Queensland-based infrastructure services company Cardno Ltd will acquire Mt Pleasant-based structural and civil engineering consultancy Buckland Engineers Australia in a cash and scrip deal, the company has announced.
Experienced mining executives Barry Eldridge and Andrew Law have taken the reins at West Perth-based Wedgetail Mining Ltd following a decision to discontinue its Nullagine gold project.
The WA Department of Water has won the Award for Recommended Employer (Government Administration) in the Australian Business Awards, co-ordinated by independent quality management company Business Excellence Network.
Global uncertainty surrounding the US sub prime credit fallout has put a dent in Western Australian listed companies, with a key index tracking their value falling for the first time in almost a year.
West Perth-based nickel company Western Areas Ltd has increased its investment in Canadian nickel company Mustang Minerals Corp to 19.2 per cent after exercising warrants worth around $2.5 million.
State Tourism Minister Sheila McHale has welcomed released by Tourism Research Australia for the 2006-07 financial year, showing international visitor numbers to WA grew by 3.7 per cent.
A survey released by Citibank shows 67 per cent of workers aged over 55 believe workers should retire after the age of 69, with 40 per cent saying between the ages of 65 and 69 was the time to go.
Management of the Perth to Mandurah railway's Perth stations and other infrastructure will pass from the Leighton Kumagai Joint Venture to the Public Transport Authority, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Image Resources NL has raised $2 million through a placement of 1 million shares to a mystery shareholder, the company has announced.
The Zambian government has announced policy guidelines for uranium mining will be ready by early next year, Minister of Mines Kalombo T. Mwansa told a conference in Perth today.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Equinox Minerals Ltd is considering building a uranium plant separate to its planned copper plant at its $922 million Lumwana project, to maximise the by-product potential of the site.
Home Building Society chairman Tony Howarth has been invited to join the Bank of Queensland board, subject to BoQ's recommended $592 million takeover of Home proceeding.
Subiaco-based minerals explorer Rox Resources Ltd will explore for zinc and lead deposits in Western Australia's Lennard Shelf, after signing a joint venture agreement with West Perth-based Avalon Minerals Ltd.
Leederville-based International Goldfields Ltd has received $2.5 million in the first tranche of Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd's $5 million purchase of the Mt Ida gold mine.
Australian involvement in the African mining and resources sector is worth over $18.22 billion and continues to grow, Australian High Commissioner to South Africa Philip Green told the Paydirt Africa DownUnder Conference today.
Applecross-based uranium explorer Prime Minerals Ltd has been granted three exploration licences in Greenland, covering around 800 sqkm, the company has announced.
Western Australian computing performance advocate iVEC will offer grants worth $200,000 for industry and government organisations to apply high performance computing, visualisation and large scale data store technology, the group has announced.
Perth-based Resolute Mining Ltd expects to double its levels of annual gold production to around 500,000 ounces by mid-2009, primarily driven by its Syama mine in Mali, the company has announced.
Premier Alan Carpenter has welcomed the Australian Bureau of Statistics' State Final Demand figures released for the June quarter, showing business investment had risen 7.3 per cent in the quarter.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Central Asia Resources Ltd will increase its gold exploration in Kazakhstan after increasing its stake in resources company Golden Eagle Investment Resources Ltd to 60 per cent.
West Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL has approved the $90 million development of its Sinclair nickel project, near Leonora, after a pre-feasibility study confirmed the project's technical and economic viability.
Perth-based asset management company PearlStreet Ltd has renewed its testing and inspection services contract with Exxon Mobil subsidiary Esso Australia Pty Ltd, signing on to provide them until 2012.
LandCorp will seek expressions of interest for the construction of a short-term accommodation facility at Woodside's Gap Ridge construction camp in Karratha, Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Alannah MacTiernan has announced.
Former Austal Ltd managing director Bob McKinnon will take over as managing director of East Perth-based accommodation manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation Ltd, replacing Greg Tate.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Albidon Ltd will allow fellow West Perth company African Energy Resources Ltd to take a 30 per cent stake in two Zambian uranium projects for $1 million, the company has announced.
Balcatta-based gold and copper explorer Carnavale Resources Ltd will extend its land holding around the Frei Martinho Molybdenum Project to around 123 sq km for around $2.2 million in cash and scrip.
West Perth-based gas explorer Westralian Gas and Power Ltd will allow Sydney-based ROC Oil to explore and drill two wells in the Vlaming Sub-basin, between Rottnest and Mandurah, in a deal worth $37 million.
Bunbury-based Pine Hauliers Pty Ltd has signed a contract worth $50 million with the State Government's Forest Products Commission for the harvesting of pine from South West plantations.
Leederville-based Gladiator Resources Ltd has entered into a farm-in agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation that will see the giant earn 80 per cent of its Hogans project, east of Kalgoorlie, for $2.7 million over three years.
Belmont-based gold and base metals explorer Great Australian Resources Ltd will raise over $3.9 million through the placement of a 19.9 per cent stake in the company to West Perth's Sylvania Resources Ltd.
Claremont-based, ASX and AIM-listed resources explorer Gippsland Ltd has listed on independent London-based equity market United Kingdom Plus Markets, the company has announced.
