Diversified, PNG focused metals company, Marengo Mining announced today it had reached agreement with its joint venture partner, Belvedere Limited, to take a 100 per cent interest in the Yandera Copper-Molybdenum Project in Papua New Guinea.
Western Australian tech company QRSciences has been penalised $33,000 by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after an alleged failure to disclose information to the Australian Stock Exchange.
Nedlands-based international ophthalmic technology company Advanced Ocular Systems has expanded its technology portfolio to include anti-inflammatory treatments for eye disease.
WA-based gold explorer Focus Minerals has produced further encouraging exploration results at its 235,000-ounce Redemption joint venture Dreadnought project with Canadian company Committee Bay Resources.
Jubilee Mines today announced interim financial results for the December 2005 half year, reporting a net profit of $23.3 million - significantly down on the $45.1 million profit for the same period the previous year.
Perth-based biotechs Neuren Pharmaceuticals and Metabolic Pharmaceuticals announced promising results in animal testing regarding the ability of neural technology to prevent or reverse nerve damage.
Emerging Australian gold producer Crescent Gold listed on the Toronto stock exchange last night as the company moves to production at Laverton in Western Australia.
Scientists working on revolutionary treatments to prevent asthma and 2005 Nobel Prize winner Professor Barry Marshall are among more than 100 Western Australian researchers to receive State Government medical research grants totalling $5 million.
The National Transport Commission today released its Twice the Task report in response to forecasts that Australia's land freight transport task will double from 2000 to 2020.
Welshpool-based pharmaceutical group PharmAust, through its wholly owned subsidiary Mimotopes, today signed an exclusive new three-year biotech contract to supply research-grade peptides.
A draft management plan for the Cape Range National Park anticipates an expansion of the reserve which is a central feature of tourism activities in the Ningaloo/Exmouth which contribute $127 million per year to the WA economy.
Olympia Resources has announced the appointment of Mal Randall as chairman of directors, replacing James Hudleston who has resigned to pursue other oil and gas assets.
Recently listed Western Australian optical marketer, C @ Limited, is to open Australia's newest optical lens laboratory as part of its production facilities in East Perth.
Western Australia will join forces with eighteen agencies across Australia and New Zealand to combat consumer fraud and warn consumers about scams costing millions of dollars.
St George's Terrace -based internet service provider EFTel Ltd is building a large scale acquisition fund, including a $3 million facility from Westpac, to expand its acquisition opportunities in the consolidating IPS market.
Burswood-based waste management company Environmental Solutions International Ltd has emerged from more than a year in suspension from the share market to acquire Asia Pacific Coal and Steel Pty Ltd for shares worth more than $8 million.
The WA Nationals fear that flood-affected shires in WA may face financial ruin unless the State Government steps in with special funds to repair damaged local roads, bridges and other community infrastructure.
Leederville-based Fox Resources Ltd has repaid the remaining $2 million of project debt to Societe Generale and announced its 17th shipment of Radio Hill nickel and copper from Dampier had a sales value of $4 million.
West Perth-based Avoca Resources Ltd's joint venture partner Encounter Resources Ltd has lodged a prospectus to raise $ 4 million to be used to further develop the two companies joint venture arrangement for the exploration of uranium deposits in WA.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Tanami Gold NL intends to commence mining operations in April at its Coyote Gold project with first gold production scheduled for the end of the June 2006 quarter.
The WA Nationals have welcomed the new round of State Government grants to help WA farmers improve on-farm water supplies, but have called for an even greater level of funding while the State can afford it.
West Perth-based Golden State Resources Ltd has entered a joint venture with specialist iron ore explorer Polaris Metals NL, allowing Polaris to earn a 70 per cent equity in the rights to iron ore at the Golden States' Johnston Range Project.
The Australian Information Industry Association's 2006 iAwards are set to recongnise ICT innovation across a total of 19 key industry categories with nominations closing on February 23rd, 2006.
Hamilton Hill-based aquaculture company Cell Aquaculture Ltd has purchased a substantial interest in Nevada-based Delta Aquaculture Services LLC in an effort to establish a long term presence in the United States.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is calling for a major overhaul as to how prospectuses should be written to make them shorter and more effective.
