The state environmental watchdog has recommended that Griffin Power be granted approval to expand its Bluewaters coal-fired power station near Collie, saying it is unlikely to compromise the surrounding environment.
Coote Industrial managing director Michael Coote says he will reject the proportional takeover from Elph, saying its an opportunity to exploit a moment of short-term weakness in Coote's share price.
West Perth-based Heron Resources will sell its Kalgoorlie gold assets to Metaliko Resources for $400,000 cash and a stake in the company when Metaliko lists on the local bourse.
Shipbuilder Austal says it has terminated its teaming arrangement with US company Bath Iron Works in its bid to build 10 vessels for the US Navy, valued at $5.4 billion.
Premier Colin Barnett says Anketell will be the location for the state's next major deepwater iron ore port in the Pilbara and has foreshadowed a private development for the multi-user port.
Como-based Aquila Resources has launched Supreme Court action against Brazilian mining company Vale, days after it issued a default notice over infrastructure agreements in Queensland.
Two separate surveys have painted differing pictures of the small business landscape in Western Australia with one finding business conditions have deteriorated while the other found owners were generally optimistic.
Diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers has drawn on overseas debt markets to raise €500 million ($A775 million) to repay existing shorter term borrowings.
AS the operator of the only non-advisory online trading platform run from Western Australia, State One Stockbroking is curious about the spread of its Amscot service.
Victorian and Tasmanian Caterpillar dealer, Dale Elphinstone, plans to launch a proportional takeover for Coote Industrial in an offer than values the target at $69.3 million.
The Gordon Martin-led Coogee Chemicals has bought a terminal next to its Kwinana facilities from Gull Petroleum in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
Shares in Chalice Gold Mines closed higher after it entered an option deal to buy out its joint venture partner's interest in an Eritrea project for up to $16.2 million.
Premier Colin Barnett has expressed caution over the federal government's sweeping health reforms, saying his government was still wary after losing big in last week's goods and services tax revenue carve-up.
Explorer Poseidon Nickel says it is in negotiations with parties in Asia and the US regarding further substantial funding after it today received commitments to raise up to $2 million.
Perth-based printing franchisor Worldwide Online Printing has been placed into administration however its franchise stores continue to operate as per normal.
Tony Sage's International Petroleum, formerly International Goldfields, has completed a $30 million capital raising and will now move ahead with the acquisition of Eastern Petroleum Corporation.
Less than five months after going to market for extra equity, miner Norton Gold Fields today says it has raised $20 million through a private placement to a Chinese entity.
The Michael Kiernan-led Stirling Resources says it has finished the $15 million recapitalisation of collapsed Monarch Gold, which will be rebadged as Swan Gold Mining.
West Perth-based Jupiter Mines is poised to acquire a major stake in a South African manganese project from a group of investors including Pallinghurst Resources, in what it says is a "transformational deal".
BHP Billiton has appointed Glenn Kellow as president of its stainless steel materials division, a position based in Perth, taking over from Gerard Bond.
