The chief executive of Perth-based land developer Peet Ltd, Warwick Hemsley, will retire on August 5 when his contract expires, with the company's chief operating officer Brendan Gore, due to succeed him.
Australia's gold sector has been warned that companies with good projects here or overseas will increasingly be targeted for acquisition as the global gold market undergoes significant transition because of cost and exploration pressures.
A senior bank economist says it is unlikely Australian equity markets will see gold spike at around US$1000 per ounce - but it is also unlikely the metal will fall to historic lows.
Welshpool-based Macmahon Holdings Ltd's Queensland-focused joint venture has signed on to construct a $240 million bridge over the Brisbane River, under a contract with the Brisbane City Council.
The number of vacant lots on the market increased by 85.5 per cent in the March quarter, while land prices rose 8 per cent, according to figures released today by the Urban Development Institute in Western Australia.
Applecross-based pipe services firm ShieldLiner Ltd will raise $2.8 million through a placement with Indian Ocean Capital as the company refocuses its business strategy.
CS Mobile Pty Ltd, a joint venture between Nedlands-based mobile phone company Commoditel Ltd and its takeover target Sonnet Corporation Ltd have submitted an offer to buy a mobile customer base from a third party.
West Perth-based mining company India Resources Ltd has closed its public offer for the evaluation of opportunities for copper mining in India oversubscribed, after raising $11 million.
Perth-based asset management company PearlStreet Ltd has executed an option agreement to acquire Victoria-based non-destructive testing company Australian NDT for $5.2 million in a cash and scrip deal, the company announced today.
West Perth-based metals explorer Azure Minerals Ltd has acquired three potential gold, silver and base metal projects in northern Mexico, which it aims to continue to explore, the company announced today.
The chairman of Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd, industry veteran Ian Burston, will start working in an executive capacity for the iron ore explorer today, after taking on the role in June last year.
The Western Australian Marine Science Institution, a $21 million, five-year research project into ocean management in Western Australia involving universities, government departments and the CSIRO, was opened this morning by Premier Alan Carpenter.
Two new reports from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics have shown that higher fodder costs and lower livestock receipts will significantly reduce incomes for livestock producers in 2006-07.
Perth-based uranium exploration company Atom Energy Ltd will raise $8 million in an initial public offer to develop uranium exploration projects in the Northern Territory, the comapny announced today.
A group of European investors has shown its support for Leederville-based uranium explorer Bannerman Resources Ltd by acquiring three million shares from the company's directors and other investors for $9.5 million.
Subiaco-based Arafura Pearls Holdings Ltd has increased sales at its 2007 pearl farming project to $10.5 million, up 228 per cent on the previous year's managed investment scheme sales.
The Corruption and Crime Commission has found the 1995 death of protected witness Andrew Petrelis was not linked to the unauthorised access of his covert identity details on the police computer system.
Cannington-based QRSciences Ltd associated company Spectrum San Diego Inc will negotiate with the US Transportation Security Administration for the manufacture of its Castscope screening system - used to screen heavy bandages and prosthetic limbs.
Perth-based Western Uranium Ltd has employed Franco Bonavia and Bill Peters as consultants to its planned acquisition of advanced uranium exploration projects in Africa.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced plans to construct 65 new boat pens at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour, at a cost of $2.31 million.
Housing finance data released today showed a modest 1.2 per cent increase in the total number of seasonally adjusted loans for owner occupiers to 8,381 in the month of March.
The Federal Court has ordered the winding up of the Lake Coogee Estate managed investment scheme following an investigation by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission.
The value of resource projects either under construction or committed to has risen to a record $43 billion, a new report by research group ABARE has found.
Uranium explorer WildHorse Energy Ltd has raised $20 million through a placement of convertible notes, with global investment bank Goldman Sachs subscribing most of the funds.
West Perth-based oil and gas producer Arc Energy Ltd has formed an alliance with Hong Kong's Energy World Corporation to develop an LNG business that would commercialise gas deposits in the Canning Basin to supply the domestic Western Australian market.
A survey of governance professionals by Chartered Secretaries Australia has found that the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's policy of fining companies that breach continuous disclosure requirements is too slow and cumbersome.
West Perth-based drug development company Phylogica Ltd has announced the development of multiple drug candidates, representing major technical progress in its $2.3 million research and development grant program.
Osborne Park-based Talisman Mining Ltd and Sydney-based Proto Resources and Investments Ltd have agreed to vend their uranium exploration assets into a new company to be called Protal Metals Group, which plans to undertake a $4 million public share offer.
The Environmental Protection Authority has found exploration and mining of banded ironstone formation ranges represents a significant threat to biodiversity, and such activity in A Class Nature Reserves was unlikely to be found acceptable in future.
Subiaco-based oil and gas explorer Monitor Energy Ltd subsidiary Issyk-Kul Energy has acquired a uranium exploration licence in north-eastern Kyrgystan, the company announced today.
