West Perth-based Galaxy Resources has selected a site in China for its proposed lithium carbonate plant that will process ore from its $68 million Mt Cattlin project near Ravensthorpe.
Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust says it has received strong institutional backing for its capital raising, which will now raise a total of $150 million.
VDM Group, through its Queensland subsidiary Bellero Construction, has secured a $15.3 million construction contract for stage nine of the Torbay Retirement Villages project.
Current economic conditions have not dampened employees' expectations of a higher income, with 78 per cent anticipating a pay rise and 39 per cent budgeting for a bonus in the coming year, a survey has found.
The state's racing industry authority has asked the government for support for its $56 million wagering tax bill as funds allocated to the industry fall by over $4 million for the 2010 financial year.
Perseus Mining has confirmed plans it will raise up to $75 million in new capital with nearly half to be placed with institutions in North America and Britain.
Former Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA chief executive Tim Shanahan has been appointed as the new chairman of the Pilbara Development Commission with Port Hedland Port Authority chief executive Andre Bush to be his deputy.
Redcliffe-based Coventry Group says it expects its net profit for fiscal 2009 to be "significantly below" the previous year as the global financial crisis takes its toll on its industrial products business unit.
Engine technology group Orbital Corporation has entered a $2.4 million deal with a Chinese business to jointly develop a concept engine that will improve fuel economy.
Japanese company INPEX has awarded AMEC Engineering the contract for the offshore front end engineering and design (FEED) for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in the Browse Basin.
Heritage Minister John Castrilli has today appointed former Urban Development Institute of Australia executive director Marion Fulker as the new chairperson for the Heritage Council of WA.
Bentley-based Antaria has executed an exclusive $2.4 million licensing deal with a German pharmaceuticals company for the worldwide distribution of a technology used in cosmetics and industrial products.
Australia's largest resource project, the Gorgon gas development, inched closer to proceeding after WA's Environmental Protection Authority gave it qualified support today.
The Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation has called on Premier Colin Barnett to put Aurox Resources' Balla Balla iron ore project on hold after claiming the company refused to negotiate a native title deal.
Metal recycling group CMA Corporation says it will have improved access to world investment markets as its shares start trading in the United States as American Depository Receipts.
Port Bouvard has lodged its master plan for the Gidgegannup townsite with the City of Swan and the Western Australian Planning Commission following 18 months of planning and environmental investigations.
Perth-based energy group Aviva Corporation has today invited the public to comment on its environmental review documents for its Coolimba power and coal projects located near Eneabba.
More than 10,000 businesses in Western Australia are at a higher risk of experiencing financial distress within the next 12 months, a Dun & Bradstreet report shows.
Science and Innovation Minister Troy Buswell has urged the federal government to upgrade the broadband link between Perth and Geraldton to enhance the state's chances of winning the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array project.
Bunnings Warehouse has outlined its growth plans for the state, with two new stores set to open this year and development approval being sought for another store in Forrestdale.
State CEDA director Tom Baddeley has accepted a post as the new Western Australian director for the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA).
The state Governor has today approved the appointment of former Northern Territory bureaucrat Richard Sellers to the role of Director General at the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
