Edited announcement

Malaga-based Advanced Engine Components Ltd has secured a $2 million loan from a party related to a major shareholder to fund working capital requirements on the back of ongoing growth in sales demand.

Perth-based Jupiter Energy Ltd will pay up to $57 million to move to full ownership of an oil field in Kazakhstan, with Macquarie Bank to provide funding assistance.

Subiaco-based TNG Ltd has had a win in the Warden's court over a tenement dispute with Mincor Zinc Pty Ltd.

Higher production costs have hit Frankland River Olive Company Ltd which is looking to offload its Parmelia Olive Grove property.

Mortgage aggregator Australian Finance Group has teamed up with Perth-based wealth management adviser Plan B Group Ltd to offer a full range of mortgage products to customers.

Subiaco-based IMX Resources NL has signed two agreements with its Chinese partners regarding the offtake from its South Australian mine and the potential acquisition of a processing plant in China.

Japanese company Inpex Ltd and joint venture partner Total E&P Australia have announced a new gas discovery in the Browse Basin.

Perth-based CityView Corporation Ltd has entered into deal with an Angolan firm to form a logistics company to support the country's mining industry.

Subiaco-based Red Fork Energy has secured $33 million for the exploration of a new gas project in Oklahoma after signing a joint venture deal with a Dallas-based company.

Heavy engineering company Bradken Pty Ltd has been fined $100,000 over the 2005 death of a 21-year-old worker at its Henderson foundry.

A hearing between Murchison Metals Ltd and Chameleon Mining NL is likely to be held early next year as the deadline for the second tranche of security for costs edges closer.

West Perth-based Hawk Resources Ltd will start trading as New Standard Energy Ltd tomorrow after finalising the acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Canning Basin.

The transfer of the livestock centre from Midland to Muchea is estimated to deliver a $467 million economic benefit to the state over 20 years as Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance calls for tenders.

Queensland government owned power generator Stanwell Corporation Ltd has taken a 19.6 per cent stake in Blue Energy Ltd after buying a parcel of shares from CVC Ltd for nearly $35 million.

West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary, Straits Asia Resources Ltd, has posted a 264 per cent jump in net profit for the first half of 2008.

Welshpool-based Allied Gold Ltd has completed a capital raising of nearly $11 million via a share placement to mostly institutional clients.

Nickel producer Mincor Resources NL will place its Wannaway mine on care and maintenance at the end of the week as remnant mining draws to an end.

Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has today completed settlement of the $400 million sale of its namesake project to China Metallurgical Group Corp as it receives the first payment of $240 million.

Atlas Iron Ltd has sealed a port-access deal with Fortescue Metals Group at its new Port Hedland facilities while another agreement has been reached for the iron ore miner to earn up to an 87.5 per cent interest in Atlas' Abydos iron ore project.

Wesfarmers has committed $4.5 million for the establishment of a new centre dedicated to boosting the number of cutting-edge medical research discoveries that go from the laboratory bench to a patient's bedside.

Rio Tinto will contribute $5 million towards the establishment of Australia's first emergency jet service for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, where jets will be able to fly from Kununurra to Perth in three hours.

Shares in Atlas Iron Ltd have been placed in a trading halt pending an announcement regarding the signing of a material agreement.

Emerging junior iron ore producers in the Pilbara have been given a boost today after the North West Iron Ore Alliance secured two new multi-user berths in the Port Hedland inner habour.

West Perth-based Azure Minerals Ltd plans to raise $3 million through a share purchase plan with shares offered at a discounted 12.5 cents.

The State Government has approved a new assessment system to encourage mine owners to fulfil their tenement obligations for mine closure and rehabilitation, which has been welcomed by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy and the Conservation Council of WA.

Perth-based Carnegie Corporation had been issued a five-year exclusive licence to identify suitable areas for a wave energy facility off Albany's coastline.

West Perth-based Uranium Equities has lodged a provisional patent application in the United States relating to the extraction of uranium from wet phosphoric acid.

Herald Resources Ltd chairman and managing director Terrence Allen has stepped down as the company welcomes three new faces following its majority acquisition by Bumi Resources.

Perth-based specialist treasury systems provider CCK Financial Solutions Ltd has received a letter of intent from National Australia Bank for the purchase of the Guava Suite treasury management system.

West Perth-based Mirabela Nickel Ltd has drawn down $US50 million of an $US80 million financing facility secured last month to progress its Santa Rita project in Brazil.

The Carpenter government will spend $65 million expanding the state's major cancer centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with architectural firm Hassell awarded the stage two contract.

West Perth-based EnviroGold Ltd has terminated, by mutual consent, an exclusive mandate for the financing of its Las Lagunas gold project in the Dominican Republic.