The proposed merger between mining company CopperCo Ltd and investment house Mineral Securities Ltd (MinSec) has moved closer with the release of an independent experts report and a shareholders general meeting scheduled for May.
South Perth-based ophthalmology company Advanced Ocular Systems Ltd has suffered a setback in its restructuring plans with the termination of a proposed $20 million sale and purchase agreement with Swift Venture Holdings Corporation.
The Environmental Protection Authority of Western Australia has recommended ministerial approval for Moly Mines's Spinifex Ridge project in the Pilbara.
Debt collection business Repcol (WA) Pty Ltd has secured its first major contract, under the state government's common use arrangement for debt collection services, with the Department of Housing and Works.
Perth-based wealth management business Plan B Group Holdings Ltd expects its result for FY2008 will be 10% to 15% below the directors' forecast, assuming a continuation of present market conditions for the remainder of this financial year.
West Perth-based development and exploration company Vulcan Resources Ltd has today announced that it is proceeding with the Kylylahti Mine in Finland.
West Perth-based Kagara Ltd has issued a response to media reports to advise shareholders that the Lounge Lizard nickel sulphide deposit at Forrestania is not for sale.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has today announced the opening of the Mt Barker Northern Bypass, which allows motorists using Muirs Highway to access Albany Highway without travelling through the town centre.
South Perth-based property developer Finbar Group Ltd has received approval for its 15-storey office tower on the former Fairlanes Bowling site at 175 Adelaide Terrace.
Cedar Woods Properties has won a competitive tender conducted by the Department of Housing and Works for the joint venture development of the Harrisdale Village project.
Premier Alan Carpenter today opened the Broome Power Station, marking the completion of the $700 million West Kimberley power project, one of the biggest infrastructure investments ever made in the state's far north.
Nedlands-based software provider ISS Group Ltd has announced its biggest every contract, valued at around $4 million with Malaysian oil and gas group Petronas.
Perth-based wellness and health care company ATOS Wellness Ltd has formed a joint venture with SOL Wellness Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Sol Health Pty Ltd) to establish up to 12 new wellness centres throughout Australia.
Western Australia is leading the national slump in housing finance with new figures showing an 11.6 per cent fall in the month of February, according to the Bureau of Statistics.
Applecross-based oil and gas exploration company Incremental Petroleum has entered into an agreement with a US private entity to acquire interests in five projects, totaling more than 19,000 acres in the San Joaquin Basin in central California, USA.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained injunctions against Perth property developers Kenneth and Morag Fraser and associated companies to stop the promotion of nine land sub-division schemes.
The prospect of Australia's coal seam gas industry developing large-scale export projects has received a major boost with BG Group (formerly British Gas) agreeing to invest $664 million in Queensland Gas Company.
Independent Practitioner Network Ltd today completed the $32 million acquisition of Fremantle-based medical services company Gemini Administration Services Pty Ltd.
Italian-owned ENI Australia Ltd shut down production at its Woollybutt joint venture with Tap Oil Ltd and Mobil after a safety incident forced the evacuation of personnel.
Hillcrest Litigation Services Ltd has announced that it could receive up to $1 million after a Federal Court success in funding a legal case involving Meadow Springs Fairway Resort Ltd and finance group Knightsbridge Managed Funds Ltd.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia data released today show a fall of almost three per cent on the median house price for the March quarter, pulling it down from $470,000 at the end of last year to around $457,000 currently.
Tiger Resources Ltd has issued shares at $0.45 to raise $22.7 million pursuant to the underwriting agreements with RBC capital Markets and Tolhurst Ltd in respect of the shortfall of options that expired on 31 March 2008.
Brumby Resources Ltd has today advised that its underwritten 1-for-2 pro-rata non-renounceable entitlements issue to shareholders was taken up by shareholders represented 59% of the entitlements issue.
Woodside Energy has appointed the Australian Institute of Marine Science to undertake a $25 million environmental study of Scott Reef, in the midst of the gas-rich Browse Basin off Western Australia's Kimberley coast.
Woodside Energy and BHP Billiton Petroleum are the winners in the annual safety awards presented by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) for 2008.
Consolidated Minerals Ltd managing director Rod Baxter resigned today, three months after Ukrainian group Palmary Enterprises completed a hotly contested takeover of the diversified mining company.
Global energy company, Chevron, has selected the University of Western Australia to join its three year $6.9 million global university partnership program.
PharmAust Ltd has announced that the pending legal action instituted by Chimaera Capital Ltd in September 2007 will be discontinued by an agreement between the parties reached yesterday.
The trend towards more liberal retail trading hours in WA is gaining momentum with the state government approving extended trading throughout December and the City of Bunbury backing deregulation of trading through the year.
Western Metals Ltd has signed a Term Sheet to acquire 100% of the advanced Parys Mountain copper-zinc project on the island of Anglesey in North Wales from Anglesey Mining plc, a UK based mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
