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Dan Smetana will be retiring as non-executive director of Korab Resources at the start of next year. Mr  Smetana has been with the company since 2013.

Perth-based Perdaman Industries has entered into an agreement with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation as part of its plans to build Australia’s largest fertiliser manufacturing plant near Karratha.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Peter Jianchao Xu from providing financial services for five years, after surveillance showed Mr Xu providing improper advice to clients.

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Illuminance Solutions and the University of Notre Dame have announced a joint initiative to improve digital literacy among Indigenous Australians, to be piloted at the university’s Broome campus in early 2020.

Evolution Mining has agreed to buy Canadian gold mining complex Red Lake from Newmont Goldcorp Corporation for $US375 million ($A553 million) in cash.

Lateral has announced that it will partner with WAITTA‘s The INCITE Awards next year, with the Perth-based hardware and software developer coming on board as a naming rights sponsor.

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Pioneer Credit has disclosed it is just days away from announcing a preferred bidder for the troubled financial services business.

The state government has detailed changes it plans to make across the public sector to enhance financial accountability and transparency, following recent corruption charges laid against a former senior public servant in the Department of Communities.

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Not-for-profit group Communicare Inc has announced the acquisition of White Ribbon Australia, following negotiations with liquidators Worrells Solvency and Forensic Accountants.

Fleetwood Corporation subsidiary Modular Building Systems and national construction company Hansen Yuncken have been awarded a contract with the New South Wales government.

Curtin University has officially opened its Midland campus, part of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s plan to reposition the former railway workshops as a medical and education hub.

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Vango Mining has entered a non-binding agreement with China-based Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction (NFC) to provide $70 million for its Marymia project in the Mid-West region.

A Perth financial adviser who worked for two prominent firms including Godfrey Pembroke has been banned from providing services for four years.

About 25 new industrial lots will be released across the Western Trade Coast region in south western Perth, the state government announced today.

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St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls has purchased a 7.4 hectare property in Pemberton for its new Yeagarup Campus.

Cameron Adams, co-founder and chief product officer of Canva, has joined Esports Mogul as non-executive director.

The mining sector has welcomed an agreement signed by Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey to collaborate on developing critical minerals assets, which include commodities such as lithium and rare earths.

Perth-based property group Australian Development Capital (ADC) has acquired the Belmont headquarters of international rail solutions group Hitachi Rail in an $18 million transaction.

Woodside Petroleum has laid out plans to triple its gas and oil reserve base which will come from more than $US36 billion worth of projects in Australia, Senegal and Myanmar over the next seven years.

Neil Goodey has resigned as non-executive director of DTI Group. Mr Goodey co-founded the company and has been a director since 1995.

Minerals explorer Alderan Resources has entered an earn-in and joint venture agreement worth up to $US30 million with Rio Tinto to explore its Frisco project in Utah.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified the founder and chief executive of labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions from managing companies for five years.

Curtin University has appointed Perth-based agencies Longreach Media and Carat Perth to work on the university’s domestic media planning and buying.

David Woodall, chief executive of Superior Lake Resources, will be leaving the company.

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