The board of Western Areas has given the go ahead for a $62 million expansion of its Forrestania operation which is set to double nickel production next year.
Sydney-based Longreach Oil, which has interests in the Carnarvon Basin, and Southern Cross Exploration plan to raise $250 million for the float of a newly formed oil and gas company.
Perth-based Cash Converters International expects to boost its bottom line this financial year after it bought another store in the United Kingdom for $1.3 million.
Applecross-based explorer Prime Minerals has filed a writ for damages in the state's Supreme Court against its corporate advisers after the latter allegedly breached its obligations by offering a project to another company.
Retailer Clive Peeters, which owns the Rick Hart stores, has started legal proceedings against a staff member over the theft of nearly $20 million that was used to buy and sell real estate.
Shares in Anvil Mining have jumped as much as 20 per cent today after the miner secured a $238 million equity and debt arrangement for the expansion of its Kinsevere copper operation.
China Railway Resources Group Co has today revealed plans to launch a proportional takeover for RMA Energy, offering cash for 80 per cent of shares it does not own in the Perth-based company.
Premier Colin Barnett says political uncertainty in the Northern Territory will not be enough to shift the Ichthys gas project from Darwin back to WA, and if it does move, cost and technical difficulties will be the reasons.
The state's property market has received another promising boost with new figures showing the number of land sales jumping more than 18 per cent in the 2008/09 financial year.
Shares in VDM Group have fallen as much as 26 per cent today, a turnaround from the share price surge it experienced on Friday afternoon that forced a temporary trade suspension.
The global financial crisis has cut into executive pay with a new survey revealing that incentives awarded to chief executives in Australia fell for the first time in more than 10 years.
Indago Resources is set to get a new board after its current directors conceded a request from Subiaco-based GoldLink IncomePlus to appoint Miles Kennedy, Karl Simich and Matthew Fitzgerald.
Brockman Resources plans to start production at its Pilbara iron ore project by the end of 2012 after a study estimated capital costs at up to $1.35 billion.
Perth-based Adamus Resources has unveiled plans to raise about $40 million through a share placement and is currently in talks over a number of offers for bank finance.
Shares in RMA Energy have been placed in a trading halt after it was approached by an entity, speculated to be a Chinese business, that could result in an offer for some or all of its shares.
Sentiment in the state's property market is improving as the median house price in Perth increases by $20,000, according to final figures from the Real Estate Institute of WA out today.
The state government has taken a step towards extended trading hours with Commerce Minister Troy Buswell today establishing a support group to advise small operators on commercial tenancy issues.
One month after its failed bid for Terrain Minerals, Iron Mountain Mining plans to launch a takeover for Aluminex Resources, which delisted from the local stock exchange months after its float.
More than 100 academic and general staff at Murdoch University have voted in favour of possible industrial action after the university did not agree to a 20 per cent pay rise.
Former Wesfarmers finance director Gene Tilbrook has today been appointed as one of five new directors to the board of NBN Co Limited, the company established to deliver the $43 billion national broadband network.
The competition watchdog has rejected port access arrangements proposed by grain handlers CBH Group, ABB and Graincorp, saying there needed to be more clarity and transparency for wheat exporters.
Maddington company Coote Industrial expects to report a small net profit for fiscal 2009 after accounting for delays associated with the Greentrains payment.
Malaga-based Automotive Technology Group plans to raise around $2.7 million through an entitlements issue after a proposed convertible notes capital raising was scrapped last month.
The downturn in the property market has hit bedding franchiser Joyce Corporation which has accepted a $1.25 million lower offer for the sale of its Queensland property compared to an offer terminated in April.
Western Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to a near six-year high while the national jobless rate holds steady at 5.8 per cent as employers chose to cut employee hours rather than slash jobs, new figures show.
The Perth and West Perth office markets has experienced the largest percentage increase in the vacancy rate in nearly 20 years, with a new report highlighting the impact of the global financial crisis on the local property sector.
THE release of a report recommending tougher regulations concerning insider trading and director share trades has prompted an outcry from a group protecting directors' interests.
Sydney-based RIMCapital has written off its investment in unlisted company Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd, which was the unsuccessful bidder for the development of the Oakajee deepwater port and associated rail project.
