Copper miner Anvil Mining has called a trading halt while its stockbrokers seek to obtain subscriptions for a C$30 million (A$34 million) capital raising.
THE gold mining industry continues to be a bright spot in Western Australia with the announcement this week of a new project and a new takeover battle.
Rio Tinto has maintained its 2009 iron ore guidance despite heavy rain in the Pilbara driving its first quarter iron ore output 15 per cent lower on the same time last year.
Three ABC Learning Centres in Western Australia are expected to close while the future of two more are in doubt after receivers PPB failed to find suitable operators.
The petroleum safety watchdog has sent two inspectors to investigate a fire at a Woodside Petroleum-operated facility in the Vincent oil field off the state's northwest coast.
Around 150 employees of national kitchen and laundry appliance retailer Kleenmaid Group face an uncertain future as administrators are appointed to the company after the global financial crisis hits sales and margins.
Opposition leader Eric Ripper has accused the government of breaking an election promise after claiming a feasibility study into the Ellenbrook rail line had been cancelled.
Bedding franchiser Joyce Corporation says it will pursue other avenues of interest after a $9 million deal for the sale of a Queensland property fell through.
West Perth-based Bonaparte Diamond Mines has recommended shareholders accept Minemakers all-scrip takeover offer after an independent expert deemed the offer fair and reasonable.
Western Australia has topped a survey of businesses intending to pursue acquisitions in the next three years as the global downturn lowers the price of competitors.
The first phase of the state and federal governments' plan to boost social housing stock in WA is set to start with 286 houses, valued at $70 million, to be built by mid next year.
The parent company of WA lead miner Magellan Metals has taken steps to clarify misleading statements by Griffin Mining, which has dropped its proposal to acquire the Canadian company.
Job advertisements on the internet and newspapers in Western Australia have slumped 67 per cent since November 2007 as employers across the country cut back their hiring intentions in March, an ANZ survey has found.
The Salaries and Allowances Tribunal has recommended that salaries of senior public servants be frozen at current levels because of the "critical economic position that the community presently faces".
Hundreds of employment service providers across Australia have lost their government contracts, forcing thousands of staff to join dole queues with their clients.
New car and truck sales in Western Australia have slumped nearly 21 per cent in March from a year ago as the impact of the economic downturn continues.
Shares in West Perth-based Emerald Oil & Gas have risen after the company produced first commercial gas from its Appalachian project in the United States.
The state government says it will order work to stop at any BHP Billiton mines where workplace breaches are found, after five recent deaths at the company's Pilbara iron ore sites.
Minara Resources chairman Peter Coates will take over from current Santos chairman Stephen Gerlach when he retires from the board at the end of this year.
The Western Australian government is the best performing state government in the country in the eyes of the small business community, according to the MYOB Australian Small Business Survey.
Perth property values have bucked the slight upward national trend, with the median value of houses dipping 1 per cent in the three months to the end of February.
Wyllie Group chairman Lee Verios will chair property developer Port Bouvard as part of a restructure that has seen the appointment of joint chief executives, Matthew Perrott and John Wroth.
Babcock and Brown Power has finalised the sale of its 70 per cent interest in the NewGen Kwinana power station, with details of the settlement pending performance of the station in the second half of the financial year.
Shares in Equinox Minerals have closed higher on the back of a $US173 million ($A254 million) net income for the 2008 calendar year and a favourable restructure of its debt repayments.
Confidencce in the Western Australian rural sector has bucked the national trend and risen slightly, although levels are still well below the near record highs of last year, according to the latest Rabobank survey.
China Minmetals' proposed takeover of OZ Minerals cannot go ahead if it incudes the target's mining operations in Prominent Hill because it would breach national security, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
