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West Perth-based energy exploration company Blue Energy Ltd subsidiary Eureka Petroleum Pty Ltd has been named the preferred tenderer for 375 contiguous sub-blocks of coal seam methane gas, 130 km west of Brisbane, the company has announced.

Nedlands-based gold explorer Integra Mining Ltd will raise $31.5 million to fund ongoing exploration on its Eastern Goldfields assets, the company has announced.

East Perth-based Macmahon Holdings Ltd has secured a 10-year quarrying contract for France-based Lafarge SA's cement manufacturing plant in Aceh, Indonesia, worth around $64.8 million.

Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan announced today that RailLink will be running the first test train will on the new Mandurah line between Perth and Rockingham this morning.

Michael Kiernan's Monarch Gold Mining Co Ltd has agreed to pay $65 million for Harmony Gold's Mt Magnet gold operations, including the Hill 50 mine.

Investment manager Great Southern Ltd has diversified its product offering with the launch of a fund that provides investors with exposure to several commodity sectors, including livestock, poultry and cropping, and also water rights and agricultural land

Peter Di Prinzio, the founder of Subiaco-based debt collection agency Repcol Ltd, has resigned from the board ahead of a shareholder vote to sell the main assets of the troubled company to US-based Cargill Inc for under $5 million.

Northbridge-based VDM Group Ltd subsidiary, Queensland-based Bellero Constructions Pty Ltd has been awarded a $30m contract for the construction of the Bundaberg Ring Road by the Queensland Department of Main Roads.

Four of the six civil society organisations posing a legal challenge to Paladin Resources Ltd's Kayelekera mine in Malawi have settled their cases out of court, the Subiaco-based mineral explorer has announced.

West Perth-based Herald Resources Ltd has announced plans to raise $100 million in a capital raising after securing environmental approval for work on its Dairi zinc and lead mine in Indonesia, the company has announced.

Subiaco-based copper and gold explorer Red Emperor Resources NL has announced plans to raise $195,000 through an options issue.

Biotechnology company Rockeby Biomed Ltd has announced plans to raise $2 million through a share purchase plan to existing shareholders, to help fund the international expansion of the company's existing products and continue research and development acti

Bibra Lake-based rubber recycling company Reclaim Industries Ltd will develop a tyre processing facility capable of producing fuel and other byproducts, the company has announced.

Shares in West Perth-based Comdek Ltd were the most traded on the Australian Securities Exchange yesterday, after the former telecommunications company announced a deal to gain access to a South African coal resource.

West Perth-based Beadell Resources Ltd will pay $2 million in cash and scrip to Boulder-based Challenge Drilling to guarantee priority access to both aircore and reverse circulation drill rigs over a 2 to 3 year period, the company has announced.

Perth-based Australasian Resources Ltd will spin-off its former namesake asset - the Sherlock Bay nickel project - into a new company so that it canh focus on its iron ore assets.

The State Government has recieved 500 expressions of interest from overseas candidates from a recruitment drive for its Department of Environment and Conservation.

South Perth-based lobster exporter Cervantes Seafood Ltd has launched an abalone breeding program in conjunction with Curtin University's Muresk Institute of Agriculture, the company has announced.

Perth-based tin and nickel miner Stonehenge Metals Ltd will raise $1.7 million through a placement to boost working capital and provide further funding for exploration, the company has announced.

Dioro Exploration NL subsidiary Lodestar Minerals Ltd, which holds nickel rights over the parent company's Penfolds project, has announced plans to raise $5 million through a priority issue, ahead of listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.

West Perth-based Universal Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement with Claremont Resources Ltd, which will see the latter company spend up to $6.5 million on the Burra Zinc project in exchange for 77 per cent of Universal's interest in the ten

The State Government has launched a $1 million food marketing program to promote Western Australian produce to local consumers.

Drilling services company Ausdrill Ltd has completed a $95 million capital raising through a share placement and share purchase plan to fund expansion in Australia and Africa, including a move into contract mining in Australia.

Osborne Park-based copper-gold explorer Talisman Mining Ltd chairman Ian Macpherson has retired, to be replaced by Jubilee Mines NL director Alan Senior, the company has announced.

West Perth-based Metex Resources Ltd will move to full ownership of Carbon Energy Pty Ltd and its underground coal gasification technology after agreeing to buy out the CSIRO for around $41 million in cash and scrip.

CVRD-Inco will proceed to step three of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, its joint venture with West Perth-based Heron Resources Ltd, and will pass on a draft program and budget for the works by Saturday.

Kambalda nickel producer Mincor Resources NL is set to increase its production by 18 per cent after today announcing approval for the $23 million development of its 100 per cent owned McMahon Nickel project near Kambalda.

Metex Resources Ltd has reached agreement to buy out its 50 per cent partner in its joint venture company Carbon Energy Pty Ltd, currently owned by CSIRO.

Takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd's search for the mystery owners of 17.7 per cent of their issued capital advanced today, with the company identifying the owners of a 5.7 per cent stake as Ukranian investors unrelated to Palmary Enterprises.

The Western Australian Club has retained its St Georges Terrace home, downsizing its presence in the heritage building it recently sold to a scale that it says better matches its revenue.

Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance has called on Australian companies to undertake independent performance trials before recommending genetically modified crops as a viable alternative to Western Australian farmers.

The State Government has allocated $15.6 million for non-government organisations to undertake a range of health promotion campaigns over the next three years, Health Minister Jim McGinty has announced.