Deals

Malaga-based drilling equipment manufacturer Drillstar Engineering has been acquired by Swedish company Driconeq AB after more than 20 months of talks.

Drilling services and mining contractor Ausdrill is considering issuing $US300 million in unsecured notes to USA-based institutional investors.  

Amadeus Energy has announced a merger deal with UK-based Ecofin Energy, owners of Texas-based Lonestar Resources.

Atlas South Sea Pearls shares have jumped after it announced plans to raise up to $5 million alongside a proposal to acquire fragrance and flavour manufacturer Essential Oils of Tasmania.

Southern Cross Goldfields says it has a short-list of financiers to provide the necessary funding to complete the acquisition of the Sandstone gold project from Troy Resources.

Shares in Sundance Resources have risen by almost six per cent after China's Hanlong Mining locked in deals securing loans to help it finance its $1.37 billion takeover of the iron ore company.

Signs of life are starting to emerge in the sputtering initial public offerings market, with three Western Australian explorers advancing plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange this we

Takeover target Northern Iron has extended the deadline for final binding offers until November 20 to allow interested companies to complete their due diligence.

Drilling services company Imdex has announced the acquisition of data management solutions firms ioGlobal, ioAnalytics and ioGlobal Solutions for $8 million in cash and shares.

A mystery suitor has made a non-binding takeover bid for Perth-based IT services firm ASG Group, valuing it at more than $177 million.

Scotland-based oil and gas services firm Global Energy Group has announced the acquisition of Perth-based energy sector access, inspection and maintenance company Vertech Group.

Logistics and supply chain group K&S Corporation has acquired Bunbury-based Collare Transport Group for an undisclosed sum.

Hannans Reward has reached agreement to sell the Discovery Zone copper-iron prospect in Sweden to Avalon Minerals for $4 million.

Perth-based explorer Hot Chili has launched a $35.5 million capital raising to fund development at its Productora copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile.

Renaissance Minerals has launched a $10 million capital raising to fund exploration at its flagship Cambodian gold project.

Two Chinese entities proposing a takeover of minerals explorer Discovery Metals say they are disappointed by Discovery's rejection.

Struggling scooter manufacturer and retailer Vmoto has launched a £1.56 million ($2.43 million) share placement, and plans to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

Syndicated Metals has completed a $2.85 million capital raising to fund exploration and evaluation of its copper-gold project portfolio near Mt Isa in northern Queensland.

Perth-based gold explorer International Goldfields has announced a cash and scrip merger agreement with United States-based Santa Fe Gold Corporation, to create a diversified gold and silver miner

Billabong shares have plunged almost 17 per cent to their lowest ever price, after private equity firm TPG withdrew its $694.5 million takeover offer.

PMI Gold Corporation has entered an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters to raise $C100 million ($A99 million) for the development of its Obotan gold project in Ghana.

The competition regulator has allowed pathology and radiology provider Sonic Healthcare to buy the Healthscope pathology business in Western Australia but won't allow Sonic to acquir

News Ltd's takeover of pay television group Consolidated Media is set to go ahead after the competition regulator ruled out a potential rival bid by Seven Group.

Engineering firm Calibre Group has acquired Queensland’s G&S Engineering Services in a cash and scrip deal worth up to $74 million, at today’s share price.

Terry Streeter’s Fox Resources has entered an agreement to purchase a series of coal tenements in Queensland for $2.5 million in cash and shares.

Mining services group Ausdrill has refinanced its debts, announcing today it had signed a new three-year, $550 million dual currency facility with a syndicate of banks.

Global Construction Services has completed the $4.9 million retail component of its $32 million capital raising plan announced early in September.

Struggling gold miner Navigator Resources has pushed back an already-delayed $16 million rights issue for a further three weeks, announcing today the prospectus would not be lodged with the Austral

Earthmoving equipment group Emeco says it is cashed up and on the lookout for “value creating opportunities” after refinancing its $450 million debt facility with a syndicate of banks.

Namibian-focused uranium explorer Deep Yellow has completed a $6.5 million placement to Africa-based specialist mining fund Laurium LP.

Base Resources has announced a plan to raise $40 million to fund development at its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.

Origin Energy has raised 500 million euros ($A634.6 million) through a bond issue to raise funds for the $23 billion Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project in Queensland.