AusQuest is set to raise $2.4 million to advance exploration projects in Western Australia and Peru, while Sagon Resources tapped the market for $1.25 million.
Fortescue Metals Group, South32, Iluka Resources, Western Power and Synergy are among a group of 10 resources and energy companies collaborating to develop a toolkit to pre-screen for modern slavery risks within their supply chains.
A new co-working space has been launched 18 storeys above Adelaide Terrace, with Quest East Perth establishing a flexible office facility in joint venture with business networking forum The CEO Institute.
Northern Star Resources has surpassed a 50 per cent stake in takeover target Echo Resources, and has moved swiftly to change the board of the gold junior.
Rio Tinto has recorded an increase in its Pilbara iron ore shipments for the September quarter, but it is still behind in its production results compared to the year prior.
G&S Engineering Services has been awarded a $20m contract by Kalium Lakes, the latest beneficiary from a string of contracts the potash player has handed out recently.
Logistics company Bis, which traditionally operates in the resources sector, has been awarded a three-year contract by Water Corporation to provide on-road haulage services in and around Perth.
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Worley has asked the Foreign Investment Review Board to look at "possible creeping acquisitions" by Beirut-headquartered Dar Group as the ASX-listed engineering and consulting firm aims to fend off a possible takeover by its largest shareholder.
Oil prices fell overnight as investors worried that the unrelenting US-China trade conflict would keep squeezing the global economy and that swelling US crude inventories would further pressure prices.
Gold fell 1.0 per cent overnight as growing risk appetite boosted investor demand for equities while a sustained supply crunch in palladium propelled the price of that precious metal to a record high.
The Australian share market has finished a touch higher despite stocks of media companies and retailers taking a hit amid reports their businesses are suffering.
Western Australia’s biggest apartments developer has blasted planning authorities’ rejection of its Civic Heart proposal in South Perth, saying the process appeared to be “superficial and subjective” as it gears up for a State Administrative Tribunal appeal.
Perth-based Diamond Cyber Security and Asterisk Information Security will be two of at least 12 Australian cyber security firms bought out by BGH Capital and merged into a new entity to compete with the larger US-based vendors.
Hanssen has been fined $47,500, after a tilt-up panel fell from a Finbar Group development onto parked cars, with the construction work being supervised by someone without adequate qualifications.
Perth podiatrist turned entrepreneur Rachael Ferguson has turned her company around in just two years, with rebranding and partnering with the right distributor the keys to unlocking the full potential of her fast-growing footcare business.
MACA has secured a $26 million contract at the Fortescue Metals Group-operated Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, while NRW Holdings secured a contract in Queensland.
The owners of Northbridge’s Picabar have signed a five-year lease agreement with the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT), Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman announced this morning, bringing to an end a year of uncertainty for the venue.
The state government has banned 11 contractors for up to five years each, as a result of the Corruption and Crime Commission’s (CCC) investigation into the North Metropolitan Health Service.
IMF Bentham has struck an agreement to acquire Omni Bridgeway for up to €87.5 million ($A141 million), which will be a tie-up of two of the biggest players in the litigation funding industry.
Oil prices slumped more than 2.0 per cent overnight on worries that global crude demand could stay under pressure as a lack of details about the first phase of a US-China trade deal dimmed hopes for a quick resolution to the tariff fight.
Gold gained overnight as optimism over a potential US-China trade deal waned while palladium notched an all-time high driven by short supplies of the auto-catalyst metal.
Perth Airport is paving the way for Western Australia to have a tourism attraction of global significance, setting aside land to facilitate the development of the $510 million Australian Biome Project.
