Perth-headquartered bio-nanotech company pSivida Ltd has sold its subsidiary AION Diagnostics Inc to US-based private equity group GEM Global Yield Fund for around $3.6 million, following the company's float on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
West Perth-based metals explorer Jabiru Metals Ltd has announced plans to raise $58.4 million through a placement to pay off a debt facility to Consolidated Minerals Ltd and ANZ Bank, as well as continue exploration of its tenements.
The Supreme Court will consider an application by Rockingham-based Chemeq Ltd to permit the implementation of a $75 million refinancing proposal from little-known International Finance Corporation of Australasia Pty Ltd tomorrow.
Burswood-based minerals explorer Mindax Ltd subsidiary Mindax Energy Pty Ltd and Heathgate Resources affiliate Quasar Resources Pty Ltd have pegged an additional 2,796sq km of exploration ground at their Yilgarn Avon Uranium Joint Venture.
Subiaco-based Ironbark Gold Ltd has announced plans to raise $25.7 million through a series of placements to finalise its acquisition of the Citronen zinc project and provide it with adequate working capital.
Perth-based asset services contractor PearlStreet Ltd has signed a five year contract with Queensland Government-owned energy supplier CS Energy, along with three other service providers.
Welshpool-based Advanced Nanotechnology Ltd will establish a joint venture company with alternative energy technology developer Energenics Holdings Pte Ltd, after a disappointing March quarter led to a sales and marketing restructure.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Venture Minerals Ltd has announced plans to raise $2.1 million through a placement to fund exploration of the Churchill Dam Iron-Oxide Copper-Gold Uranium project in South Australia.
Health Minister Jim McGinty has unveiled plans to spend $131 million on an upgrade to the Joondalup Health Campus, which would increase the number of public beds from 278 to 515.
Murdoch University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Professor Andris Stelbovics, has been appointed Dean of Curtin University's Division of Science and Engineering.
Nedlands-based LED pixel signage company Lumacom Ltd has appointed the founding chief executive of Media Partners International and former advisor to the Prime Minister's Department, John Dollisson, as its managing director.
Nedlands-based Dioro Exploration Ltd has raised $4.8 million from a one for three entitlements offer, leaving a $7.4 million shortfall in the issue, which was fully underwritten by Perth-based stockbroker DJ Carmichael Pty Ltd.
Stirling-based company directors Giuseppe Antonio Fazzari and Carmel Mimma Fazzari have been banned from managing corporations for four and three years respectively by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Welshpool-based engineering services firm RCR Tomlinson Ltd will acquire Queensland-based Eagle Engineering Pty Ltd for $21 million, the company announced today.
The former Perth Dental Hospital and Harold Boas Gardens have been granted permanent listing in the State Register of Heritage places, Heritage Council Director Ian Baxter announced today.
Intellectual property consultancy ipernica Ltd, formerly QSPX Ltd, has initiated a lawsuit in the United States against a series of telecommunications companies, accusing them of infringement of the company's Statistical Multiplexing program patent.
Environment Minister David Templeman today announced plans to include all of the Barrow Island Marine Park and about 49 per cent of the Montebello Islands Marine Park in sanctuary zones by the end of 2007.
Over 40 Western Australian biotechnology companies will attend the Biotechnology Industry Organization conference in Boston this year, the state's largest ever contingent at the event.
Sydney-based recruitment firm Chandler McLeod has expanded its operations in the Pilbara region by acquiring Karratha-based labour hire firm, Mangrove Personnel, for in excess of $2 million.
A roadblock exercise surveying drivers of commercial vehicles held last month saw three out of 221 drivers issued with prohibition notices for not taking a mandatory seven-hour rest period, according to Employment Protection Minister Michelle Roberts.
West Perth-based nickel explorer Australian Mines Ltd has acquired a nickel project less than 50km from Kalgoorlie for around $100,000 from Boyer Exploration & Resource Management Ltd.
Perth-based biotechnology company pSivida Ltd will raise around $11 million through a placement to pay off a convertible note debt, one day after receiving a promise from collaborative partner Pfizer Inc for a further $6.1 million share purchase.
Aspiring nickel miner Heron Resources Ltd, which counts global mining giants CVRD Inco and BHP Billiton Ltd among its major shareholders, has completed a $27.8 million capital raising.
The State Government has approved the appointment of corporate executive Shirley In't Veld as the new chief executive officer of Verve Energy, the State's biggest electricity generator.
Tourism Industry bodies have partnered with the State Government to fund four new projects to tackle the skills shortage in the WA tourism and hospitality industries.
Subaico-based Niagara Mining Ltd has announced the appointment of Andrew Forrest as non-executive chairman and a share consolidation as part of a company reorganisation it says will help it become a strong industrial nickel producer.
Perth-based biotechnology company pSivida Ltd has signed a collaborative research and license agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc worth $203 million for its drug delivery technologies.
Shares in North Perth-based fashion design company Costarella Design Ltd fell 11.7 per cent today after the company entered into a strategic alliance with Singapore-based cosmetics company I Nuovi Ltd.
Department of Environment and Conservation director-general Kieran McNamara will commission an independent auditor to review the Department's audit and inspection processes for the Esperance port, the department announced today.
