Herald Resources has urged shareholders to reject Jakarta-based PT Bumi Resources' takeover bid, saying the offer is only a quarter of the price the shareholder paid 12 months ago for control of the West Perth company.
A further study to enhance the economics of Toro Energy's Wiluna uranium project in Western Australia has shaved 17 per cent off the capital cost to $162 million.
Engineering outfit Neptune Marine Services has entered into an agreement to acquire an Aberdeen-based oil and gas survey support company for $31.4 million, with the bulk to be paid in cash.
West Perth-based Northern Iron plans to raise $61.4 million through a rights issue and has selected a new chief executive following a cost blowout at its iron ore project in Norway.
The state government is to create a new department dedicated to training and will rebrand Tafe colleges as part of plans to ensure the state's skills base has the appropriate attention as WA gears up for a big rise in economic activity.
Miner Perilya has described fiscal 2009 as a "tale of two halves" with the first half recording a $77.2 million net loss while a new operating plan resulted in a $2.1 million net profit in the second half.
East Perth-based Metals X will pocket more than $16 million after its largest shareholder, Hong Kong company APAC Resources, agreed to lift its interest to 28.3 per cent.
WA Attorney General Christian Porter says he is extremely disappointed at a federal government decision to withhold a new native title funding agreement that would have made way for speedier settlements.
Detached new home sales in Western Australia fell more than 3 per cent in July while home values in Perth climbed 2.5 per cent over the past seven months to $481,493, new figures show.
Leighton Holdings has demanded that a standstill agreement regarding its shareholding in Macmahon Holdings be scrapped should a partnerhship arrangement continue beyond this year's deadline.
Apache Energy has failed in its bid to secure an injunction from the Supreme Court preventing Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore from viewing a report into last year's Varanus Island gas explosion.
The state's politicians will not receive a pay rise this year after the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal ruled the base salary will remain at $128,980 a year.
Mount Gibson Iron has recorded a 62 per cent slump in full-year net profit after tax as it continues arbitration proceedings with former customers over termination of offtake deals.
Staff at Curtin University, along with their counterparts from Murdoch University, have been granted protection for planned industrial action over wage disputes.
Voting in local council elections will be more transparent and less susceptible to manipulation by the big political parties after the state parliament passed legislation to return to the first-pass-the-post voting system.
Reed Resources has moved to expand its tenement portfolio, signing a $3.2 million option agreement to acquire the Mount Marion lithium project near Kalgoorlie.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has today released a report making 15 key recommendations into improving the state's exploration and development approvals process.
Balcatta-based Conquest Mining has activated the dispute resolution process in a bid to clarify its joint venture partner, Gold Fields, commitment to exploration of Mt Carlton gold-cilver-copper project and other regional tenements in Queensland.
Western Australia has topped the nation in wage growth with a 4.6 per cent rise in the index, according to latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Shares in North Coogee-based Pacific Ore have soared after it negotiated a deal to sell technology used to extract low grade nickel to miner Western Areas.
The corporate regulator has applied to the Federal Court to have South Perth-based Finchley Central Funds Management wound up and a liquidator appointed.
