West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd is exploring the possibility of listing on the Dubai International Financial Exchange, looking to attract around 15 per cent UAE investment, company chairman Michael Kiernan announced today.
South Perth-based oil and gas explorer Central Petroleum Ltd has announced another delay on the commencement of drilling at its Blamore and Avalon sites, citing difficulty in securing approval for the construction of an access route to the site.
West Perth-based energy exploration company Energy Investments Ltd will adopt the name Blue Energy Ltd, the name of a 2006 acquisition, to reflect its new focus on coal bed methand, the company announced today.
West Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Baraka Petroleum Ltd has announced plans to restrict trading on 80 per cent of the 113 million shares due to be released from escrow next week.
Rising commodity prices drew the market capitalisation of Western Australian companies up 4.4 per cent to $143 billion, according to accounting firm Deloitte's WA Index for April.
Curtin University of Technology has become the first Western Australian tertiary institution to be accredited by the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, enabling students to pursue those studies here for the first time.
Northbridge-based VDM Group Ltd is back on the acquisitions trail, announcing plans to acquire three Western Australia-based businesses for $87.5 million in cash and scrip during the 2007-08 financial year.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd will raise $7 million through a placement to keep the company debt free and able to escalate exploration of its tenements.
State Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has announced a two year funding allocation of $4.9 million to control and eradicate European starlings in Western Australia.
Yesterday's state budget provided virtually nothing for business, and was a sign of a government happy to continue riding the boom, according to Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia chief executive John Langoulant.
Shadow Treasurer Troy Buswell has labelled today's State Budget as the "Boomerang Budget", saying while tax revenue had been cut by $95 million, the government would reap an extra $590 million in fees and charges.
WA Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed the Federal Government's $2 billion spend on the Natural Heritage Trust Phase 3 Program, but said the impact on joint natural resource management activity would not be clear until he saw details of the plan.
The Perth Orioles will live on, after Netball Australia recommended Netball WA be included in next year's Tasman Trophy competition, which will see five Australian teams face five from New Zealand in a Trans-Tasman competition.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Haddington Resources Ltd acquisition target Minvest International Corporation will acquire a two year option over two Indonesian coal projects, the company announced today.
Perth-based Redfork Energy Ltd has secured new gas leases over 13,500 additional gross acres, with a 100 per cent working interest, for between $500,000 and $800,000, the company announced today.
The commercialisation of genetically modified canola would have a negligible impact on the organic canola, livestock and honey industries in Australia, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
State Small Business Minister Margaret Quirk has accused the Federal Government of failing to recognise the importance of temporary skilled 457 visas in addressing Western Australia's skills shortage.
Perth-based oil and gas exploration company Alto Energy International Ltd has announced plans to raise $5.6 million through a one-for-four entitlements issue and placement to fund exploration in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
West Perth-based oil and gas explorer Carpathian Resources Ltd has raised $7.8 million from European and Russian investors under a planned fundraising and increased investment from investor group Energo Holdings Corporation.
The partnership between West Perth-based nickel company Rusina Mining NL and civil and mining contractor DMCI Holdings group has strengthened, with DMCI signing on to be Philippines partner in the company's Acoje Nickel/Chromite/Platinum project.
Water Resources Minister John Kobelke set a target for 30 per cent of all waste water to be reused or recycled by 2030 at the launch of his State Water Plan 2007 today.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Legend Mining Ltd will allow Oxiana subsidiary Oxiana Exploration Pty Ltd to earn a 75 per cent interest in its Mt Gibson zinc copper and gold project under a joint venture announced today.
Perth-based clean fuel company Eden Energy Ltd has appointed the former director of Woodside's green energy subsidiary Metasource, Richard Beresford and former Woodside Browse Gas Project head Andrew Leibovitch to its board, the company announced today.
WA-based fuel additive manufacturer and Western Force sponsor Firepower Ltd has won the 2007 UK Institute of Transport Management's Innovation in Fuel Technology Award, the company announced today.
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia President Rob Druitt has called on the State Government to extend the stamp duty cuts expected in this week's budget to homebuyers immediately, rather than after June 30.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Murchison United NL aims to raise $6.6 million through a placement to fund exploration of its uranium and copper projects in Australia and West Africa, the company announced today.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has called on the Federal Government to increase funding to Western Australia's freight rail network.
Only in Western Australia is the rate of wine grape production in 2006-07 expected to exceed that of the previous year, with production estimated to have fallen by 33 per cent nationally, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Eco
Perth-based medical device supplier bioMD Ltd has increased its shareholding in bioimplant development company Celxcel Pty Ltd to 76.3 per cent, with the remaining shares held by the company's founding shareholders.
Land Information Minister Michelle Roberts has announced a $430,000 spend over five years with Curtin University of Technology for the construction of a state-of-the-art spatial sciences studio.
