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West Perth-based gold explorer Glengarry Resources Ltd has raised $4.4 million after fellow West Perth business Kagara Zinc Ltd subscribed for 35 million shares, or 12.3 per cent, in the company.

West Perth-based uranium explorer WildHorse Energy Ltd and joint venture partner Sparton Resources Inc will develop a uranium project in Hungary with Hungarian energy utility Bakonyi Eromu Zrt, the company has announced.

East Perth-based Macmahon Holdings Ltd chairman Dick Carter has assured shareholders that the acquisition of 11.5 per cent of the company's issued capital by Leighton Holdings Ltd would not change the company's business direction.

Former journalist and senior compliance analyst at the Office of the Auditor General Carolyn Simmonds has been named the 2007 Public Sector Fellow of the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University has announced.

The State Government's draft redevelopment plan for the Perry Lakes residential estate is now available for public viewing and comment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced.

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia CEO Tim Shanahan has quit after six years in the job to become director (energy and minerals initiative) at the University of Western Australia.

West Perth-based minerals explorer Sabre Resources Ltd will acquire a 70 per cent stake in a Namibian lead and zinc project for $13 million in cash and scrip, the company has announced.

Australian Building and Construction Commissioner John Lloyd has ruled that Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union assistant state secretary Joe McDonald had engaged in unlawful industrial action after encouraging workers to call in sick en masse

Subiaco-based Natural Fuel Ltd subsidiary Natural Fuels Australia Ltd, a joint venture with Babcock & Brown, has exported its first biodiesel shipment from its Darwin facility, the company has announced.

West Perth-based engineering services company Neptune Marine Services Ltd has secured an integrated subsea services project for international oil and gas producer Apache Energy Ltd and its joint venture partners, the company has announced.

West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has announced a five million tonnes per annum increase to the design capacity of its proposed Spinifex Ridge molybdenum mine, bringing its capacity to 20 million tonnes pa.

West Perth-based iron ore explorer Territory Iron Ltd will provide all ore from its Frances Creek Project to Hong Kong-based Noble Group after securing a life-of-mine offtake agreement with the company.

Victoria-based oil and gas explorer Nexus Energy Ltd will sell a 15 per cent stake in a Browse basin exploration permit to Japanese energy supplier Osaka Gas Co Ltd for $75 million under a sale and purchase agreement.

West Perth-based gold explorer Adamus Resources Ltd has secured the equipment required for further expansion of a Ghanan gold project, through an alliance with Canning Vale-based Ausdrill Ltd subsidiary African Mining Services.

Manjimup woodworking company Appadene Forest Products has received $80,000 of a $104,000 grant from the State Government's Furniture and Fine Wood Industries Program, enabling it to develop an additional workshop, Forestry Minister Kim Chance has announce

Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd made a net profit after tax of $7 million in the 2006-07 financial year, an increase of 36 per cent, the company has announced.

Henderson-based modular building supplier Nomad Building Solutions Ltd will acquire Brisbane-based transportable home builder Halley Homes for $6 million in cash and scrip, the company has announced.

Perth-based seafood company Australis Aquaculture Ltd has raised $11.3 million through a placement and share purchase plan to fund the acquisition of Vietnamese farming production assets and an upgrade of its US infrastructure.

Perth-based Aurora Oil & Gas Ltd's $10.6 million capital raising, to secure additional working capital for its oil and gas projects in the United States, has been finalised, the company has announced.

West Perth-based metals explorer Apex Minerals NL has fully completed its acquisition of the Youanmi gold project from the TSXV-listed Goldcrest Resources Ltd, after paying $5 million and issuing 14.3 million shares to the vendor.

Welshpool-based Macmahon Holdings Ltd has won a two-year mining works contract at the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Saraji coal mine in Queensland, valued at around $75 million.

Perth-based gold and nickel company Focus Minerals Ltd will commence mining at its Coolgardie gold project after securing a development contract with East Perth-based underground mining specialist Barminco, the company has announced.

Perth-based gas explorer Po Valley Energy Ltd has placed a further 450,000 shares with Harbinger Capital Partners at $1.65 each, raising $742,500 as it moves toward gas production in Italy.

West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary Straits Asia Resources Ltd has declared Force Majeure at its Sebuku coal operation, with work being suspended following an extended wet season.

West Perth-based iron ore company Murchison Metals Ltd will join the S&P/ASX 200 next week, following the departure of Smorgon Steel Group Ltd from the influential list.

West Perth-based Accent Resources NL will explore West Perth-based Platinum Australia Ltd's Katanning licence for vanadium, titanium and magnetite under a heads of agreement the companies signed today.

Churchlands-based education provider IBT Education Ltd increased its net profit after tax by 4 per cent in the 2006-07 financial year to $36.7 million, the comapny has announced.

Nedlands-based waste management company Tox Free Solutions Ltd has earned $9.1 million before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the 2007 financial year, up 82 per cent on the previous year's results.

The Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Alan Dodge, will retire from his position later this year after 11 years service, Culture and Arts Minister Sheila McHale announced today.

West Perth-based gold and base metals explorer Hannans Reward Ltd will raise $5.5 million through a placement with private Chinese company Shandong Landbridge Group, the company has announced.

West Perth-based mining company Sphere Investments Ltd has announced the acquisition of a 49.9 per cent stake in its Guelb el Aouj iron ore joint venture by Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation and Qatar Steel, for $440.7 million.

Skills may be in demand, but employers have become wary of a candidate unable to demonstrate reasonable job stability, according to trends revealed in the July-September Hays Quarterly Forecast.