Initial public offerings on the Australian share market have sunk to a low of 14 for the first quarter of 2008-09, with 11 of these in the mining sector, according to Ernst & Young's quarterly IPO analysis.
Bentley-based waste recycling company AnaeCo Ltd has won its second major contract after being commissioned by a regional council in Victoria to process their mixed and green waste.
Azure Minerals Ltd has boosted its cash reserves following a $1.2 million capital raising that will welcome a new institutional shareholder to the registry.
The case between Western Areas NL chairman Terry Streeter and a group of businessmen behind unrelated company Western Areas Exploration will head to trial in March next year.
Nedlands-based Quickstep Holdings has appointed a new chief executive following the resignation of Nick Noble who has been with the company for eight years.
The continued global financial turmoil has prompted Aurox Resources Ltd to review alternatives over project implementation for its Balla Balla titanomagnetite operation in the Pilbara.
Jupiter Mines Ltd has entered into a potential off-take agreement with a Chinese company over its iron ore projects in Western Australia and other iron assets.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has urged its shareholders to carefully consider the resolutions proposed by Power United, which earlier this week proposed for the removal of several directors including executive chairman Tony Sage.
A former senior partner of law firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques in Perth, Bruce Dodd, has been appointed as the state's regional commissioner by the corporate watchdog.
Murchison Metals Ltd has posted a full year net profit of $56 million for the 2008 financial year, a turnaround from the previous year's loss of $45 million.
Oil Basins Ltd has applied to the Supreme Court of Western Australia for an urgent hearing into an alleged breach of obligations by a Perth-based Australian Worldwide Energy Ltd subsidiary over licences in the Canning Basin.
Ausdrill is one step away from securing a $100 million, five-year drilling contract with South African producer Gold Fields Ltd over its St Ives and Agnew gold mines in Western Australia.
The Federal Court has ordered Victoria-based Oil Basin Ltd to pay costs related to its proceedings launched against Perth-based companies ARC Energy Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd.
Lawyers representing the voluntary administrators of the Palandri group of companies are scheduled to appear in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Monday in an attempt to have the group's managed investment schemes wound up.
Nedlands-based software provider ISS Group Ltd has entered into an underwriting agreement with Paterson Securities Ltd for its proposed $13 million return of capital to shareholders.
Redcliffe-based construction services company Global Construction Services Ltd has launched a new plant hire business division in the Perth metropolitan region.
Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd has today received the second payment as part of the $400 million sale of its namesake iron ore project to MCC Mining (Western Australian) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corporation.
An ANZ loan to oil and gas services company Rheochem plc has increased from $8 million to over $20 million, in a move which the firm said will provide security for the business to grow.
Former chief executive officer of Alinta Infrastructure Holdings, John Cahill, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of mining services company Emeco Holdings Ltd.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has warned proposed changes to the national awards system will be a financial and regulatory setback for a large number of businesses across the state.
Shareholders in bamboo flooring products company Style Ltd have voted against a board shake-up brought on by major stakeholder Merim Pty Ltd in what has been called by the chairman a "cheap takeover".
South Perth-based Nomad Building Solutions Ltd subsidiary Rapley Wilkinson Property Pty Ltd has been awarded a $65 million contract to develop and construct a Karratha resort.
