Troy Resources non-executive chairman John Dow has described the battle for boardroom control as a clash of personalities that started last year, as the chance of a truce looks highly unlikely.
The state Labor Party has rejected Premier Colin Barnett's 8pm weeknight trading compromise, but says it will support 7pm trading if the government supports its small business protection package.
The Michael Wright-backed private company General Mining Corporation is seeking to raise $240,000 in seed capital to help it prepare for a local stock exchange listing by the end of the year.
Former Regis Resources managing director David Walker plans to sue Newmont Mining Corporation for more than $9 million for alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.
Moly Mines says it is continuing strategic investor talks for its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum operation in the Pilbara, as debt capital markets continue to resist supporting green-field projects.
Global petroleum company Shell expects to start production at its Prelude floating liquefied gas project, off the Kimberley coast, in 2016 with a final investment decision scheduled for 2011.
The Domgas Alliance has called for an independent panel to help review the marketing arrangements for the Gorgon gas operation as it accuses the project partners of deliberately withholding domestic supply to drive up prices.
Epsilon Energy has entered into a binding deal to acquire the outstanding shares in private Canadian outfit Takatu Minerals, which holds prospective gold and uranium projects in South America, in an all-scrip deal valued at more than $9 million.
The pending outcome of the federal government's carbon pollution reduction scheme has created uncertainty for the Forest Products Commission of WA, which has had to cut staff numbers as part of a restructure to reflect the changing economy.
Firms in Western Australia are among the quickest in the country to settle accounts as an improvement nationally provides further evidence that local economic conditions are recovering, a new survey shows.
Ramelius Resources' takeover bid for Dioro Exploration is gaining momentum with the Adelaide-based company boosting its shareholding by more than 9 per cent and extending the offer by three weeks.
Receivers McGrathNicol has recommended that Great Southern's 2008 wine grape income project be wound up after it determined that a minimum of nearly $8 million would be needed to produce a 2010 vintage.
The race to establish the state's first uranium mine is heating up with Canada's Mega Uranium planning a $53 million capital raising for the Lake Maitland project while BHP Billiton's Yeelirrie operation received a setback.
The takeover battle for South Perth-based Rocklands Richfield is heating up, with first bidder Jindal Steel and Power boosting its shareholding through a $2.8 million on-market purchase.
Software developer Websby is set to broaden its horizons after unveiling a proposed acquisition of an internet-based procurement and materials management business in a $4.8 million scrip deal.
The global economic downturn has cut Hartleys' net profit after tax by 64 per cent to $6 million for fiscal 2009, in what has been described as a good result by the group's chairman.
Paladin Energy officers Rick Crabb and Gillian Swaby have reached a settlement deal on their action against collapsed margin lending business Lift Capital Partners, which sold a parcel of shares without permission.
Perth-based Royal Resources has signed a $50 million binding deal with a Singaporean company for the joint development of the Razorback magnetite iron ore deposit in South Australia.
Moly Mines has today announced the terms of its $C31.5 million ($A33 million) capital raising, a necessity for the restructure of its $US150 million financing facility.
Western Australia is set to be the testing ground for Shell's new floating gas processing technology, with the company giving the go ahead for specific engineering work for the Prelude gas project off the Kimberley coast.
THE number of Western Australian companies considering listing on the local stock exchange may be gaining momentum, but the frantic activity from a couple of years ago is not likely to occur any time soon.
The corporate watchdog says it will start civil proceedings against a Perth financial advisory firm after clients invested $14 million into the failed Westpoint Group.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to lift the official cash rate has caused surprise and dismay from various lobby groups, with one from WA saying the central bank has acted too hastily.
Australia has become the first western economy in the world to lift interest rates with the Reserve Bank of Australia today increasing the official cash rate by 25 basis points.
