The state government has released details of its plan to overhaul the state's loss-making electricity generator Verve Energy, announcing changes to the vesting contract between Verve and electricity retailer Synergy.
Marine safety equipment company Mobilarm has been admitted to the Australian Securities Exchange after successfully completing a $2.3 million initial public offering.
Agribusiness TFS Corporation has received a boost, settling a transaction with a US-based institutional investor potentially worth $120 million over six years.
The latest figures from the Department of Mines and Petroleum show the agency assessed 70 per cent of mining exploration approvals in less than 30 days over the past 12 months.
A group of regional councils, universities as well as mining, engineering, renewable energy and engineering companies are stepping up the pressure on the state government to invest in solar power.
Control of construction and contracting group Leighton Holdings is in play, with Spanish company ACS launching a bid for its German parent, just days after Leighton announced the retirement of long serving chief executive Wal King.
The state government will invest $22 million to provide affordable housing within The Match Group's redevelopment of the historic Fremantle Dalgety Wool Store.
West Perth-based Murchison Metals has recorded a $21.5 million comprehensive loss for the 2010 financial year, compared to $18.3 million for the previous corresponding period.
Atlantic has lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities Exchange, seeking to raise $55 million through a capital raising with the intention of the company recommencing trading.
The state government has announced a shift in its coastal planning policy because it believes sea levels will rise more than original predicted over the next 100 year.
RCR Tomlinson has announced plans to return $3 million to shareholders through an on-market share buy-back and has suspended its dividend reinvestment plan.
South African-focused Continental Coal is set to acquire unlisted South African thermal coal mining and export coal producing company Mashala Resources.
The City of Perth has made more than $400,000 in additional funding available to speed up roadworks in Wellington Street as part of the Forrest Place redevelopment.
Emergent Resources has scrapped its planned $200 million joint venture with Beijing China Metallurgical Investment for the Beyondie iron project in the mid-west.
Internet service provider iiNet has signed a three-year deal as the naming rights partner for the National Basketball League which will see the competition officially known as the iiNet NBL Championship when the season tips-off on October 15.
Shares in Malaga-based Kresta have recorded a modest drop after the company announced it would need to write down the carrying value of its inventory by up to $6 million.
Melbourne-based NewSat has announced a million-dollar deal with Osborne Park-based Amstar Communications, to provide satellite communications to the Gorgon LNG project.
