Jessica Mascione

ASIC has launched legal action against biotechnology company Holista CollTech over alleged misleading statements, including claims about use of its spray against coronavirus.

Marine technology manufacturer VEEM is expecting to post a 34 per cent jump in revenue in the past 12 months, to nearly $60 million.

DXN has joined the multi-million-dollar Australian Biome project after signing an agreement to provide the tourism site’s data centre and network connectivity.

Telstra is allowing Australians to make free calls to landline numbers and mobiles from any one of its 15,000 payphones.

Listed business GR Engineering Services has won a contract from Northern Star Resources in relation to the goldminer’s Thunderbox expansion project.

Georgiou Group has been contracted to build a $17 million, four-storey office in Bunbury that will be used for government-related services.

Red 5 has reversed the operating strategy for its Darlot and King of the Hills mines in WA, while fellow goldminer Ramelius Resources also unveiled a new production plan.

Poseidon Nickel has raised funds to progress the restart of its Black Swan mine and processing plant in WA as well as continue exploration activities.

Listed contractor NRW Holdings has secured new work through its Primero business, including on two iron ore projects in Western Australia.

The board of Cirrus Networks has rejected what is calls an inadequate takeover bid from Webcentral Group that valued the Perth-based IT services business at about $30 million.

Cirrus Networks has become the second Perth-based IT services firm to receive a takeover offer in recent weeks, after Victoria's Webcentral Group made an on-market bid.

Decmil Group has settled a dispute with New Zealand’s prisons department in relation to a previous $NZ185 million contract that was terminated.

Belmont-based GenusPlus Group is making its second acquisition since listing on the ASX, having agreed to purchase assets from the administrators of Victoria’s Tandem Corp.

Venturex Resources' shares were up more than 10 per cent today after the copper-focused company announced a major drilling program in the Pilbara.

Goldminer Red 5 has agreed to sell its assets in the Philippines for $US19 million, in a bid to further focus on developing its King of the Hills project in WA.

New gold producer Capricorn Metals has acquired the historical Mt Gibson mine in Western Australia, in a move that doubles the company’s reserves.

Rio Tinto has committed to developing a project in Serbia that it expects will be the biggest lithium supplier in Europe for 15 years.

A multi-billion-dollar merger has brought a change at the top of Business News’ list of goldminers.

Favourable market conditions have led to a suite of new gold producers and projects.

The engineering and construction arm of ASX-listed WestStar Industrial has secured its biggest contract to date, for work on Fortescue Metals Group's Iron Bridge magnetite mine in the Pilbara.

WBHO Infrastructure and Decmil Group have been contracted to complete upgrades at two major highways in Perth.

Four companies including VeinTech and Vision Pharma have been selected as finalists in the Great for the State category at the Innovator of the Year Awards.

IGO has bolstered its nickel portfolio in Western Australia after signing an agreement with mining prospector and major shareholder Mark Creasy.

Perenti has launched a new technology-focused mining services business while reporting a 22 per cent jump in contracted work.

A new mine in WA and aspiring producers are contributing to rising Australian manganese output.

Local engineering and construction company Decmil Group is raising up to $32 million to begin work on a number of new projects.

BARD1 Life Sciences has secured funds from a share placement to develop tests focused on the early detection of ovarian and breast cancer.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has narrowed its earnings forecast for the full financial year while flagging a $9.7 million write-down of a contract.

Northern Star Resources has sold a large portion of its Kalgoorlie operations to Evolution Mining on the same day it appointed Stuart Tonkin as the goldminer’s new managing director.

Perth-based IT business Empired has been contracted by the Victorian government to provide services to the state’s environmental authority.

Strike Energy has bought $22 million worth of shares in joint venture partner Warrego Energy, effectively raising its exposure to the West Erregulla development in the Perth Basin.

ASX-listed Empired is being acquired by Capgemini Australia, which has offered to pay $1.35 in cash for every share held in the IT firm.