West Perth-based computer office equipment financing company, ThinkSmart Ltd has commenced trading in the United States with global office product supplier, Office Depot.
Subiaco based Midas Resources Ltd aims to raise $3 million through a renounceable rights issue to continue the company's active exploration programs and for working capital.
A total of $21 million will be spent on a broadband development project to facilitate health and emergency services for people living in remote and regional areas of Australia as part of a state and federal government joint initiative.
The directors of West Perth-based Universal Resources Ltd have approved the development of the company's Roseby Copper project, subject to successfully raising around $230 million and gaining governmental approval.
Perth-based diversified resources company RMA Energy Ltd has taken one step closer to finalising negotiations for the joint venture development of two Queensland based assets with Bounty Resources International Ltd and China Rail Engineering Corporation.
West Perth-based biodiesel company Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd has concluded a purchase term sheet for the supply of biodiesel to a Western Australian resource company.
West Perth-based gold and base metals exploration company Central Asia Resources Ltd will increase its shareholding in Golden Eagle Resources from 60% to 100%, subject to shareholder approval.
East Perth-based Redstone Resources Ltd has secures an access agreement over significant Iron-Oxide- Copper-Gold (IOCG) prospective exploration area at the Baggaley Hills, in the West Musgrave Region, in Western Australia.
Newly rejoined Labor backbencher John D'Orazio has put forward a plan for a new passenger rail line in Perth's northern and eastern suburbs, which would link up with the existing train network.
Chinese-Indonesia consortium Antam Zhongjin has gained shareholder approval for its $2.50 a share, $505 million take over bid for West Perth-based Herald Resources.
Subiaco-based oil and gas exploration company Sun Resources NL has received record revenues from its US operations during March 2008, providing over A$200,000 of net operating revenue for the month.
West Leederville-based Whinnen Resources Ltd has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire an 85% interest in Fongo Tongo Bauxite Project in Republic of Cameroon, West Africa.
Subiaco based uranium exploration company Epsilon Energy has entered into a joint venture agreement with Southern Uranium to explore the Pandanus West tenement in North Queensland.
Pilbara nickel explorer and producer, Fox Resources Ltd today announced that China's largest nickel producer, Jinchuan Group Limited, has successfully concluded a strategic agreement to take an equity stake in the company.
Wesfarmers Ltd shares remained in trading halt today after it confirmed it was considering an equity raising - expected to be a rights issue - to refinance $4 billion in bridging finance used to fund its $20 billion takeover of the Coles last year.
Shares in West Perth-based resources company Straits Resources Ltd have jumped more than six per cent after the company unveiled a plan to restructure the business and demerge from its coal-focused Asian subsidiary.
A proposal to install a giant observation wheel on the Swan River foreshore has received enthusiastic support from two committees of the City of Perth.
West Perth-based mining company Centaurus Resources Ltd has secured a significant tenement package in the Iron Quadrangle in Brazil through the 100% acquisition of three new projects (comprising seven tenements) surrounding its Liberdade operation.
Miner Aquarius Platinum is to spend $790 million buying back all the shares held in it by Impala Platinum (Implats) and all the shares that company holds in its subsidiary, Aquarius Platinum (South Africa).
The demand for fixed rate loans among Western Australian borrowers slumped to 28% in March, significantly down from the record figure of 35% only a month agothe latest Mortgage Choice housing loan approval data revealed.
Subiaco-based iron ore company, Brockman Resources Ltd has completed a positive scoping study which indicates its Marillana iron ore project, located north of Newman, has a potential A$1 billion net present value for a 10Mtpa project development.
Iluka Resources Ltd has completed the retail component of its 4 for 7 pro-rata accelerated renounceable entitlement offer to shareholders, with the retail offer raising approximately A$95 million.
Further to filing a final prospectus on 3 April, Marengo Mining Ltd has today announced the completion of its C$9.8 million offering and has commenced trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Abra Mining Ltd has entered an agreement with China's Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corporation to subscribe for $3.4 million in Abra shares, after an earlier agreement was unable to be completed.
West Perth-based Adamus Resources Ltd has raised $5 million through a private placement for its Southern Ashanti gold project in Ghana, and appointed Mintrex as engineering project manager.
For the second year running Western Australia has been the nation's highest taxing state, data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has shown.
Perth-based gold, nickel and uranium explorer, Impact Minerals has been granted exploration licences covering about 20,000 sq km in eastern Botswana, specifically for the exploration of uranium.
