumstances.
Avoca Resources today finalised a $15 million one year facility with Societe Generale CIB Austrlaia Branch to advance development of the company's Trident Gold Project at Higginsville in Western Australia and to provide working capital.
Port Hedland Port Authority chair and former Century Zinc Ltd managing director Ian Williams will head a project team working on the development of Oakajee deepwater port, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan announced today.
Queensland-based Platina Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement to search for platinum group metals at the Polar Bear Project, near Norseman, spending $1.3 million over 3 years to earn a 70 per cent interest in the project.
Perth-based publishers Aspermont Ltd has announced plans to increase its stake in UK publishers Mining Communications Ltd from 10 per cent to 35 per cent, for a total cost of over $1.6 million.
Eneabba Gas Ltd and Verve Energy have jointly announced today the memorandum of understanding between the two companies to give Verve access until December 2007, to the first tranche of gas supply purchased by EGL from NWSG.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is inviting public submissions about its proposal to declare a protection zone for a submarine cable off City Beach, near Perth.
The Pilbara Mining Alliance, a joint venture of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and Roche Mining, has commenced ground breaking at Fortescue's Cloud Break mine.
Watchers of the Mount Gibson Iron Ltd bid for Aztec Resources Ltd will have a tense weekend, with the bigger firm announcing an extension of the closing date of offers made under the takeover bid to November 3.
Dr Penny Flett, the chief of one of Western Australia's largest aged care groups, has been elected president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA.
First home buyers in Perth and Melbourne are now paying the most expensive rates of stamp duty in Australia on a median priced home - hitting more than $18,000 (see table).
Queensland-based Austin Engineering Ltd has secured a national contract potentially worth over $5 million for the supply of 100 tonne class dump trays in Australia from a multinational original equipment manufacturer.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Image Resources NL will proceed with plans to earn a 70 per cent interest in its Cooljarloo joint venture after spending more than $500,000 in development on the mineral sands project.
Significant infrastructure projects and community projects have been completed at Koongamia as part of the State Government's Eastern Horizons New Living project.
An ambitious target of 15,000 tonnes of nickel per annum within the next 3-5 years has been announced by Consolidated Minerals Ltd as the company ramps up its key Western Australian nickel exploration and mining operations.
West Perth based Matrix Metals will commence copper production at the Mt Watson and Cuthbert project after executing an agreement with Glencore International AG which will provide $2.5 million in equity funding and a debt facility of $10 million.
South Perth-based point-of-sale technology developer Intellect Holdings Ltd and New Zealand's Cadmus Technology Ltd will revise the structure of their merger, following a series of negotiations between the companies.
A partnership between resources giant Alcoa and community organisation Fairbridge was last night awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence Community Business Partnerships, in the large business category.
